15-294-A1 Rapid Prototyping Technologies Fall 2017

Dates: Section A1: 8/28/2017 to 10/16/2017 Location: Hunt Library Physical Computing Lab (basement, room A10) Syllabus Lecture Schedule Piazza page 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: Aijin Wang, aijinw@andrew.cmu.edu Office hours: TBA.
	TA: Varun Gadh, vgadh@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