Feedback_Computer-Controlled Cutting_Week 4
- Group Work
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characterized your lasercutter's focus, power, speed, rate, kerf, and joint clearance - Parametric press-fit construction kit
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Explained how you parametrically designed your files, accounting for the lasercutter kerf. -
Shown how you made your press-fit kit. -
Included your design files and photos of your finished project - Vinyl Cutting
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Cut something on the vinylcutter. -
Explained how you drew your files for vinylcutting. -
Shown how you made your vinyl project. -
Included your design files and photos of your finished project.
Group Work:
Your group work documentation does not include testing important characters of the lasercutter such as power, speed and rate.
Please clarify the following for Vinylcutting:
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I used Roland CS-24 vinyl-cutter. -
GS24 -
I draw a simple star with Inkscape. -
What was the value for the line width? -
First I set the vinyl sheet to the vinyl cutter; and closed the sheet loading lever:; and moved the pin roller to correct place to hold the sheet:; -
The order that you explain is problematic (you first align the pinch rollers and then raise(close) the loading lever. It should be like this: you first lower the loading lever, then align the pinch rollers with the grit marks and then raise the loading lever. -
Then I pushed Menu button and selected the correct sheet -
Why did you choose 'edge'? And what happened when you pressed Enter button on the machine? What parameters did you get from the machine? What parameters did you manually change? -
If you used transfer sheet, mention it. -
Mention how you weeded the cut vinyl? -
I drew a simple star with Inkscape with 0,02 mm line width -
Are you sure that the line width was 0.02 mm? To my experience, this value is so small and cutting will not happen. I wanted to check from your document but there is an issue with your file and I did not manage to open it. -
Check .svg file that you have included. It is not working. You need to update your file.
Please clarify the following for Press-Fit Kit:
In the text, mention and explain the parameters that you created in Fusion 360 and their values.How did you account for the laser cutter kerf in your design/parameters? Did you consider defining kerf as one of your parameters?What is 10 mm? Is it material thickness? If yes, then you should write it down as: Slot width = Material Thickness - Kerf. And since you need to eventually lasercut it, make sure whether we have material with 10 mm thickness or not. If not, no worries, when your design is parametric and you can easily change the values.You need to also update the image. In the image, the slot width is 10 mm.Did you try to export your design as PDF (from Fusion 360) and cut it? If yes, you need to explain how. If no, you need to do it.-
You can export as PDF from Fusion 360 following:file > new drawing > from design > It asks you to switch to modeling mode > Press OK > It will show the 'Create Drawing' dialog > Press OK > Place base view somewhere in the opened document > Set the scale to 1 in order to have the actual size of your design > output as PDF Check: http://fabacademy.org/2018/labs/fablaboulu/students/behnaz-norouzi/week4.html
Then you import your PDF file in inkscape and the only parameters that you change would be the border stroke style to prepare it for cutting. Then you again save as .PDF and this file would be the one that you eventually include in your page. The final .PDF file that you manage to cut your press-fit kit with it.In both cases you need to write down the settings that you used for cutting (speed, power, frequency and etc.)your .pdf is not working.when you fix everything with your design:complete your explanation of how you designed parametrically (considering the above mentioned comments that I have already provided you with.)
Still needs to be fixed:include .f3d, .stl (new version) and .pdf and check them to make sure that they work.
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make your press-fit kit using your .pdf file and laser cutter. -
Include the hero image of your final object. -
Please note that: Having only pictures is not enough, everything should be explained in written format in your documentations.
Please clarify the following for Laser Cutting:
Mention the name of the laser cutter(s) that you cut with.Explain how you used the laser cuter(s). (safety issues, job, jog, origin, focus setting, auto focus and etc).For focus adjustment the following that you have mentioned is not necessary:"and when the distance is fixed press the joystick to reset the Z -value"
Reflection:
Please wrap up what you have learned at this week by reflecting on your experiences (challenges, frustrations, successes, Failures, considerations, etc.) during different processes.
Files:
Please consider a section at the end of your documentation for including your files (parametric design (.stl, .pdf), design for vinyl cutting (.svg), design for kerf test (.svg, .pdf), design for power, speed and frequency (.svg, .pdf).)
Typos:
First I draw a squaredrewThere are some other 'draw' verbs that should be changed to the past tense.I defined the line style to be 0,02 mmthe line width