Computer-Controlled Cutting

Updated for the latest Fab Academy * evaluation standards!

• Group assignment
  • Characterize your lasercutter's focus, power, speed, rate, kerf, joint clearance and types.
  • Document your work to the group work page and reflect on your individual page what you learned.

• Individual assignments
  • Design, lasercut, and document a parametric press-fit construction kit, which can be assembled in multiple ways. Account for the lasercutter kerf.
  • cut something on the vinylcutter

Learning outcomes

• Demonstrate and describe parametric 2D modelling processes
• Identify and explain processes involved in using the laser cutter.
• Develop, evaluate and construct the parametric construction kit
• Identify and explain processes involved in using the vinyl cutter.

Have you

• Included your hero shots
• linked to the group assignment page
• Explained how you parametrically designed your files
• Documented how you made your press-fit kit
• Documented how you made your vinyl cutting
• Included your original design files

FAQ

What does characterise mean?

Answer: Describe/understand the nature and features (of your particular laser cutter)

Can I use the Inkscape clone tool for my pressfit kit?

Answer: No. The clone tool is not a real parametric software.

What is valid for a construction kit

Answer: something more than a finger joint box that you can assemble multiple ways.

Is it compulsory to design my own file in Vinyl cutting?

Answer: No, but you must acknowledge where you found it.

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