Dimensional Imaging Research Lab
Academic Rapid prototyping programs
The Dimensional Imaging Research laboratories (DIRL) consist of rapid prototyping tools to allow you to explore 3D imaging and rapid prototyping output for artists and designers. It is unique to have a rapid prototyping center situated in an Arts School, though The Ohio State Department of Art believes that advanced technology in the hands of artists, designers and inventors is critical to our mission to challenge the culture to recognize that the arts of all forms, as purveyors of creativity and self expression are central to our cultural evolution.
The lab is located in Haskett Hall Room 220 off the sound stage. In this room we have a ZCorp 510 along with workstations with the ZCorp editing software and a single seat of Magics which allows you to edit and clean up polygon based models. In the basement of Hopkins Hall in the Ceramics Area we have a Konica-Minolta Scanner Vivid 910 combined with the Raindrop Geomagic software suite and a Techno Isel RG59 50 CNC router.
Additional rapid prototyping resources are available in The KSA School of Architecture through a collaborative relationship Art and Architecture have established to share resources and knowledge.
The Z510 Spectrum 3D printer has a print volume of 10" x 14" x 8" in full-color and jpeg or tiff images can be mapped onto the 3D object you create for full color printing.
The Laboratory is collaborative effort of the Art & Technology, Ceramics and Sculpture in the Department of Art. It was made possible with in interdisplinary grant from the College of Arts and Sciences written in collaboration with Physics and Entomology. Additional funding came from the College of the Arts, Ohio State University to make this facility more broadly available to College Units and our collaboration in the KSA School of Architecture. Grants written by Ceramics are responsible for purchase of the Techno-Isel CNC systems and the Konica Minolta Scanner.
You can use the ZCorp 510 rapid prototyping sytem by contacting lab superviser Gene Felice or Professors Ken Rinaldo, Todd Slaughter or Steve Thurston.
If you are interested in learning and using the Konica 3D Scanner and the Techno Isel RG59 50 CNC router contact P rofessor Steve Thurston
For access to Archictecture's labs please contact Matt Bernhardt and visit the KSA Fab Lab site.
One way to learn to use these facilities is to take Art 452 3D Sculpture and Modeling or to take hours with any of the professors above.
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Konica-Minolta Scanner Vivid 910 combined with the Raindrop Geomagic software
suite
Polygon Editing Utility Software & Manual
White Balance Filter and Power Cord
Interchangeable lenses (wide angle, mid, telephoto)
Tripod Base Plate VI-A18
VIVID Tripod w/Pan/Tilt Head
Raindrop Geomagic
Education seat license Geomagic Studio Includes Capture, Wrap and Shape
modules.
The VIVID 910 uses laser-beam light sectioning technology, which scans the peice using a slit beam. Light is reflected from the workpiece and acquired by the CCD camera and the 3D data is created by triangulation to determine the distance information. The laser beam is scanned with a high-precision galvanometric mirror, and 640 x 480 individual points are measured with each scan. High-speed image processing chips are integrated for rapid measurement, which results in measurements in about 2.5 seconds
Techno Isel RG 59 50 CNC Router
• Built-In GCode Editor and Toolpath Preview
• Production Logging and Reporting
• Infinite Look-Ahead and Continuous Motion (which optimizes feed rates
while maintaining accurate positioning)
The kind of materials that this machine is capable of milling are: Cedar, Cottonwood, Pine, Redwood, Ash, Oak, Beech, Birch, Cherry, Mahogany, Maple, Oak Poplar, MDF, LDF, Particle board, Plywood, packaging, Melamine, Marine PVC, Plywood, Butter Board, Lexan, Foam, Phenolic, cutting boards, Acrylics, Aluminum, PCB fabrication, etching, Brass, Copper, Fiberglass, magnetized rubber mats, Composites, Leather, Inlays, Sintra, Orthodics, Molding, Polypropylene, template manufacturing, ABS, Nylon, Drywall, Gypsum, Channel letters, Lucite, Polycarbonate, Ren board, Sign foam, Precision board, Teflon, LDF, Veneers, Laminates, Solid Surface, UHMW, Vinyl, Melamine, Corian, Avonite, HDF, Sile Stone, Gibraltar, Earth Stone, Alumalite, G10, Luan, Delrin, Matte board, Masonite, Mylar, N Pressboard.
Please check
with Ceramics first about what is an acceptable material for this system.
