Representing the World in 3D

Representing the World in 3D

JMU UNST 390 – Spring 2018

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Maps and Floor Plans

April 25, 2018April 30, 2018 BrailleWiz

The Braille Wiz team shares their final products after completing the semester: 3D printed tactile campus maps and floor plans for the different floors of Roop Hall and Carrier Library…

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Campus Map

April 11, 2018April 26, 2018 BrailleWiz

We are working on getting the walkways to fit together on our full campus map.

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Fusion360 Troubles

April 11, 2018April 30, 2018 BrailleWiz

Technical difficulties lead to a halt in progress. However, as a group, we were able to overcome them, and proceed to print!

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From Carrier Library to Roop Hall

March 26, 2018April 26, 2018 BrailleWiz

Switching gears to ensure proper implementation.

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Finally… Two Working Prints!

February 28, 2018April 30, 2018 BrailleWiz

The team is working on making sure the prints are readable for our users. By utilizing disability services we will be able to figure out if our Braille is readable.

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Incorporating Braille Print & Map

February 21, 2018April 26, 2018 BrailleWiz

An update and look into the future. As a group, we put together a timeline for the rest of the semester and decided on our final presentation. We also included an update with links, photos and screenshots.

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Testing Out New Software

February 14, 2018April 26, 2018 BrailleWiz

This week we are experimenting with where and how we will place the braille on our maps. In addition, we tested out new software such as StetchUp. This ended up being a software that we did not find useful for the completion of our assignment.

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The Braille Map Team

February 12, 2018April 26, 2018 BrailleWiz

Group roles for semester project. This week we assigned roles for each group member to be working on in and out of class time.

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Testing Out Different 3D Printing Methods

February 7, 2018April 26, 2018 BrailleWiz

Trying out different applications to model the floor plans. Also printing out some test models to see how they translate to a 3D object.

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Braille Map Beginnings

January 31, 2018April 26, 2018 BrailleWiz

The first step to creating vision impaired maps for JMU. Learning about the tools we need to use and where we need to start.

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UNST 390

Representing the World in 3D is a new University Studies UNST 390 course held in the JMU 3SPACE 3D printing classroom.

The course focuses on critical thinking, independent research, and hands-on design thinking. Student projects will represent real-world data, objects, and locations with digital and printable 3D designs.

 

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