Feb 19, 2013 | @UR, Design, In the News
The 3Doodler, a 3D printing pen, has met it’s funding goal on Kickstarter. The 3Doodler is simply a pen with a plastic extruder on the end. By pressing a button, ABS plastic is extruded out of the tip and hardens quickly. The device allows for immediate 3D printing...
Feb 15, 2013 | @UR, Design, SketchUp
For demonstrating proficiency with SketchUp, the TLC staff were asked to create SketchUp models of spatial objects around campus such as a component of a building or fountain. The staff were asked to spend only 6-7 hours on the project. This gallery shows the student...
Feb 8, 2013 | @UR, Design, Printing, SketchUp
Want a custom 3D-printed “I ♥ [Heart] TLC” magnet? While supplies last, the TLC will be giving them away for those coming to the Technology Learning Center on Valentine’s Day to work on their academic projects.
Feb 8, 2013 | @UR, Design, Printing, SketchUp
Although there is nothing toxic about 3D printing with ABS (check out an MSDS for ABS and research posts such as http://www.instructables.com/id/Is-3D-Printing-Safe-or-DIY-Testing-for-HCN-from-/ ), it does have some odor. The magnitude can be reduced by enclosing the...
Oct 22, 2012 | Design, In the News, Printing
Cosmo Wenman, an artist who has scanned sculptures at such museums as the British Museum in London and the Getty Center in Los Angeles, has printed and assembled a couple remarkable works life size including the Head of a horse of Selene and the Portrait of Alexander...
Oct 11, 2012 | @UR, Design, Printing, SketchUp
As part of a larger project with Prof. Fiona Ross for a 3D design course in the Art and Art History Department, beginning in 2011 and proceeding every semester, students learn and use Google SketchUp to develop an artwork composed of three pieces of small cubes taken...
