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3. Computer Controlled Cutting

This week I tried several 2D and 3D designing programs to find the ones that suit me best.

My journey

At first I had to catch up on the first week so I worked on the website (design and content). After finishing the biggest part of it I tried several the Onshape, Freecad and Inkscape programs for 2D and 3D designing (I'm already familiar with Illustrator and Autocad).

Group project

We designed some pieces in Inkscape and/or Fusion 3D to try out the laser cutter and understand the paramters that are important to keep in mind.

Focus

Picture of the focus process.

Speed

Picture of the speed process.

Power

Picture of the power process.

Rate

Picture of the rate process.

Kerf

Picture of the kerf process and calculation.

Joint types

Picture of the focus process.

Individual project : parametric construction kit

Despite the fact that I previously learned how to calculate the kerf and how to design a 3D object, I chose to use 2 websites to help me create the boxes I wanted to cut on the laser cutter for this assignment. Simple reasons : saving time and brain energy as it isn't easy for me.

Festi's website to create the laser cutter's files for a wooden box. Gravini's website to create the laser cutter's files for a wooden box.

I chose to work on a basic box as it will be the base form for my final project. By already cutting it in a smaller size in this assignment, I can have a first idea of the possibilities of construction.

Picture of the 3D box design.

Individual project : vinyl cutting

To use the vinyl cutter, I vectorised the Fab Academy logo and placed it on my notebook.

Picture of my notebook with the Fab Academy freshly cutted adhesive white vinyl logo.

I measured the place on the notebook for the logo and made sure to adjust the vectorised file in Inkscape to fit in.

Printscreen of the vectorised Fab Academy logo in Inkscape with the size informations.

After saving the file in .pdf format, I opened it in the vinyl cutter program, "Summa GoSign".

This vinyl cutter machine is a ".." and is interesting as his blade is a ... one.

Picture of the .. vinyl cutting machine.

Using this vinyl cutting machine is really easy.

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My Project

As I said earlier, I took advantage of this week's assignment to cut the basic parts of my "pet house" project.

This helped me see and think about the parameters I have to take in consideration and what difficulties I can meet.

Picture of the pet house first basic prototype and my notes.

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