CAD Labs
The College of Human Ecology provides three advanced CAD labs for the instructional and research use of its students and faculty. All labs are open 24/7 for students with access to the building and rooms.
The CAD Instructional Laboratory | The Advanced Apparel CAD Lab | The Design Studio
The CAD Instructional Laboratory
Located in HEB T14, it is one of the most advanced student computer labs on the Cornell campus.
Facilities include:
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PCs: 27 Dell Precision 380 workstations featuring 3 GHz dual core processors with 2 GB of RAM. They also have high end Nvidia Quadro graphics cards with a large 24" display. All computers come equipped with DVD/CD writers and 9-in-1 flash card readers.
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Tablets: Wacom display/drawing and drawing tablets
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Scanners: 2 tabloid size flatbed scanners, high-resolution Nikon slide scanner, large format Calcomp digitizer
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Printers: Two tabloid size laser printers, Xerox Phaser Color Printer, HP 5100 Black and White Printer
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Large format printers: Two large format Hewlett-Packard color inkjet printers. These printers accommodate large rolls of paper, plastic (e.g., Tyvek®) and textiles, including silk.
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Software Highlights:
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AutoCAD
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Adobe Creative Suite
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Lectra (apparel design)
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OptiTex (apparel design)
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The Advanced Apparel CAD Lab
Located in HEB T20, it includes:
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PCs: 19 Dell GX270 workstations featuring 3GHz processors with 1 gigabyte of RAM, DVD/CD writers and 20" displays
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Wacom drawing tablets
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2 tabloid size flatbed scanners
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A large format Calcomp digitizer
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Ouput devices, including:
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A high quality tabloid size color inkjet printer
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Color and black and white laser printers
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A black and white plotter
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Software, including:
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AutoCAD
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Adobe Creative Suite
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Lectra (apparel design)
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OptiTex (apparel design)
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The Design Studio
Located in MVR 4221, it includes:
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PC's: 18 Dell Precision 470 workstations equipped with 1 gigabytge of RAM, Intel Xeon 3 GHz processors, Nvidia Quadro graphics cards, 20" displays and DVD/CD writers.
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Two flatbed scanners
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Printers, including a tabloid size HP color laser and a black and white laser
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Software, including:
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AutoCAD
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Architectural Studio 3DS MAX and 3DS VIZ
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Adobe Creative Suite
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Adobe Premiere Pro
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For additional information on the equipment or operations of these labs please contact our CAD Lab Coordination, John Stager or our Director of Computing Services, Randi Rainbow.

