15-294 Rapid Prototyping Technologies Fall 2015 (Out of Date)

Dates: Section A2: 10/26 to 12/11/2015 Location: Hunt Library Physical Computing Lab (basement, room A10) Syllabus and Lecture Schedule Piazza page Autolab page Student Project Galleries 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, 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: Meg Richards, mouse@cmu.edu Office hours Wednesdays 5:30-6:30pm in the Digital Fab Lab at IDeATe@HUNT, or by appointment.
	TA: Adam Moran, amoran@andrew.cmu.edu Office hours Mondays 5:30-6:30pm 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: Duck Rendering
• 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