NSCAD University an overview of departments using digital modeling ZCorp Zprinter 310 Rhino software, JewelCAD Vacuform & various plastics forming equipment RAM press NSCAD University has recently acquired the ZCorp 310 printer that sits in a new Plastics Lab, and will be shared by all departments. For the Ceramics Department, a particular interest is integrating [...]
Geez, some people have such great ideas. This post over at GetLoFi.com highlighting an audio sampler made from laser cut cardboard and silk-screened conductive paint got me thinking… has anyone developed an electrically conductive glaze? Seems pretty simple — an iron rich glaze, maybe with some silver? Then you could run low voltage through it [...]
I recently came across another free software tool for CAD/3d design. The software is called CoCreate by PTC, which offers both a commercial and a free personal version. The interface looks pretty straight forward and the software on the whole reminds me of another tool in this category called Alibre Design. Both tools seems to [...]
This past week I ran across a site for a new 3d printer that uses standard office paper as its consumable media. How cool is that? The resolution looks pretty good, and given that they are advertising the cost of consumables (paper, cutting blades) at 40 times less expensive than other 3d printers, this could [...]
Here is a link to Eric Dyer (teaches animation at the University of Maryland Baltimore) I met at MICA who is using our 3-D printer combined to create objects that are self animating…kind of like a zoetrope, the images are created using Maya, then brought into Rhino and printed on our Z-Corp printer at MICA. [...]
