{"id":610,"date":"2021-08-14T11:42:12","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T15:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/epic\/?page_id=610"},"modified":"2024-09-03T14:02:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T18:02:33","slug":"get-started","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/epic\/get-started\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Started"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>So you have an idea but don&#8217;t know how to start&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Review the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/epic\/engineering-product-innovation-center\/safety\/\">safety requirements<\/a> and take the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/epic\/get-started\/safety-quiz\/\">safety quiz<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Learn about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/epic\/equipment\/\">manufacturing processes<\/a> and what you can make<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/epic\/get-started\/drawing\/\">Sketch up your idea<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Schedule a meeting with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/epic\/engineering-product-innovation-center\/people\/\">staff<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/epic\/calendly\">Calendly<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Come to one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/epic\/engineering-product-innovation-center\/events\/\">our events<\/a> or stop by during our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/epic\/engineering-product-innovation-center\/visit\/#hours\">open hours<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Join our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/epic\/engineering-product-innovation-center\/newsletter\/\">mailing list<\/a> for updates about events at EPIC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The more you think through your design before you start to build, the better. If you&#8217;re thinking&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I just need to make this hole a little bigger.<\/li>\n<li>This doesn&#8217;t quite fit, I just need to file off this edge.<\/li>\n<li>I just need to make this part two or three more times and it should be perfect.<\/li>\n<li>I forgot this hole the first time, I just need to add one more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;then <i>please<\/i>, speak with us first. We always prefer designs that have been well-thought-out before manufacturing. Most iterative design can be resolved in the design stage with careful thought, more complete solid modeling, or by asking a staff member for help. Additionally, EPIC is a prototype shop; we are not well-equipped for production runs.<\/p>\n<p>Mistakes can and will happen; parts will sometimes need to be redesigned, remade, modified, or corrected. If something goes wrong, tell us, help us understand why, and we can help make it right.<\/p>\n<h4>Who can use EPIC?<\/h4>\n<p>EPIC is available to all current BU Students, Faculty and Staff. Access to resources is on a first-come-first-served basis.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the semester, we often need to prioritize coursework.\u00a0 Review our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/epic\/engineering-product-innovation-center\/policies-and-work-prioritization\/\">policies and prioritization page<\/a> for our procedures when capacity is constrained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So you have an idea but don&#8217;t know how to start&#8230; Review the safety requirements and take the safety quiz Learn about the manufacturing processes and what you can make Sketch up your idea Schedule a meeting with our staff on Calendly Come to one of our events or stop by during our open hours [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15230,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/610"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15230"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2808,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/610\/revisions\/2808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}