Digital Fabrication Studio

Digital Fabrication Studios - Learning Resources

Our Locations:
Mt. Royal Station Building, S125
At the ‘Station Building’ we are located on the first floor at the southernmost end of the building. You will need to walk through the I.S. Metal Shop. Please wear studio attire.
Dolphin Design Center. D120, D450
In ‘Dolphin’ we are located on the 1st floor. Enter through the double doors on the left past the building entrance. (don't forget to ‘tap’ in at security) We also have a satellite Laser Lab on the west end of the 4th floor.

dFab Basics:

Accessing picasso (MICA’s campus-wide shared storage drive)

Working with File Explorer in Windows 11

Using Rhino Templates and Setting your default template

Machine Manuals and Guides:

Laser Cutter Manual

Graphtec Plotter Manual

3D Modeling help:

Help with Rhino Commands:

F1 Help - Type in any command In Rhino and press F1 on the keyboard and you will be on the help page for that command

Rhino Cheat Sheet - list of commands grouped by their function

ChatGPT - is good at solving Rhino problems if you are stuck and can’t figure it out

For advanced Rhino users:

Rhino apps - plugins for additional capabilities

Grasshopper beginner tutorials - Learn parametric modeling

Other 3D modeling software you might want to try:

SculptGL - (free) - web app for modeling and 3D Scan cleanup

Blender - (free) - good for more organic sculpting

Beginner blender tutorial