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Creating Digital Knitting Patterns with DesignaKnit
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Basic Skills and Techniques
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Meet the Technical Team
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About the Digital Fabrication Lab (ReadMe)
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Print Setting
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Create a Python Environment with Anaconda
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Inkscape and Ink/Stitch
Inkscape is a free vector graphics software similar to Adobe Illustrator. It has an extension cal...
Digital and e-textile design at the CCI
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PE Design 11
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PEmbroider
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Filaments Settings
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Python language
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Python environments
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Example Projects
There are loads of fantastic examples of eTextiles projects out there, both from CCI students and...
UltiMaker Cura Set-Up
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How to pick a new computer
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Recommended Kit List
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Create Python environment with Venv
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Create a Python environment with Miniconda
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