Sunday, 15 November 2009

9/11-13/11

Monday - CAM we reviewed what the 3-D printer is and some of the applications used for creating documents for 3-D printing/milling. Short example of building things in AutoCAD for architecture or whatever it was called.
Tuesday - We were supposed to get on the laser cutter but of course we didn't have proper data ready so we lost the spot. Worked on my learning agreement after all the laser-cutting stuff was prepared properly.
Wednesday - Introduced to the 3-D printer and CNC mill by Ed. Then I spent all day watching the laser cutter. And then I had issues where my data may be correct because it was doing 2-3 passes instead of 1 for each line. Then spent an hour or so peeling the backs off of the millions of laser-cut triangles. -_-
Thursday - Polished off my LA for C&E. Showed it to Will and made some final final final adjustments. I tried to hand it in and failed.
Friday - Came in, handed in LA and went home. :)
Weekend - Worked on sketchbook for C&E

Sunday, 8 November 2009

2/11-6/11

Monday - CAD/CAM was changed. Again. Edward showed us how to prepare things in Rhino for cnc-ing. I remember that it has to have a wall around it, be water-tight and have no undercuts. Or the machine explodes or something.

Tuesday - General architecture day. Spent a good amount of it preparing for laser-cutting then using the laser cutter a million times to make test pieces that failed. Sanded them to an angle, and then gave up and went home.

Course social.

Wednesday was a fail day. I failed to make it in because Alan has a bed of no return.

Thursday - Lecture on presentation skills. Learned about the learning agreement. Worked on the learning agreement, talked with Will. Pretty much okay'd it...  Either Wed/Thurs I watched the 3rd DVD from the Neill Gorton studios.

Bonfire Night at Ada's.

Friday - Returned library dvd and got out the 4th. Worked in sketchbook a bit, tinkered with the Learning Agreement. Started to actually read through the books I've put down as references.

Sunday - Wrote this :3 Watch final dvd. Researched.