To do list:



Group

• characterize your lasercutter's focus, power, speed, rate, kerf, and joint clearance

Individual

• cut something on the vinylcutter
• design, lasercut, and document a parametric construction kit, accounting for the lasercutter kerf, which can be assembled in multiple ways,
• and for extra credit include elements that aren't flat

Week 3 CAD files:

FuselageModulePart3.scad (own work)

FuselageModulePart4.scad (own work)

Parameters_CDM.scad (own work)



hollowKnight.svg (own work)



LaserCutCatan.scad (own work)

ParametersCatan.scad (own work)

PlayersBuildings.scad (own work)

WoodHex.scad (own work)



Week 3 "hero shot":

Group assignment

Digiscope Epilog Fusion M2 laser cutter

How to set up

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Digiscope Epilog Fusion M2 laser cutter technical specification

Laser cutter focus, power, and speed

Laser cut rate, kerf and joint clearance

Individual assignment

Cut something on the vinylcutter

The copper cutting failed because the force was too high and the blade old...

Laser cutting first fuselage module simple design

From Sketch to fully assembled module

Part 1 for fuselage module

Part 2 for fuselage module

Assembled fuelage module

Remix of the board game Settlers of Catan

The game

Source: Catan article from Wikipedia

"Catan is a multiplayer board game designed by Klaus Teuber, and first published in 1995 in Germany by Franckh-Kosmos Verlag (Kosmos) as Die Siedler von Catan. Players take on the roles of settlers, each attempting to build and develop holdings while trading and acquiring resources. Players gain points as their settlements grow, the first to reach a set number of points, typically 10, wins". "The players in the game represent settlers establishing settlements on the island of Catan. Players build settlements, cities, and roads to connect them as they settle the island. The game board, which represents the island, is composed of hexagonal tiles (hexes) of different land types, which are laid out randomly at the beginning of each game"



The figure below shows a game of Catan with the extension city and Knight I played with my brothers.

My goal was to remix the game with a japanese version made almost only on the laser cutter.

Design

Bellow are the OpenSCAD files used for the design of the game remix:

LaserCutCatan.scad (own work)

ParametersCatan.scad (own work)

PlayersBuildings.scad (own work)

WoodHex.scad (own work)

Laser cut game

OpenSCAD design

I use the following design and color scheme to rmix the tiles:

• Green with bamboo for the lumber tiles
• Red with square clay bricks for the brick tiles
• Grey with a mountain for the ore tiles
• White with fences and sheep for the wool tiles
• Yellow with wheat stems for the grain tiles
• Blue with japanese pattern for the sea tiles
• Black ninja for the robber
• Purple for the merchant
• Samurais for the knights!
• Small "pagoga like building" for the villages
• Tall "pagoga like building" for the villages

Testing improvement to the base game

I wanted the design of the tiles to allow to lock the roads, boats and pieces in place during the play.

I also wanted to use origami helmet (kabuto) to mark the power of the samurais (knights):

• innactive with no hat
• level 1 with simple origami hat
• level 2 with kabuto origami hat
• level 3 with elaborated origmai hat

I am also planning to use an origami kabuto with a laser cut stand for the largest army trophy.

Painting

I used water based paint.

I might want to add a protective coat latter.

First results

I need to laser cut more parts to have a full game.

I do like the look of the remix game!

Now I can make as many tiles I like to create custom large maps :)

Zoom on the japanese remix tiles