Get to know the Sketch printer

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

Sketch is designed for a classroom setup

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 world.

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.

Explore Sketch Standard

Minimize the hassle of learning how to operate a new technology and just hit 'print' with Sketch's built-in printer features to help you along the way.

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

• Wireless
• Wired

• Polylactic Acid (PLA)
• Tough PLA

• 50 Hz
• 60 Hz

• 3D Printer
• Classroom
• Student
• Education
• School

• PC
• Mac