computer-controlled cutting

Press fit X-BEE wearable housing.

This week I modified my 3D model in Vectorworks for fabrication on the Laser cutter. Again I used Vectorworks, this time to slice and subtract for manufacture from 4 millimeter Acrylic sheet.

 

Here you can see me again tracing the components and the chosen model in 3d into a series of ‘layers’ that represent the Acrylic sheet. I found this method useful as you can see what the final assembly will look like in 3d.

Once I was happy with the tolerances and form, I put Vectorworks into ‘plan’ view, nested and exported the view as  a generic EPS. The EPS file was then opened in Adobe Illustrator.  

Here is the result out of the laser cutter

And myself modeling it.