15-294 Rapid Prototyping Technologies Spring 2015 (Out of Date)

Dates: Section A3: 1/12 to 3/5/2015; Section A4: 3/16 to 5/1/2015 Location: Hunt Library Physical Computing Lab (basement, room A10) Syllabus and Lecture Schedule Piazza page Autolab page Student Project Galleries 1, 2, 3, and 4

People

	Professor: Dave Touretzky. Office: GHC 9013. Drop by any evening. Phone: 412-268-7561.
	TA: Meg Richards, mouse@cmu.edu Office hours Mondays 5:30-6:30pm in the Digital Fab Lab at IDeATe@HUNT, or by appointment.
	TA: Adam Moran, amoran@andrew.cmu.edu Office hours Thursdays 4:30-5:30pm in the Digital Fab Lab at IDeATe@Hunt.

Handouts / Assignments

• Software setup
• Assignment 1: Spirograph
• Assignment 2: Trees and DXF Files
• Assignment 3: The Pascaline
• Assignment 4: Molecule
• Assignment 5: Company Profile
• Final Project
• Rabbit Laser Instructions
• STL demo files

Resources

Recommended Books:

Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing, by Hod Lipson and Melba Kurman. John Wiley, 2013. An in-depth look at current technology and the future of 3D printing.

3D Printing: The Next Industrial Revolution, by Christopher Barnatt, 2013. History of 3D printing and a comprehensive survey of 3D printing technologies and companies.

Safety Information

• Laser cutter safety from CMU EHS (Environmental Health & Safety)

• Materal Safety Data Sheet: Acrylite Acrylic Sheet
• Materal Safety Data Sheet: Cast Acrylic
• Materal Safety Data Sheets for 3D Systems Cube: PLA filament, ABS filament
• Material Safety Data Sheets for Form Labs Resins: Clear, White, Grey, Black

• Rabbit Laser makes our laser cutters. Here is the software manual.
• Cubify.com makes our Cube 3 printers; here is the Cube 3 User Guide
• Cubify Fans has Cube tips and news
• Formlabs makes our Form 1+ stereolithography printers and Preform software
• Thingiverse shares 3D printable objects (Yoda heads, nautilus gears, etc.)
• Amazon's 3D Printing Store

• Reddit /r/3dprinting
• 3D Printing Industry
• 3D Printing is the Future
• 3D Printing News
• 3ders.org
• 3dprinting.com
• 3dprinter.net
• 3dprint.com
• Replicator World
• ID3: Business Critical Ideas in 3D

Administrative Stuff

• The IDeATe User Information Form gets you IDeATe@Hunt keycard access, puts you on the mailing list, and gets you access to the equipment reservation system. You will need this to reserve laser cutter time.
• The IDeATe User Agreement must be completed (online) before you can use any equipment.
• The IDeATe Reservation System is where you sign up for laser cutter or 3D printer time.
• The IDeATe Facility Workflow page explains how the facility works, and users' responsibilities.

Funding Acknowledgment