After the application of project-based learning (PBL) and 3D printing in classroom and teaching, the integrating methods and principles of PBL and 3D printing and recent teaching resources were summarized, PBL-based 3D modeling combined with recent innovative practice of 3D printing teaching model, with the course of Computer-aided medicine as an example, showed that the new teaching mode can effectively stimulate the interests of students, and cultivate their innovative thinking.