Individual Assignment

Design, lasercut, and document a parametric construction kit, accounting for the lasercutter kerf, which can be assembled in multiple ways.
Cut something on the vinyl cutter.

Parametric Design

This section shows how a parametric design made using SolidWorks. This object can be assembled in different shapes.

How the design is made.

• Creating new project
  -Open the SolidWorks application
  -Click the part to create the new project.
  -Created new sketch on the front plan.
  



• Creating parts of the design
  - Create circle using Ellipse tool under sketch.
  -Created a center line and diagonal line to make connecting wings and make the distance from the center of 20mm.
  -The above steps repeated in four corners of the circle.
  -Created a rectangle to create a joint, 10mm depth and width 5.5mm to allow 5mm wood to fit in.
  -Created two rectangles to make a connecting cross bar.
  -Created a rectangle to create a joint on both sides, 10mm depth and width 5.5mm to allow 5mm wood to fit in.
  
  
  
  -Cut the unwanted lines using Trim Entity tool.
  
  
  -Expand the circle by 50mm diameter.
  
  -Duplicated the final objects to produce multiple items and align for lacer cutting.
  
  
  -Export the final object for laser cutting.
  
  
• Making toolpath
  I have used RDWorks software downloaded from RDWorks V8 and installed on windows using default settings.
  I imported the vector files into RDWorks software to prepare it for CO2 Laser cutting. Since the cutting area of the laser is smaller, the file splitted into two to fit the cutting area.




• Laser cutting
  After the toolpath is completed, the print job sent to the laser to start cutting. The pieces were cut in two different jobs due to the small workspace of the laser.
  
  
  
  
  
  After removing cut pieces.
  


• Assembling
  
  After all pieces cut, the I assembled the based on the design.
  
  




Design files

SolidWorks design file