Thursday, 15 December 2011

Time for CAD/CAM

During the night i created the model using solidworks. This is a 3D modeling program. Once a model has been built you have the ability to save the model as an .STL file. This can then be transferred to a rapid-prototyping machine or 3D printer. All the measurements of the wooden model were replicated on the 3D modeling software. The only difference was that this time i created a slot in the bottom half of the upper part of the model, This would allow both parts to be prepped separately before being glued together and sprayed.



Now it was time to print the parts. The pieces were fed into the rapid-prototyper and left to build the model. I made sure that both parts of the model were built to be 5mm thick. This would mean that the pieces could be sanded without breaking the model.
The model took 9 hours to print, so the next day i was able to start on the finishing of it.



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