Assignment; make something big.

As part of the assignment, I decided to make a park bench.

I did the concept design on rhinoceros and extracted the curves in .dxf format.

I then imported the dxf file into corel draw and edited it to enable me to run a test-cut with the laser-cutter. I scaled the design down for use with 3mm acrylic.

The first cut revealed some fatal errors in the seat and back pieces.

I went back into rhinoceros and extracted a new .dxf file and following the same procedure I finally got proper seat and back pieces.

I assembled it...

In order to increase stability, I made some changes and laser-cut the files.

Next up, the final object.

Importing the dxf file and setting up...

Generating the toolpaths...

I used 18mm MDF. The MDF was held down using nails as shown in the closeup...

The result ...

After assembly...

Taking a breather after some had work...

Assignment wise:

1. Make somethomg big  

Files

Rhinoceros files (.3dm)

1. Rhinoceros concept design

Autocad files (.dxf)

1. Exported .dxf file

Coreldraw files (.cdr)

1. Design for shopbot
2. Design for laser-cutter 3mm acrylic