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  1. 3. is the part of the printer that pushes the filament toward the hotend.Its job is to control how much filament enters the printer.
  2. 4. is the small opening where the melted filament comes out.It moves over the print bed and deposits very thin lines of plastic.
  3. 5. is the material used by many 3D printers. It looks like a long, thin plastic wire and normally comes on a spool. The printer heats the filament until it becomes soft enough to create the object.
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  1. 1. is the part that heats and melts the filament.The temperature depends on the type of material being used.
  2. 2. is the flat surface where the object is printed.The first layer of the object must stick correctly to the print bed.
  3. 6. is one thin section of the printed object. A 3D object is created by placing hundreds or even thousands of layers on top of each other.