Additive manufacturing or 3d printing is a process of making a three-dimensional solid object of virtually any shape from a digital model. 3d printing is achieved using an additive process, where successive layers of material are laid down in different shapes. 3d printing is considered distinct from traditional machining techniques, which mostly rely on the removal of material by methods such as cutting or drilling (subtractive processes). My presentation will demonstrate the 3d printing process. This process has three distinct phases. The process starts with a design phase that makes use of 3 dimensional design software to create an object for printing. The next phase takes the object destined for printing and "slices" it using slicer software into a code file. This code file contains the layers that make up the object and the instructions the printer software executes to create the finished product. There will be examples of objects created by our 3d printers as well as ongoing "prints" of objects designed by students.