digitallabor.en.md

From time to time, certain machines and equipment may not be available for use due to renovations, expansions, maintenance, repairs or other similar reasons. This may be because they are out of order or require initial commissioning. If you require the use of specific equipment for your project, we ask that you contact the relevant contacts by email or telephone in advance to ensure availability.
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In this folder you will find further documents on all areas of the digital lab such as operating instructions, templates and samples, tutorials and other things to make your work easier.
As always: We are stronger together - we are happy about every [contribution to the pool of knowledge and experience](feedback.en.md).
Although the aim of the device is the rapid prototyping of printed circuit boards, our experience to date shows that the machine is quite temperamental and that printing with liquid ink and the further process steps certainly carry some potential for error. Unfortunately, this is sometimes the case with new types of equipment and processes. We therefore do not currently recommend relying on the device for time-critical applications and see it more as an interesting research device and certainly as an alternative application, for example in the high-precision dispensing of liquids.
- [Computer room](projektraeume.en.md#computerraum) with 21 workstations on the ground floor.
- Laptops: 5x Microsoft Surface with pen, several 14" laptops for general work, 2x 17" Dell "workstation" laptop (1x for 3D scanning and 1x for VR/AR).
- An iPad (incl. Apple Pencil) and a Wacom One (graphics tablet with display) and an older Wacom graphics tablet are each available upon request.
- Desktops: multiple 27" Apple iMac (10-core i9, 64GB RAM, Radeon Pro 5700 XT), 2x Windows (dual 4214 12 core, 64GB RAM, RTX 5000).
- Some of the desktops are mounted on rollable tables and can be used at different locations in the Makerspace as needed.
!!! warning "Software licenses for educational use only!"
	All of the commercial software mentioned below may be used for educational and research purposes only. Commercial use is prohibited. For applications with a commercial background, separate licenses must be purchased. These can also be installed on the Makerspace hardware if required and after consultation with the team.

**software on various workstations and laptops:**

- Apple Pro Apps (Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, Motion, Compressor, MainStage)
- Affinity Suite (Designer, Photo, Publisher)
- Various area-, device- and machine-specific applications
- Steam with various (VR) content on VR computer in design lab
- The applications installed in the computer room

**Software in the computer room:**

- Inkscape und InkStitch
- Arduino IDE
- Fritzing
- Autodesk Inventor Professional, Inventor CAM, Fusion 360, Sketchbook, Meshmixer (*all Autodesk products require a separate Autodesk account with (educational) license. Otherwise they are not usable.)*
- PrusaSlicer
- Cura
- DoBot Studio
- GIMP
- KiCAD
- Unity
- Blender
- Shotcut
- Rhino 5
- Android Studio
- Lego EV3 Classroom Lego Education
- Lego Mindstorms Robot Inventor
- In addition, the "standard software for PC pools" is available from IT.Services (Office, 7zip, Firefox, VLC, LaTeX, Matlab, etc.)

!!! info "Subsequent installation of software"

	- In the computer room, a subsequent installation of software is only possible with longer advance notice. Current versions of the software are not necessarily always installed. The workstations are virtualized and a RUB loginID or an event account for external users (only with advance notice!) is required for use.
	- On the other workstations and laptops in the Makerspace, a subsequent installation of software is possible by prior arrangement.