Glossary of Terms

  • ABS - Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene
    • A type of filament.
  • AMS - Automatic Materials System
    • Multi-filament switcher by Bambu Lab.
  • ASA - Acrylonitrile Styrene Acrylate
    • A type of filament.
  • Bed Slinger
    • A type of 3D printer that moves the print bed along an X or Y axis during printing and the print head in the other axes.
  • CAD - Computer Aided Design
    • Software for building models such as those which can then be used to generate sets of instructions for a 3D printer.
  • CoreXY
    • A type of 3D printer that moves the print head along the X and Y axis during printing and the print bed in the Z axis.
  • Delta
    • A type of 3D printer that moves the print head along the X, Y, and Z axis during printing.
  • FDM - Fused Deposition Modelling
    • Material extrusion and deposition onto a substrate.
  • FFF - Fused Filemane Fabrication
    • See FDM.
  • PETG - Polyethylene Terephthalate Glycol
    • A type of filament.
  • PLA - Polylactic Acid
    • A type of filament.
  • SLA - Stereolithography
    • Use of a laser to harden polymer in a vat in layers.
  • SLS - Selective Laser Sintering
    • Use of a laser to harden layers of powder added consecutively.
  • TPU - Thermoplastic Polyurethane
    • A type of filament.