Difference between revisions of "Designing microfluidic masks"
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* Displaying your design as PDF or otherwise is not straight forward because the resolution needed. You get a fair impression using [https://cloudconvert.com/dwg-to-pdf CloudConvert] which is much better than AutoCads own pdf export. | * Displaying your design as PDF or otherwise is not straight forward because the resolution needed. You get a fair impression using [https://cloudconvert.com/dwg-to-pdf CloudConvert] which is much better than AutoCads own pdf export. | ||
* Example of a design where white lines (in screen shot below, black lines in PDF) are contours containing flow and green lines are inner polygons. Here is a [https://wiki.uio.no/mn/fysikk/laglivlab/images/c/cd/Incubator_3Dcell2.pdf PDF version] of the file and the [https://www.mn.uio.no/fysikk/forskning/prosjekter/laglivlab/dokumenter/incubator_3dcell2.dwg DWG file]. | * Example of a design where white lines (in screen shot below, black lines in PDF) are contours containing flow and green lines are inner polygons. Here is a [https://wiki.uio.no/mn/fysikk/laglivlab/images/c/cd/Incubator_3Dcell2.pdf PDF version] of the file and the [https://www.mn.uio.no/fysikk/forskning/prosjekter/laglivlab/dokumenter/incubator_3dcell2.dwg DWG file]. | ||
+ | * Rounding corners on a region | ||
+ | ** Command EXPLODE makes region into lines | ||
+ | ** Command JOIN joins lines into polylines | ||
+ | ** Command FILLET, downarrow to get options RADIUS and POLYLINE | ||
[[File:Skjermbilde 2021-04-20 kl. 15.33.04.png|left|thumb|Some microfluidic circuit designs for a 3" wafer]] | [[File:Skjermbilde 2021-04-20 kl. 15.33.04.png|left|thumb|Some microfluidic circuit designs for a 3" wafer]] |
Latest revision as of 16:29, 20 April 2021
- Stanford microfluidics foundry has a good guide for designing your own device. That includes a guide to use AutoCAD.
- AutoCAD (a program from Autodesk) is available free.
- You can use Klayout but we have more support for using Autocad.
- Mask template for placing your designs
- This guide for designing masks has some important tips
- All fluid pathways have to be inside one or more closed contour(s)
- The outer contour should be drawn in one layer (Give it a name like "Flow")
- Any obstacles inside this outer contour must be drawn in another layer. Give it a name like "Flow inner polygons")
- Displaying your design as PDF or otherwise is not straight forward because the resolution needed. You get a fair impression using CloudConvert which is much better than AutoCads own pdf export.
- Example of a design where white lines (in screen shot below, black lines in PDF) are contours containing flow and green lines are inner polygons. Here is a PDF version of the file and the DWG file.
- Rounding corners on a region
- Command EXPLODE makes region into lines
- Command JOIN joins lines into polylines
- Command FILLET, downarrow to get options RADIUS and POLYLINE