15-294-A3 Rapid Prototyping Technologies Spring 2018

Dates: Section A1: 1/17/2018 to 3/5/2018 Location: Hunt Library Physical Computing Lab (basement, room A10) Syllabus Lecture Schedule Piazza page (public version) Autolab page Student Project Galleries 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 Also visit the IDeATe Gallery for more cool stuff.

People

	Professor: Dave Touretzky. Office: GHC 9013. Drop by any evening. Phone: 412-268-7561.
	TA: Varun Gadh, vgadh@andrew.cmu.edu Office hours: TBA.
	TA: Amy Coronado, acoronad@andrew.cmu.edu Office hours: TBA.
	IDeATe Lending Booth: x8-6050

Handouts / Assignments

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

Resources

IDeATe Resources site: info about equipment, courses, policies, and more.

SolidWorks 2017 Essential Training at Lynda.com; log in here.

my.nvbots.com 3D printer portal.

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

• Rabbit Laser makes our laser cutters. Here is the software manual.
• Thingiverse shares 3D printable objects (Yoda heads, nautilus gears, etc.)
• Amazon's 3D Printing Store

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