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The 3Doodler is a 3D pen developed by Peter Dilworth, Maxwell Bogue, and Daniel Cowen of WobbleWorks, Inc. (formerly WobbleWorks LLC). The 3Doodler works by extruding heated plastic that cools almost instantly into a solid, stable structure, allowing for the free-hand creation of three-dimensional objects. It utilizes plastic thread made of either acrylonitrile butadiene styrene ("ABS"), polylactic acid ("PLA"), or “FLEXY”, thermal polyurethane (“TPU”) that is melted and then cooled through a patented process while moving through the pen, which can then be used to make 3D objects by hand.[1] The 3Doodler has been described as a glue gun for 3D printing because of how the plastic is extruded from the tip, with one foot of the plastic thread equaling "about 11 feet of extruded material".[2]
There are three pen models, Start, Create and Pro, intended for children, general consumers, and professionals respectively.[3]
- ^ Joseph Flaherty. "3Doodler Lets You Hand-Draw 3-D Objects". WIRED. Retrieved 2017-03-22.
- ^ Staff writer (February 22, 2013). "Pen 'writes' in 3D with plastic". UPI. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
- ^ "The 3Doodler - The World's First and Best 3D Pen". The 3Doodler. Retrieved 2017-08-26.