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3.1 KiB
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137 lines
3.1 KiB
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## Get to Know a CNC - Week 1
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Learn about:
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* job origin
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* work coordinates vs. job coordinates
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* manual control (when it is needed)
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* various types of bits
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Hands-on with the machines. Learn how they move, how to manually control them, mounting up materials.
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Get to know the basic principles of a CNC mill by doing exercises on the mini-machine, then re-creating them on the industrial machine.
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Exercise 1: Setting up for operations
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Exercise 2: Manual control of CNC
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Exercise 3: Using coordinates, setting a job origin
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## First Automation! - Week 2 - Inlay Project
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Learn about:
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* Intro to CAD/CAM/Vector Art
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* Surfacing Materials with CAM
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* Understanding pockets/profiles/engraves
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* Sending automations
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Walk through the process of creating a decorative inlay. Learn to surface and secure materials, along with creating pockets and profiles for a fancy inlay project.
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This week we concentrate on the machine operations and learn the basic principles for doing a successful inlay with various materials. Students are given a design to work from, and will learn to create their own designs in the next lesson.
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Exercise 1: Create a surfacing tool
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Exercise 2: Running an automation with pockets
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Exercise 3: Running an automation with profiles
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Exercise 4: Assembling an inlay
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## Multi-body Modelling - Week 3 - Inlay Project 2
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Learn about:
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* Vector Drawing
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* Design for CNC
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* Tolerance
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* Bit Selection
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* Speeds and Feeds
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Learn to adjust graphic design techniques for production using a CNC mill. Learn to plan ahead and account for fit tolerance, material strength, and choosing good bits to work with.
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Students work in a vector drawing tool, learning to adapt the design environment for CAM operations.
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### Project: Fancy Inlay
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* Nodes
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* Paths
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* Tolerance
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## 3-Dimensional CAM - Week 4 - Wall Art Project
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Learn about:
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* Dressups
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* 3D modelling and booleans
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* Parametric Concepts
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* Slicing
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In this lesson, students learn to model in 3D and perform slicing operations in order to make parametric 3-dimensional wall art.
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### Project: Wall Art (Parametric)
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* Part Workbench
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* Creating 3-dimensional Surfaces
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* Slicing operations
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* Placement and alignment for CAM
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## Relief Carving - Week 5 - 3D Surfacting
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Learn about:
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* Dovetail joints
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* Keyed joints
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* Scarf joints
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* Mortise and Tenon joints
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* Lap Joints
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Learn to create organic shapes using surface modelling, and how to turn them in CAM operations
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Exercise 1: Plenth modelling (surface)
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Exercise 2: CAM creation (Kirimoto)
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## Final Project - Week 6 - Flipped 3D Surfacing
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Learn about:
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* When to use true 3D
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* Double-sided 3D Surfaces
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* Securing materials
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Students take on planning and executing a full 3-dimensional project by learning to flip materials. Lesson includes planning ahead for coordinated operations.
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Successfully completing the final assignment unlocks 3 hour of machine time you can book for your own use.
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