Research on Prototyping

Keeping track of research and resources on prototyping in design. Includes research on prototyping best practices, learning through making, and resources on prototyping materials and techniques.

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How to Evaluate the 2015 Make: 3DP Test Probes | Make: DIY Projects, How-Tos, Electronics, Crafts and Ideas for Makers

Want to see how your 3D printer stacks up to the competition? Download our test-print files and follow along.

Test pieces to help you determine the print quality of your 3D printer (and instructions on how to evaluate them)

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Architecture-Scale Human-Assisted Additive Manufacturing(SIGGRAPH 2015)

by Hironori Yoshida et al. Technical paper at SIGGRAPH 2015 Abstract: Recent digital fabrication tools have opened up accessibility to personalized rapid pro...

Digital System to assist hand fabrication of building-scale structure made out of chopsticks.

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MakerCase is a web-based application for designing laser-cut project cases. Design custom laser-cut cases for your projects.

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How to think about Mesh Joinery in order to build complex forms, based on research from Pisa – it's not just for perpendicular interlocked slices anymore!

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Great example of what a FabLab's knowledge base could look like.  All physical items are tagged with a code that links it to the resource library, which offers examples, spec' sheets, and other instruction.

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http://me71.caltech.edu/images/4/4e/Fabulous_foamcore.pdf

Handout with instructions on foamcore construction techniques.

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http://www.cutlasercut.com/resources/drawing-guidelines/adobe-illustrator-cs-r

Guidelines and best practices for how to prepare a file for laser cutting using Illustrator.

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Introduction to basic by-hand prototyping techniques.

(Thanks Adrien!)

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HowDo is sound and picture chapters to share stories of everyday knowledge. Sign-in, watch others doing and create stories on your own!

App for sharing explanations of how to do things.

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Online French DIY Boutique

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Tout savoir sur le Craft Robo et les autres machines de découpe

Internet forum, all about electrronic die cutters, tout en français!

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Make Magazine Joinery Notebook (Update 1)

For about ten years, I have been collecting various clever ways of cutting flat stock to design 3D shapes that slot together in space. Back in April, I posted a long, rambling brain-dump from this ...

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http://boxmaker.rahulbotics.com/

Fast/easy parametric box design generator for laser cutter.

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NPR story on crowdsourced temperature measurements, including making your own temperature sensor.  Mass-production via customer assembly.

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If you're making a laser-cut file that you'd like to be parametric (à la parametric CAD files), here's a web-based editor that will let you do it! An API worth poking at.

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Knowledge base for a NYC-based fab lab