Making @ The Library: 3D Printing at the Library

The East Baton Rouge Parish Library is now offering 3D Printing. Choose a preselected model from our list, choose a model from Thingiverse, or submit your own design!  3D Printer Submission Form

What is 3D Printing?

• Process that creates solid objects from various materials based on a digital design
• Rather than cutting, objects are created by printing layers of material combined to produce a physical object
• Next evolutionary step from toner on a page and will transform manufacturing
• All you need is a 3D model or .STL file created in 3D design software or from places such as Thingiverse.

• Gaining experience with 3D Printing can make other technology more approachable
• 3D Printing is multidisciplinary. The design and creation process involves each facet of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Mathematics
• It promotes understanding of the design process, from birth to creation
• Empowering for students to see a design become a tangible thing
• Teaches spatial awareness, and helps visualize how shapes exist in 3D
• Promotes problem solving