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3D Prints for Teachers of the Visually Impaired
"3D Printing for Teachers of the Visually Impaired" has a goal to document simple, practical conventions for designing models, and lay the ground work so that interested parties can create the needed designs. Students with visual impairments have difficulty with concepts based on visual/spatial relationships, particularly in Math and Science. As 3D Printers continue to become a common place in the classroom, offering an unprecedented assets for teachers and students, teachers are often faced with the challenge of what to do with the 3D Printer? This project creates a open-source way to link teachers who need design files and designers...
Autodesk Fusion 360 - Mesh Editting
Autodesk's cloud-based 3d Modeling platform Fusion 360 has become well-loved by many a 3D designer. The recent Autodesk update for Fusion 360 now includes mesh editing. Before, users had to switch between Mesh editing programs like MeshMixer to modify STL and OBJ files, but now all mesh editing can be easily done right in Fusion. This makes Fusion 360 the first software of its kind to incorporate mesh editing as part of a complete product design platform. You can easily access the new function, by selecting “Create Mesh” from the Create drop-down menu. By doing so you would activate the built in...
Embracing 3D Printers in High School
Cowley International College in St. Helens, England where Advanced Skills Teacher Rob Jones uses 3D printing to teach his high school students. Because Ultimaker is open-source, students are able to play around and try all sorts of different things with the printers. This allows them to experience for themselves what works, and what doesn’t. It gives them the freedom to think creatively and without restraint. "What it teaches the students is not to be afraid of making mistakes. By physically printing them it allows them to test and then improve upon their design. – Rob Jones, teacher" What’s even...
3D Printer Makerspace in Primary School
More and more, 3D printing is being used in education as a tool to teach people at all levels of learning. Teachers use 3D objects to help primary school kids grasp concepts, refine students' creative skills in high school and help them learn technical subjects at university. At that stage they’re often using them for prototyping projects – a shift to a more professional use of the Ultimaker almost identical to its use in companies in the real world. To give you an idea just how much Ultimakers are being embraced by education we’d like to share a story...
Imaginables welcomes Kae Woei from XYZ Workshop
Imaginables would like to welcome Kae Woei Lim, founder of Melbourne based design creatives from XYZ Workshop. XYZ Workshop has a long history with Ultimaker and is known for making unique design, most notably the longest 3d printed dressing using Ultimaker's Flexible PLA. The "inBloom" Dress has seen the inside of the White House and will be featured this January on Discovery Channel.Kae Woei joins us as a Creative Director, and will be concentrating on promoting the use of 3D printers in Research and Education, as well as fostering the Ultimaker Community here in Australia. "I'm very excited to join the team...