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Spring 2020
May 13,2024 |
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| ARTS 333 - DIGITAL FABRICATION |
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ARTS 333 Digital Fabrication will introduce students to digital design and fabrication techniques within the context of contemporary art. The focus of the course will be on computer-aided design and the building of three-dimensional physical forms, utilizing the digital process. Assignments focus on gaining an understanding of the software needed to generate computer-aided designs, using both traditional and innovative approaches to model generation. This course puts a strong emphasis towards the hands-on experience and techniques necessary to utilize the automated manufacturing process. Students will learn how to interface digitally generated designs with the machines that produce physical prototypes. Digital models will be made tangible thorough additive and subtractive fabrication technologies including 3D printing, CNC milling, and laser cutting. Students will transform their prototypes into fine-art objects through a series of physical processes. Blending the more traditional art-making methods of welding, wood joinery, mold making, and metal casting, with the fundamentals of digital design and manufacturing, this course emphasizes workflow between the digital and real world, the traditional and the new. Digital Fabrication is a process-heavy discipline; students should expect to purchase outside materials for the course including foam, wood, and metal.
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Hybrid, Lecture, Lecture/Online, Online Course Art Department |
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