make mode

21,000 square feet of amazingness where NYC designers can take their ideas from prototype, to production, to market in a community that values ethical production, reducing our environmental impacts and the creation of local jobs.

Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator

Digital Fabrication● Additive/ Subtractive● CNC Milling, Laser Cutting, 3D Printing, CNC Knitting

3D Printing History● 1986 - First 3D Printer for sale in by 3D Systems● 2008 - Rep Rap Project “humanity's first general purpose self-replicating manufacturing machine.”

3D Printing Hardware● Hobbyist/ Prosumer $500-$3,500● Professional - $10,000 - $200,000● Industrial - $250,000 - $2,000,000+

3D Printing Methods-FDM fused deposition modeling-DMLS direct metal laser sintering-3DP 3d printing-SLA stereolithography-SLS selective laser sintering

Design for 3D PrintingLimitations-Material Properties-Speed-Size-Cost

3D Printing as a conventional manufacturing primer

3D Printing Examples

Digital Design ToolsArchitecture: Rhino/ Grasshopper

Product Design: Solidworks/ Rhino

Gaming Design/ Animation: Zbrush/ Maya

Jewelry Design: Rhino/ Zbrush

Digital Media: Processing

Computer Science: Python/ JavaScript

3D Files● NURBS (points, curves, ctrl pts, surfaces) [vector]● Mesh (faces, vertices, edges) [raster]

3D Printing Services● Make Mode● Shapeways● Red Eye● Academic Fab Lab

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