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<\/a>Advanced Output technologies in the news<\/h4>\n
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3DPrint.com<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– 3D printing and scanning news stories and contemporary art works.
\n3D Printing Industry<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– More current 3D printing news.
\nFabbaloo<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– A blog tracking developments in Fabbing, 3D Printing and Desktop Manufacturing.
\nTime Compression Technologies Magazine<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– Rapid Prototyping, Rapid Manufacturing and Rapid Product Development.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

<\/a>Laser Cutting: General<\/h4>\n
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Wikipedia’s Laser Cutter Page<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0– Some good background info on laser cutting in general.
\nHow Lasers Work<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– Learn all about the different types of lasers, their different wavelengths and the uses to which we put them
\nTrotec Laser<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– Manufacturer of the AOC’s Trotec 120W Laser Cutter. Learn more about the machine and the various applications you can use the laser cutter for.
\nSlicer for Fusion360<\/strong><\/a>– Free Autodesk software that can transform 3D models into laser cutter files such as stacked sculptures and folded sculptures.
\nPepakura Designer<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0– Application for making cutting templates from 3D poly models.
\nOpen Desk<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– Downloadable laser cutter furniture designs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

<\/a>Laser Cutting: Materials + Services<\/h4>\n
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TAP Plastics<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– Tons of plastic products, including acrylic hinges, glues, etc.
\nInventables<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– More than 25 colors and types of acrylic are available from Inventables.
\nLaserbits<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– Distributors of various laser engraving materials and supplies.
\nPetersen Plastics<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– Local plastics supplier and service bureau with great prices on acrylic. They also offer laser cutting and signmaking services.
\nRowmark<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– Laser-Cutter material manufacturer with specialty two-tone acrylics.
\nMcMaster-Carr<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– Industrial supply company that carries lots of laser-cutter materials with extremely rapid delivery.
\nJohnson Plastics<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– Distributors of laser engraving materials and supplies.
\nFine Laser Cut<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– Small-run laser cutting services in gold, platinum, silver (fine, sterling), copper, aluminum, brass, bronze, titanium, stainless steel, and alloys.
\nLaserage<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– Chicago-based service bureau, Laserage, specializes in laser scribing, machining, drilling, welding, and other custom laser job shop services on basic laserable materials as well as alumina and metals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

<\/a>3D Printing + 3D Scanning<\/h4>\n
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Wikipedia’s Rapid Prototyping Page<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– Some good background info on 3D printing.
\nWikipedia’s 3D Scanner Page<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– Some good background info on 3d scanning.
\nThingiverse<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– Free downloadable 3D models and laser cutter designs.
\nFixtureworks<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– CAD models of industrial parts.
\n3D Content Central<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– A free service for locating, configuring, downloading, and requesting 3D parts and assemblies. Free CAD model downloads.
\nTinkercad<\/a><\/strong> – A free, web based 3D modeling app.
\nStratasys<\/a><\/strong> – Manufacturer of the AOC’s F370.
\nFormlabs<\/a> – <\/strong>Manufacturer of the AOC’s Form 3 printers.
\nGenerated Math-Based STL Files<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– George W. Hart’s algorithmically generated STL files.
\nArtec 3D<\/strong><\/a> – Find additional information about the Artec Eva scanners that we use at the AOC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

<\/a>3D Software<\/h4>\n
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Download MeshLab<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– A free 3D model editing software with scan alignment.
\nDownload Meshmixer<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– A free 3D model editing software with sculpting applications.
\nDownload Netfabb<\/a><\/strong> – A very powerful free 3D model editing software.
\nDownload Sculptris<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– A free version of the sculpting-based 3D modeling software ZBrush.
\nDownload Blender<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– A free 3D modeling and animation software similar to Maya.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

<\/a>2D Wide-Format Printing + Scanning<\/h4>\n
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