Development of a Rapid Prototyping Laboratory

快速原型实验室的发展

• 批准号: 9250614
• 负责人: Surendra Gupta
• 金额: $ 4.5万
• 依托单位: Rochester Institute of Tech
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-08-01 至 1995-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9250614&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Development; Rapid; Prototyping; Laboratory

Engineering and industrial design students at the Rochester Institute of Technology are developing their design projects using stereolithographic techniques for rapid prototyping. With stereolithography, students build mock-ups of their designs, evaluate their fit, style, and capabilities, and make modifications and changes quickly and inexpensively. This allows the development of a design project through its most critical phase - the transformation from a concept to a three- dimensional CAD model, and then to a prototype for testing and evaluation - enhancing the creative and productive capabilities of the students. The three-dimensional model is obtained using existing computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) systems. Students experiment with models they design and build using the flow visualization equipment in a wind tunnel, in projects in their fluid mechanics and aerospace courses. In other design courses, stereolithography allows iterative modifications of designs. Industrial Design students make complex physical parts for evaluation. With stereolithography, they can explore unusual and creative designs with graceful, sweeping shapes, smooth bends, and rounded corners.

罗切斯特理工学院的工程和工业设计专业的学生正在开发他们的设计项目，使用立体光刻技术进行快速原型制作。通过立体光刻技术，学生们可以建立自己设计的模型，评估它们的适合度、风格和能力，并快速而廉价地进行修改和更改。这使得一个设计项目的发展通过其最关键的阶段-从一个概念到三维CAD模型，然后到测试和评估的原型-提高学生的创造力和生产能力。三维模型是利用现有的计算机辅助设计与制图（CADD）系统获得的。学生在他们的流体力学和航空航天课程的项目中，利用流动可视化设备在风洞中设计和建造模型进行实验。在其他设计课程中，立体光刻允许对设计进行迭代修改。工业设计专业的学生制作复杂的物理部件进行评估。通过立体光刻，他们可以探索不寻常的和创造性的设计，优美的形状，光滑的弯曲和圆角。