Material Fabrication

Parametric Design:

• Parametric software is no substitute for parametric thinking

• Parametric Thinking by David Karle and Brian M. Kelly Imagining parametric thinking as a way to design curriculum for architecture programs.

• Theories and Models of Parametric Design Thinking Briefly discusses PDT (Parametric Design Thinking)

• Thinking difference: Theories and models of parametric design thinking
  

Design Software:

• Autodesk Fusion360 - Sign up for a student account (if you don't have one)

  • Parameter I/O - Allows you to use parameters from CSV spreadsheet in your project. They do not update as the CSV changes, but can be reloaded.

  • FusionSheeter - connects your paramters to a google sheet

  • Autodesk Slicer for Fusion - extracts cross sections for laser or cnc fabrication

  • Voronoi Sketch Generator - creates sketches with randomized bubble patterns

  • Clone - Only for windows - duplicates, rotates and scales with a repeat for fractal like patterns

• Artec Studio - Found in the Material Library with 3D scanners, on instructor station in the Addams Animation lab and on the 210 workstation. Powerful tool for editing, reducing and aligning 3D scans.

• Rhino and Grasshopper

• OpenSCAD - The Programmers Solid 3D CAD Modeller

• Mesh Mixer - Application to edit polygon meshes for 3D printing and CNC

• DeepNest - Open source nesting software for optimizing shapes within sheet material for lasercutting, cnc, and manual fabrication

• SVG Nest - web based app that allows you to upload a SVG of many parts and lay them out in an efficient manner for Lasercutting, CNC etc.

• Sagulator - Web calculator that lets you calculate the sag of MDF, Wood, or Glass

• Shrinkulator - Web calculator for the expansion of wood species

Fabrication Processes:

• Great Reference books

  • Machinery's Handbook

  • Wood Engineering Handbook

  • Understanding Wood R Bruce Hoadley

• Milling and Drilling Speed and Feeds

• Milling and CNC cutters for Composites and Laminates

• Bend Allowance - how much sheet material you need to make a bend

• Overview of Milling

• Overview of Sheet Metal Fabrication

• Mechanical Engineering Coures Penn Resource Page

• Pate de Verre - Fusing glass powder within a mold

Fabrication Facilities:

• PennDesign Fabrication Lab

Material Safety

• The Artist's Complete Health and Safety Guide (glass, metal, wood, photo, stone, fibers)

• The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques (safety manual for common art materials - painting)

• 3D Printing - Fused Deposition Particle Emissions (PLA, ABS and others)

• OSHA Woodworking (safety considerations for milling, assembly and finishing wood)

• OSHA Computer Workstation

Unique Emerging Materials / Methods:

• 3D Printed Glass

• Aerated Concrete

• Self-Folding Structures using two types of 3D printing filaments (TPU and PLA) think about method in relation to laminates as well?

• Silicon actuators/springs at Penn

• Mycellium Bricks and 3D printed / CNC Extruded Mycellium

• Using Maya to make a 3D printed mold from a 3D scanned

• matterdesign - stone and concrete case studies

• Zetteler Film Production Studio that produces work about Innovative Design

• Ledelle Moe - casting concrete figures with mud full lecture

• Conflict Materials (3TG) - Tantalum, Tin, Tungsten, and Gold

• Contemporary Damascus Steel - Vegas Forge and American Metal Exchange

Fabrication machines and supplies:

• Micro-mark - Tools, materials and hardware for miniature models

• Little Machine Shop - Small scale machining equipment

• ToolToday - CNC Router bits and Shapers for Wood, Plastic and other materials. (also great advice if you call)

• Lakeshore Carbide - Excellent carbide end-mills and drill bits for steel, stainless and other metals (and good advice)

• Precise Bits - Small end mills and drill bits for plastic, wood, shell, metal and other materials (also very .003" bits..)