This page is an archive of iMAL's wiki that operated between 2012 and 2022. It documented projects, residencies and workshops mostly taking place at iMAL's Fablab.

Older & newer Fablab projects are now found at fablab.imal.org

Latest howtos

From your idea to the 3D print with some simple stepsPrepress -> Slicing -> PrintingPrepressGet or create your 3D model. See link and www.rascomras.com...
Inkscape is a popular Open Source vector graphics editor which can be used with the Cyborg laser cutter at iMAL.SmartCarve, the laser cutter software operating the Cyborg, is...
This is what we want to produce, by scanning the face of a person and printing it. Mini people!What you needA Kinect or related PrimeSense-based depth sensor (like the Asus Xtion)...
In the workshop page, I've added a class and example to get swipe recognition in iOS using the native GestureRecognizers. It takes ofxGestureRecognizer as a starting pointHere are...
... if your application saves for example images or text files that you'd like to get out of your iOS device. First, as a reminder, that's how you typically write a local...
RappelDigital in/out : HIGH/LOW2-13A0-A5 en outputAnalog in : 0-1024A0-A5, Analog out: PMW link;: 0-2553, 5-6, 9-10-11 Serial/SériePort COM...
Extruded polystyrene (Blue Foam) Recommended for people new to milling and for most surface milling jobs. We like this product to do a first run before using the final...
This is a simple software to create the layout of each face of a box. It's BoxCreator , it's a processing code so you need the processing software and also a processing library as...
Intro DeskProto will allow you to machine 3D geometry (STL file), 2D drawing (DXF file, AI, EPS) as well as 3D reliefs based on photos (any bitmap file). It is not possible to...
Cutting tools come in a range of sizes, materials, and geometry types.  It is generally more efficient to use a combination of different toolpaths and tools to achieve a...
This is what we want to achieve by simplifying the mesh.  It take a STL file in input, take the biggest heap of triangles, smooth it and decimate it. What you needA...
Just as small single line font ideal for lasercutting  I made in processing (only numbers implemented).   //for #gx30 ;) //corneel cannaerts void setup(){ size(...
This sketch illustrates the "most" efficient way of generating planar slices of a static mesh.Generate the HE_Mesh meshCreate an efficient intersection structure from the mesh: a...
Some easy math to calculate the size of your Processing window so you don't need to resize your work before you send it to the lasercutter.Let's say you want to create a work of...
  Processing gCode Viewer by Noah Levy.  
Simple example (based on a modelbuilder example). The STL file should of course be in your sketch folder.import unlekker.util.*; import unlekker.modelbuilder.*; UNav3D nav;...