Ivona Solčániová, Roman Brück, Karolína Stehlíková, Ivan Málek
This paper will introduce Theatre 3D, an ongoing project in the field of practical research in theatre history. The aim of the project, funded by the University Development Fund, was to create fifteen 3D models of theatrical artefacts (buildings, objects, set design) to enable students on the Theatre Studies programme to understand more technically or ideologically challenging concepts. The models that have been created so far are now being used in the teaching of courses at both Bachelor and Master level (Theatre in European History, Ancient Theatre, Stage Analysis, Medieval Theatre, etc.) and as a testing aid for the Bachelor State Examination.
3D printing is realized in cooperation with the Central Library of the Faculty of Arts MU. The paper will illustrate the process of creating a model using 3D printing, including the preparation of data (measures of technical documentation or analysis of historical sources and subsequent creation of 3D visualization in CAD software), prepress preparation, actual printing and final processing. The potential of 3D printing lies in the polyfunctionality of the data bases (3D visualizations), which can be implemented in virtual reality. Educational materials are currently being developed that build on 3D models to build and further explain theatrical theories and their historical background.