[Athen] 3d printing ?

[Stephen Marositz]

Greetings

I couldn’t agree with Lucy more on this one. Start with the basics. You will need a bigger 3D printer than you think to do tactile mottles and it will not do braille anyways.

Check out this for a periodic table as well especially for the students who use braille sparingly or not at all. A braille periodic table may frustrate them mor than help.
https://www.nathantech.net/products/software/periodictable.php

I believe there are other accessible options out there but they tend to be web based. This works nicely in a self-contained app.

HTH
Alex Marositz
Accessible Technology Initiative Coordinator
Information Security and Compliance
California State University, Dominguez Hills

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hello: there are tons of ways to create a braille periodic table and threeD printing is not one of them. Check  which app to see if they still have the excellent one they had. a small format
a threeD printer is not worth the space it takes up. You need to find something that can print medium size or larger models.



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On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 3:21 PM Normajean.Brand <normajean.brand at hccs.edu<mailto:normajean.brand at hccs.edu>> wrote:
I’m going to put this out there first and foremost, I have no idea what questions to ask and how to ask the questions I need to know/ask but here goes. I’m looking into getting a small (?) format (?) 3d printer. I have two blind students who know basic Braille (one better at it than the other one) who are taking intro chem and physics. Has anyone successfully printed the periodic table in 3d? Are there special techniques? Do you have the plans (?) you can share or direct me where I can find them? We have a license for Fusion 360 if that’s helpful. Oh, and I have a deaf/blind student coming Spring 2023. Lawd have mercy on me - this will be my first.
Any other tips/hints are greatly appreciated. I did attend the ATHEN STEM conference last week and am going back over the presentation to glean more information, but thought I’d stop here as well.
This is the first time in 20 years that we’ve had students who use Braille! So no equipment or software here anymore, all we had crumbled to dust.
TIA
NJ


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