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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

 

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The CAD Instructional Laboratory

Located in HEB T14, it is one of the most advanced student computer labs on the Cornell campus.

Facilities include:

  • 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.

  • Tablets: Wacom display/drawing and drawing tablets

  • Scanners: 2 tabloid size flatbed scanners, high-resolution Nikon slide scanner, large format Calcomp digitizer

  • Printers: Two tabloid size laser printers, Xerox Phaser Color Printer, HP 5100 Black and White Printer

  • 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.

  • Software Highlights:

    •     AutoCAD

    •     Adobe Creative Suite

    •     Lectra (apparel design)

    •     OptiTex (apparel design)

 

 

The Advanced Apparel CAD Lab

Located in HEB T20, it includes:

  • PCs: 19 Dell GX270 workstations featuring 3GHz processors with 1 gigabyte of RAM, DVD/CD writers and 20" displays

  • Wacom drawing tablets

  • 2 tabloid size flatbed scanners

  • A large format Calcomp digitizer

  • Ouput devices, including:

    •     A high quality tabloid size color inkjet printer

    •     Color and black and white laser printers

    •     A black and white plotter

  • Software, including:

    •     AutoCAD

    •     Adobe Creative Suite

    •     Lectra (apparel design)

    •     OptiTex (apparel design)

 

 

The Design Studio

Located in MVR 4221, it includes:

  • 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.

  • Two flatbed scanners

  • Printers, including a tabloid size HP color laser and a black and white laser

  • Software, including:

    •     AutoCAD

    •     Architectural Studio 3DS MAX and 3DS VIZ

    •     Adobe Creative Suite

    •     Adobe Premiere Pro


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.