This week I began to make a lot of progress on the laser
cutter. For one, I finished making the profile of the cuttout after many
iterations, and even managed to make it able to be automatically rescaled. In
addition, I not only installed the driver to the Epilog Helix laser
cutter, I also managed to enter to enter the mechatronics lab where I got the
managed to make my laptop connect to the laser cutter. Unfortunately, I do not
have access to CorelDRAW on my laptop, so when I tried use SOLIDWORKS and
AutoCAD to print and air run of the profile, it was not successful.
Another major development this week is that I proposed to my
group as well as the supervisors that we should change our group description
from "Full Scale" to Beam Design and Supports, and it appears to be
approved by both parties. Basically, I realized that due to the new
and experimental nature of the beams and ambiguity of the support system as a
whole, it would not be cost or time effective to make a full scale model this
year.
For next week, I will aid my group in making our upcoming
presentation and I will also try to make the laser cutter work correctly.
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