We will use Autodesk's 360 Fusion for most of our 3D modeling and printing. For our 2-Dimensional work, we'll mainly use Adobe Illustrator. 360 Fusion is free for students. Hooray! Adobe Illustrator is part of the Adobe Creative Cloud. ISM did some wheelin'-and-dealin' to allow all of us to now download and use all Adobe Apps. Double hooray. Both these pieces of software will work on Mac or PC.
Most of the vids below are made by me, specifically for our projects. However, sometimes I was able to find vids made by others that were just as helpful.
Here is a link to download 360 fusion.
Tutorial Vid on Why to Build with Panels in Fusion. by Dingrando
Vid: HOW to Build with Panels in Fusion by Dingrando
How to use "Shell" and "Split Body" to create panels by Dingrando
Vid: How to Export as STL and 3D Print from Fusion*by Dingrando . --* Note: "3D Print" command has moved. It's now under "File."
Finger Joint Box Part 1 First Panel by Dingrando
Finger Joint Box Part 2, Second Panel by Dingrando
Finger Joint Box Part 3, Third and fourth Panel by Dingrando
Finger Joint Box Part 4, Bottom Panel by Dingrando
Finger Joint Box Part 5, Exporting sketches as dxf by Dingrando
Vid 1 on how to create an orthogonal drawing from Autodesk
Vid 2 for orthogonal from Autodesk
Starting your Orthogonal and Correct Alignment of Views by Dingrando
Orthogonal Custom Table Creation by Dingrando . (add rectangular dimension as a 4th column).
Inserting 3rd Angle Projection Symbol and Precision of measurements by Dingrando
Intro to 3D Modeling - 19 videos by Autodesk.
Using the REVOLVE tool. Also here is a using the Revolve / Shell tool to make a bottle.
How to 3D print using XYZWare. by Dingrando
Creating a Crosslap Stool Base by Dingrando
Creating legs of Housing Joint Stool by Dingrando
Adding Brace to housing joint stool by Dingrando
Leg Making for a Stool in Fusion, by Dingrando
X-style Base for Stool. Duplicating and naming bodies. Rotating and centering two bodies.
How to Add, Modify, and Show Dimensions in 360 Fusion, by Dingrando
Material Appearance and Rendering Your Design in 360 Fusion, by Dingrando
Making a Dog in Fusion. by Dingrando. This vid shows how to do non-uniform scaling, fillet, copy, and move. Also turning on the origin.
Using Sculpt Environment. by Dingrando. I "create form" to enter sculpt environment, and subdivide panels before editing the form.
Here's part one of my version of making a dodecahedron. Here's part two. This introduces the "surface" environment and uses "patch" and "stitch" functions.
Here is a link to download Adobe Illustrator. You will need to create an account using your school email.
Link to many official Illustrator Tutorials by Adobe.
Is your Illustrator File ready to Laser Cut? by Dingrando
Modifying a Slicer .eps file in Illustrator for laser cutting.
Getting Started with Adobe Illustrator (and laser cutting) by Mr. Carl.
The Shape Builder Tool by Mr. Carl.
Fill and Stroke for Laser Cutting by Mr. Carl.
Text to Outlines for Laser Cutting by Dingrando
Anchor Points and Direct Selection Tool by Dingrando
Turning your hand sketch in an Illustrator file by Mr. Carl
Placing .dxf sketches into Illustrator by Dingrando
Setting Up Material Size in Slicer. This allows you to use sheets of cardboard of a size that matches our laser cutter.
Slicing Up a 3D Model. I take a 3D model in 360 Fusion into Slicer and generate the 2D .eps files for the laser cutter.
Origami 101: (Fusion, slicer, and Illustrator): This vid shows how to make a simple box, use slicer for folded panels, and put into illustrator for printing.