April 22, 2014

Hi everyone, It’s a busy week at the Wayne College makerspace.  Rocket launch day is Wednesday the 23rd (tomorrow), so students are busy designing and 3D printing rocket parts.  If you are free tomorrow morning at 9:30, come to the softball field to watch the launches. We find that designing a shape does not necessarily guarantee that it will 3D print!  The larger MakerBot printer works well with designs made in Creo, while the portable printer works better with SolidWorks.  This is because each printer uses a different “slicing engine” software program to process the student designs before printing. The MakerBot currently is printing fins,Read More →