Coming Soon - Fab@School

Desktop Engineering with Fab@School

Aspex Software has been creating engineering software for schools for over fifteen years and understanding how students learn in the STEM subjects of technology, math and engineering, is where our focus lies.

With the advent of inexpensive fabrication machines like the Silhouette paper trimming machine, and the innovative open source Fab@School 3D printer shown on the right, students can generate ideas on the classroom computer and then transform their designs into physical prototypes. 

We're really excited at the possibilities opened up by digital fabrication in the classroom because until now, engineering has been expensive and severely under-represented in schools.

The basic function of the Fab@School device is that it is able to make a quick copy of a three-dimensional object that has been specified with a CAD file. In other words, you use some software, like FabLab ModelMaker on your computer to design your 3D model, and just as a regular printer creates a copy of a drawing on paper, the Fab@School device creates a three-dimensional copy using plastic or similar materials.

Watch a mini Rotunda built before your eyes!

FabLab ModelMaker works with a Fab@School 3D printer for the first time!

FabLab ModelMaker! Combined with a 3D printer like Fab@School brings inexpensive, innovative and exciting engineering education into the classroom.

The model designed and printed in the video was built using the FabLab ModelMaker and sent to the Fab@School 3D printer to be made using silicone, but we could also have used plastic, ceramic, cheese, icing ...

and even chocolate ...