3D Jail Project - IO1 - Competence framework for 3D printing in jail

SLS
Selective Laser Sintering
A process that binds material
together using a laser as the
power source to sinter
powdered material.
– Good, detailed Objects
– Allows industrial
Applications
– Objects needs to be
cleaned from rest-powder
– Machines are high priced
Overview of possible software using 3D technology
In this chapter you will find a list of software that are used in the different trainings in
prisons, and in the best practices included in the questionnaires filled in by the partners of
the project. Although there were also some hardware, they have not been included.
The focus is the choice of programs, we have several variables and two ways to choose: we
must consider whether the chosen programs are easy to use and get by the inmates and/or
whether they are widely used in the labour market and could allow them to obtain a
qualification and therefore an access to a potential occupation when they leave prison. It is
quite complicated to define which software is Easy to use and which one is Complex to use,
as these definitions differ depending on the partner filling the questionnaire.
In order to better frame and define whether a software is Easy or Complex to use, we would
need a certain base, a definition of which level of computing use or technological skills the
group of inmates, for whom the trainings are intended, needs. Having this basis, it would
be easier to determine whether a certain software is either Easy or Complex to manage.
On the other hand, if we want to develop a shop inside the prison to prepare inmates to
start a business (whether small or big), without spending too much money we would have
to use an open software: No money needed to buy it and the software has enough quality
to design mechanical and crafting items.
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