Final objects from the Laser Cutter

So far I have been able to use both laser cutters, the one from FabLab and the other in the Threedee Workshop. The first object 'the cat' was cut with the FabLab laser cutter and 4mm corrugated cardboard. The 2nd object was cut with the Threedee Workshop laser cutter and I used 4mm plywood. 

This object is 200mmx200mm and been made with 4mm cardboard. 

There are a few too many horizontal slices as it was rather tricky to put it all together. In the process of trying to fit all the slices together I squished some slices to make them fit better but the it affected the whole object and makes it look a bit of a sloppy job. 

Next time I would try to use less horizontal slices and a few more vertical slices. So it is more even throughout the object and easier to put together.

These objects are 50mmx50mm. Therefore a lot smaller pieces than the previous cardboard object. The 4mm plywood was slightly bent, from storage, which meant that I had to stick the plywood onto the laser cutter bed. This also meant that whilst cutting it sometimes popped up, the tape came undone form the bed, which meant that it would change the angle of the laser. So some profiles were cut slightly differently to others. Also some didn't fully cut through so I had to redo them which meant that they ended up slightly smaller. 

Slices dont fit quite together as I faced some problems with the plywood and laser cutter.

This one somehow ended up not being able to be put together even though I used the function interlocked slices with this one swell. I also have lost some slices in the bed of the cutter as they were so small.

Next we go to Autodesk Inventor

In week 4's session we started to learn a new software called Autodesk Inventor. Again we are designing 3 objects to be 3D Printed with the Fablab machines. Autodesk Inventor is a lot different to Rhino 3D and I reckon slightly easier as you can go back to change things without having to delete it.

Rhino continues..

In week 3's session we started on creating 3 new objects with Rhino 3D. These objects were from scratch and had to be able to be joined together. So we have a plinth and two additional objects to go on top with a joining way, for example a screw.

First we started playing around with the object we made last week. Using the function "turn on points" on the solid I could change the shape of the object using just one point or multiple selected. 

Then we created holes, making a vase with a smaller size of the same solid. The used the function Boolean Difference.

Further on the session we learned to make spirals as it may become part of our new objects. In this task we are asked to make a joining point and a spiral can become a screw.

I wanted to create an object that I could use as an experiment for my Studio I class Space. Here I wanted an object that is round and has tubes going through with an image at the back. 

I wanted to try and use as many functions as possible and ended up with this object.

Bottom view

This was an idea for a plinth. 

Here I just tried out a few functions again.

Developing the plinth further, again wanting to use as many functions as possible.