Autodesk is well know for offering a wide variety of CAD software, such as AutoCAD or the new Fusion360. But just recently the FabLab made good use of Meshmixer, the ‘Swiss Army Knife’ for 3D meshes. The software allows manipulating meshes in a more user-friendly way. It is possible to […]
Month: February 2016
Bamboo Fashion in the FabLab: 3D Printed Molds Mimic Bamboo
Bamboo is an appealing material for many purposes and worldwide because it is reliable, inexpensive and grows rapidly in varied conditions. As a 2015 Barrett Scholar undergraduate Civil Engineering major Sara Dorr created unique molds using the FabLab’s 3d printers that mimic the internal patterns bamboo fiber. These molds provided opportunities to […]
Making “Greenspeed” in the UVM FabLab
The Alternative Energy Racing Organization (AERO) uses the FabLab almost daily during the school year to prototype different parts on their alternative energy racing car, Greenspeed. The machine they use most is the laser cutter. The laser cutter allows them to create quick cardboard prototypes to ensure proper geometry and […]
3D Printing the Rank-3 Shi Arrangement
A challenge in many parts of mathematics is that of visualizing structures that live in four dimensions and higher. Such visualizations are crucial for intuition as often important mathematical intricacies do not arise in lower dimensions. In this project, the CEMS UVM FabLab helped Professor Warrington make a 3D […]