MENTOR resources
3d printing
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CURA Guide for Ender 3, a guide on how to use Cura for the Ender 3's
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Mentor Ender 3 Guide, a rough guide on how to use and maintain the Ender 3 3D printers. Some of the photos are outdated and don't reflect the printers in our spaces exactly, so pay attention to the comments
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3D Printing Machine Training, in case you need a refresher after you complete the training
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Note: You will not be considered trained on the 3D printers just by looking at these slides, you still must attend a training by a mentor and complete the quiz
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LASER CUTTING
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Laser Cutting Troubleshooting Guide, exactly what it sounds like
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RDWorks/LaserWorks v8 Manual, the manual for the software we use to interface with out lasers
CorelDRAW
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To properly format files to be laser cut, vinyl cut, or routed by the X-Carve, you will need CorelDRAW, a graphics editor program
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CorelDRAW is free to download for all Pitt students through Pitt's software download service
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If you have a Windows computer, choose any version what runs on your computer
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If you have a Mac, you will need a virtual machine program such as Parallels (also available from the software download service) to run CorelDRAW
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All of the computers in the makerspaces have CorelDRAW, but we encourage you to have the application yourself if you are able to
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CorelDRAW Walkthrough, a guide on how to prepare DXFs in CorelDRAW
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Image Editing CorelDRAW guide, a guide on how to turn a regular image into a vector file ready to get cut out