October 23, 2006
For Immediate Release
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UVSC's Engineering Graphics & Design Technology Department Receives New 3D Printer
UVSC vocational students are seeing their designs in 3D with a new 3D printer, funded by a $45,000 Perkins Grant for vocational and technical education acquired by UVSC’s Career and Technical Education Department.
Using a computer design, the six-foot tall printer builds a 3D model by extruding plastic, much like fishing line, that it stacks in layers, completing an actual plastic prototype of the model.
“We’ve been teaching 3D modeling a few years, but we wanted students to actually see their ideas in models. It’s much more effective than an overhead,” said David Manning, department chair of Engineering Graphics and Design Technology. “Now they can design it, model it and actually make it.”
Manning said the printer will enhance the College’s vocational education and hopefully get more students excited about modeling and design.
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