2. Computer Aided design¶

The Fab Charter¶

https://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/charter/

CAD licenses¶

Solidworks -> email -> google drive
xDesign -> email -> google drive
Fusion360 -> coming
OnShape -> created (check email)

Markdown¶

Tips
Layout

Preparation for next week¶

Computer-Controlled Cutting
individual assignment:
cut something on the vinylcutter

vinylcutter
- sand blast > Glass
  - Ref. last year
- heat press > T-shirt
  - Pressing
  - Graduation

design, lasercut, and document a parametric construction kit

Design
- well Prepared -> your original
- if not -> simple

(Individual) Assignment¶

model (raster, vector, 2D, 3D, render, animate, simulate, …) a possible final project,
compress your images and videos,
and post a description with your design files on your class page

Have you answered these questions?¶

Assesment

Modelled experimental objects/part of a possible project in 2D and 3D software
Shown how you did it with words/images/screenshots
Included your original design files

ToDo¶

2D design¶

Raster
- GIMP
- Photoshop
Vector
- Inkscape
- Illustrator
- CorelDRAW

3D design¶

Fusion360 -> parametric design
OnShape
- create account link in the email
Blender
- Wakayama Univ
ZBrush
SolidWorks
- installed in PC in FabLab Kannai

Render¶

Fusion360
Blender

Animate¶

Fusion360

Simulation¶

Blander Physics

Attention

How to animate cube in Houdini

How to animate cube in Houdini from XAPKOHHEH on Vimeo.

compress images and videos¶

imagemagick

encoding

//convert PNG to JPG:
% convert input.png output.jpg

//convert all PNGs to JPGs:
% mogrify -format jpg *.png

//convert SVG to PNG at 1000 DPI:
% convert -density 1000 -units PixelsPerInch input.svg output.png

//compress JPG to quality 50% width 1000:
% convert input.jpg -quality 50% -resize 1000 output.jpg

//compress all JPGs to quality 50% width 1000:
% mogrify -quality 50% -resize 1000 *.jpg

ffmpeg

week1

Last update: March 4, 2022