MakerBot Sketch Kit 3D Printer

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MakerBot Sketch Kit 3D Printer

3D Printing at the Speed of Innovation

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The MakerBot Sketch Kit 3D Printer brings hands-on learning to every classroom. With fast print speeds, easy-to-use features, and extensive teacher support, it empowers educators to seamlessly integrate 3D printing into their lessons, helping students turn their ideas into reality while building essential skills for the future.

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The MakerBot Sketch Kit 3D Printer brings hands-on learning to every classroom. With fast print speeds, easy-to-use features, and extensive teacher support, it empowers educators to seamlessly integrate 3D printing into their lessons, helping students turn their ideas into reality while building essential skills for the future.

Overview

Sketch Kit 3D printer

Start 3D Printing on Day One

Test ideas, grow student engagement, and enable design thinking with a platform that grows with you.

A 3D Printer Platform That Fits in Any Classroom

Tap into a scalable platform that can fit the 3D printing needs of teachers across one classroom or a whole school district.

3D Printer Training

Self-paced, interactive training that will prepare you and your students for 3D printing and career-building skills that go beyond the classroom.

Curriculum That’s Ready To Go

A comprehensive platform that supports you at every step of the process, from ISTE-certified 3D printing training, lesson plans and student project ideas, to new guides, webinars and design challenges.

Access 600+ lesson plans across all grade levels & subjects

Lower the curriculum planning barrier with over 600 lesson plans made by educators all across the planet.

Learn How to Create Curriculum with 3D Printing

Establish yourself and gain confidence as a STEM education leader. Learn how to teach the 3D printing process and develop your own 3D printing projects with our Certification courses.

Classroom Printing Made Easy

Tap into a 3D printing software with built in features that make 3D printing
in the classroom easier than ever before.

Cloud-based 3D Printer Software

Turn your students’ digital models into 3D prints with MakerBot CloudPrint, a cloud-based software that requires no software installation or student account creation.

Monitor Your Printer From Far Away

Leverage Sketch’s onboard camera and the CloudPrint software to monitor your classroom’s prints as their printing - even when you’re away from the classroom.

Built-in Hardware Features

Enclosed Printer with Particulate Filter

Place your printer anywhere in the classroom without worrying about curious hands and print with peace of mind with a particulate filter preinstalled in each printer.

Flexible Heated Build Plate

Heated build plate for secure, successful printing and a flexible surface to make removing finished prints a breeze.

Cloud-based Software

Turn your students’ digital models into 3D prints with MakerBot CloudPrint, a free to use cloud-based palatform that requires no software installation or student account creation.

Replaceable Extruder

Optimized for PLA and Tough PLA 3D printing, Sketch 3D printer includes a replaceable extruder with a 0.4 mm nozzle.

Full Color Touchsreen

Start, monitor and pause students’ prints with an intuitive interface.

On Board Camera

with an onboard camera to make monitoring prints possible from anywhere.

Built-in Hardware Features

Discover how 3D printing with MakerBot is transforming classrooms around the world

"MakerBot gave us the perfect platform for students to learn the concepts of 3D printing." - Prof. Faridodin (Fredi) Lajvardi, President and CEO of Si Se Puede

"Our students are really thinking about how 3D printing can play a role within their everyday lives and how they can use this technology in the real world" - Prof. Mary Bowden, Richmond Hill Middle School

"The importance of 3D printing in the classroom is that not only can we design something, we can do successive prototypes to come up with an end product."- Prof. Rahul Chopra, Technological Education Teacher

Package Contents

WHAT'S INCLUDED WITH THE SKETCH KIT 3D PRINTER

MakerBot SKETCH

What is included?

Printer
1 Sketch Standard
Student certification
5 seats
Educator certification
1 seats
Material
3 spools
Build volume
205 inches

Specifications

SPECIFICATIONS

PRINTING

Print Technology
Fused Deposition Modeling

Build Volume
150mm x 150mm x 150mm
[5.9in x 5.9in x 5.9in]

Layer Resolution
100-400 microns [0.0039 IN-0.0157 IN]
Print mode tuned for 200 microns

Material Diameter
1.75 mm [0.069 in]

Material Compatibility
MakerBot Sketch PLA Material
MakerBot Sketch Tough Material

Extruder Compatibility
MakerBot Sketch Extruder

Nozzle Diameter
0.4 mm [0.015 IN]

Print File Type
.MAKERBOT

TEMPERATURE

Ambient Operating Temperature
15­-30°C [59-86°F]

Storage Temperature
0­-55°C [32-­131°F]

SIZE & WEIGHT

Product Dimensions
547mm (H) x 535mm (W) x 470mm (D)
21.54in (H) x 21.07in (W) x 18.5in (D)

Shipping Box
549mm (H) x 517mm (W) x 46mm (D)
[21.625in (H) x 20.375in (W) X 18.25in (D)]

Product Weight
11.8 kg [26 lb]

Shipping Weight
17kg [37.5 lb]

MECHANICAL

Build Surface
Grip Surface

Build Plate Leveling
Heated with removable flexible build surface

SAFETY & COMPLIANCE

Safety
Fully enclosed
Particulate Filter
UL, CE, FCC
IEC/ EN/ UL60950-1, IEC/ EN/UL 62368-1

CAMERA

Camera resolution
2 megapixels

SOFTWARE

Software Bundle
MakerBot Print Software

Supported File Types
MakerBot (.makerbot)
STL (.stl)
SolidWorks (.sldprt, .sldasm)
InventorOBJ (.ipt, .iam)
IGES (.iges, .igs)
STEP AP203/214 (.step, .stp)
CATIA (.CATPart, .CATProduct)
Wavefront Object (.obj)
Unigraphics/NX (.prt)
Solid Edge (.par, .asm)
ProE/Creo (.prt, .prt., .asm, .asm.)
VRML (.wrl)

Operating Systems
Windows (7, 10)
Mac OS X (10.12+)
NOTE: Does not support Mac Catalina

CAD Plugins
SolidWorks, Autodesk Fusion 360, Onshape, Autodesk Inventor

ELECTRICAL

Power Requirements
100-­240 V, 50-60 HZ
2.7-1.3A

Connectivity
USB, Ethernet, Wi­fi

Compatible Materials

MATERIAL COMPATIBILITY

MakerBot SKETCH PLA Filament

MakerBot SKETCH TOUGH Filament

Helpful Resources

Support Resources

For general usage questions, contact 3D Universe:

Email: support@3duniverse.org
Phone: 800-689-4344

For hardware-related support, contact MakerBot Support: https://support.makerbot.com/product/makerbot-method

3D Printing Resources

STL Files:

  • Thingiverse: Most comprehensive site available for free downloadable STL files
  • YouMagine: Another excellent site for free STL files
  • Yeggi: A search engine for finding 3D printable files

CAD Software:

  • TinkerCAD: A free, easy-to-use browser-based CAD solution. Great option for beginners
  • SketchUp: A popular CAD software, free for personal use
  • FreeCAD: A free, open-source parametric 3D modeler
  • Blender: A powerful open-source 3D modeler, popular and full of great features, but with a steep learning curve
  • Autodesk Fusion 360: A powerful, full-featured, browser-based parametric modeling solution, free for students and startups
  • OpenSCAD: This free CAD tool uses a textual programming-style language to create solid-body objects instead of using visual modeling tools

Get the Quality Filament You Need

Nothing will impact your 3D printing results like the kind of filament you use. Good filament is highly consistent in diameter, is wound evenly onto the spool with just the right amount of tension, and will not tangle when being unwound. 3D Universe offers a wide range of high-quality filaments to choose from. Check out our filament collection...

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