Sep 6, 2013 | @UR, Design, Printing, SketchUp
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 the sculptures for 3D...
Aug 22, 2013 | @UR, Design, Printing, SketchUp
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...
May 24, 2013 | @UR, Design, In the News, Printing, SketchUp
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 prop measured 180mm...
May 24, 2013 | Design, In the News, SketchUp
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 2012. The...
May 15, 2013 | Design, 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 app to increase functionality and...
Mar 20, 2013 | @UR, Design, Printing, SketchUp
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 to wash the glass plate...
