Category Archives: SketchUp

Custom Microscope Stage for Physics

Here is a time lapse video from the Ultimaker’s internal camera for the print of a custom stage for a microscope with Professor Christine Helms in the Physics Department. Professor Helms created the initial design in COMSOL Multiphysics while some … Continue reading

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3D Printed Campus

As part of the century celebration on campus, the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology; Digital Scholarship Lab; and Boatwright Library collaborated on the printing of a 2 foot by 3 foot terrain map of campus as it looked in … Continue reading

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SketchUp 2014 Plugins

As mentioned previously, SketchUp 2014 has a new scheme for installing plugins.  Trimble SketchUp now hosts a repository for SketchUp plugins that one can access and install directly from SketchUp Make or Pro.  There is an Extension Warehouse that can … Continue reading

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Second Tutorial for Creating a Cube Project for 3D Printing

The following tutorial contains the remaining steps for creating a cube designed for 3D printing in which the cube consists of 3 interlocking components each made of smaller cubes (click here for the 1st part of the tutorial).  

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First Tutorial for Creating a Cube Project for 3D Printing

The following tutorial contains the bulk of the steps for creating a cube designed for 3D printing in which the cube consists of 3 interlocking components each made of smaller cubes. The remaining steps that would be necessary for preparing … Continue reading

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A Biology Experiment

Professors Ovidiu Lipan and Laura Runyen-Janecky approached the CTLT with the idea of developing a new fly experiment for introductory science students in the Integrated Quantitative Science course in which students would study the locomotion of various ages of a … Continue reading

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3D Printing in the UR Alumni Magazine

As a collaborate project between University Communications, CTLT, and Boatwright Library, we developed the largest 3D print to be printed on a UR CTLT printer for inclusion in a video that documents the night culture in the library.  The cubic … Continue reading

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SketchUp 2013

SketchUp 2013 was released this week and represents a slight improvement over past versions.  The most notable changes, however, are that Trimble has furthered their effort in creatnig an identity for the product after they acquired SketchUp from Google in … Continue reading

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Google SketchUp

[Updated 5/15/13 with new list of plugins] SketchUp is a great tool for doing 3D design.  It has a very low learning curve and can be used to create accurate designs.  Moreover, there are many plug-ins for use with the … Continue reading

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Getting Great Prints with Enclosure on Solidoodle 3 Printer

As mentioned previously, I’m enclosing our Solidoodle 3 printer to try to get better results through minimizing warping and parts not sticking. As a slight aside, the Cubestick on glass is now working very well for sticking.  The trick is … Continue reading

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