Development of a Rapid Prototyping Laboratory

罗切斯特大学工程和工业设计专业的学生 理工学院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，学生们可以建立他们的实体模型。 设计，评估他们的适合，风格和能力，并使 修改和更改快速和廉价。 这 允许开发一个设计项目，通过其最 关键阶段-从一个概念到三个概念的转变- 三维CAD模型，然后以原型进行测试， 评价-提高创造和生产能力 学生们。 三维模型使用 现有的计算机辅助设计和绘图（CADD）系统。 学生们用他们设计和建造的模型进行实验， 风洞中的流动可视化设备， 流体力学和航空航天课程。 在其它设计中 当然，立体光刻允许迭代修改， 的设计. 工业设计专业学生制作复杂的物理 部分进行评估。 利用立体光刻，他们可以探索 不寻常的和创造性的设计与优雅，席卷的形状， 平滑的弯曲和圆角。

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.