Speakers: Anthony Reimer Rob Furr
Level: Fundamental, Lecture
Excerpt: 3D printers are coming down in price and going up in profile. Sooner or later, someone is going to approach you and say, “we want to do 3D printing” at your organization and then tell you, the Mac Admin, that they want you to support it. They are likely to assume it’s as easy as running a laser printer. It isn’t. This session is aimed at giving you some foundational knowledge about 3D printing and provide you with specific resources (including free software and services) to help get you up and running.
Description: 3D printers are coming down in price and going up in profile. Sooner or later, someone is going to approach you and say, “we want to do 3D printing” at your organization and then tell you, the Mac Admin, that they want you to support it. They are likely to assume it’s as easy as running a laser printer. It isn’t. This session is aimed at giving you some foundational knowledge about 3D printing and provide you with specific resources (including free software and services) to help get you up and running.
About the speakers
Anthony Reimer – Head Technician, Integrated Arts Media Labs – University of Calgary (Twitter: AnthonyReimer)
Anthony has been the Head Technician of the IAML at the University of Calgary since 1996, supporting work with Macintosh computers and other digital technology in Music, Art, Drama and Dance. He has given presentations on technology to artists and non-artists alike at major conferences like this one, MacTech, MacIT, and the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic. He is one of the founding organizers of the MacDeployment Conference in Calgary. When he’s not busy being a Mac Admin, Anthony conducts Foothills Concert Band and is an avid curler.
Rob Furr – Instructor – University of Calgary
Rob Furr is an instructor in digital media at the University of Calgary. He’s worked in the past as an animator, compositor, video editor, graphic designer, and videographer at a variety of organizations. Born in the mountains of Virginia, he attended James Madison University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and eventually made his way north of the border, where he teaches image processing, 3D modelling, and stop motion animation.