CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder Hints

How do I use the lab equipment?

• You can find out what machine to use yourself by dragging the item onto any machine, at which point it will either be analyzed or your partner will tell you what machine to use, at no point cost to you. But if you'd rather get it right the first time, here's a rundown of the machines:
  
  -- Assembly Table: Use for items that need to be put back together (like a broken flower pot) or taken apart (like a puzzle box).
  
  -- Comparison Microscope: Use for anything that needs to be examine microscopically. It's also used when you want to compare two objects visually, such as fitting the two pieces of a broken stick back together.
  
  -- Lab Computer/Trace Analyzer: Use to research and compare fingerprints, footprints, and treadmarks; to listen to and compare audio recordings; to compare photographs; to read downloaded files; and to research various items like financial records. (That last one is kind of vague, since sometimes you get the info from Brass and sometimes you find it yourself. All I can say is, if the one doesn't work, try the other.)
  
  -- DNA Analyzer: Use to research and compare the DNA of body fluids.
  
  -- Chemical Analyzer: Use to determine the makeup of unknown inorganic substances (i.e., not blood or semen).
  
  -- Brass: Go to Brass for such things as phone numbers, addresses, employment records, and other generalized research items.
  

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