Assignment 02.03 Laser Cutting

Rethink your composition made of 4 CAD drawings. Reconsider lines and geometries you had generated. Now you will work with a selection of perforations and raster cuts.
Consider the complete drawing or part of it.

Select an 11”x17” format on white museum board, 4ply thick.
If you prefer, select an 11”x17” piece of Acrylic (Crystal clear), 1/8” thick (in Home Depot, Storm doors section, NO LAXEN material).
Establish adjacency relationship between rastered zones and cut through zones

Give a color setting to the lines you have choosen, and fill in the areas with solid colors (hatch as solid) using the following 4 colors: red, blue, green, and cyan.
Every color is associated to cut deepness. You must have:
Blue= shallow cut.
Red= intermediate cut.
Green= deep cut.
Cyan= cut through (JUST FOR PERFORATIONS).

Save your new drawing as …….A0203-Cad-LaserCuts.
Scale your drawing appropriately.
Send your AutoCAD file to the laser cutter. You do not have to export in Illustrator.
Cutting will take at least 1 ½ - 2 hours per file.

Due Friday, Oct. 03, 2008