The Department of Design at UC Davis offers a variety of tools to students meant to help further their design education and assist in finishing projects.
205 Cruess Digital Printing Studio
The Digital Printing Lab at the UC Davis Department of Design is a drop-in multimedia computer lab located in 205 Cruess Hall. The facility’s primary function is to serve as a digital design and printing space for UC Davis Department of Design students. The studio specializes in design software graphic design, image editing, page layout and CAD.
The studio offers digital ink jet printing. Printing is reserved for courses designed around the use of the computer lab.
Studio hours may vary; see the current schedule below.
- Design Printing Studio Equipment
15 iMacs
Canon printers: imageRUNNER ADVANCE DX C5840i
2 Small scanners
1 Large scanner
1 Black and White letter size printer
- Design Printing Studio Software
Adobe cc
Maya
Audacity
Autodesk
Blender
BBedit
Browzwear (Vsticher)
Fetch
GitHub desktop
Handbrake
Macon cinema
- Processing
R
R Studio
Rhino 8
SketchUp 2025
Twinmotion
Vectorworks 2025
Visual studio code
- Open Hours (color printouts possible):
(These times fluctuate and we are in the process of hiring to fill more hours. Please check the poster outside of 205 for the most accurate open times)
T/R: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
M/W/F: Closed
207 Cruess Instructional Computer Studio
The UC Davis Department of Design's Computer Studio is a multimedia instructional computer lab located in 207 Cruess Hall. This facility is NOT an IT campus lab and does not have the capacity to serve the multimedia computer needs of the entire campus.
Its primary purpose is to provide the department's students, faculty, and staff with a high-end multimedia instructional computing facility for teaching desktop publishing, photo scanning and editing, computer graphic design, textile and fashion design, and web page development.
Studio hours vary quarterly. See current schedule of open access hours below. Access is limited to enrolled students during scheduled classes.
- Design Computer Studio Equipment
25 Intel Core i7 iMacs w/ 21.5” screens
1200 dpi Xerox laser printer
3 Color flatbed scanners
LCD Projector
- Design Computer Studio Software
Adobe Creative Suite Premium 6
Apple iWork
Microsoft Office 2011
Nemetschek VectorWorks 2011
PAD
- Open Hours (color printouts possible)