26/6/2019
For the past few days, the first thing we did was to plan the objectives we want to accomplish in the first week so that we have a schedule to follow and work in a general direction that keeps us organized.
One of the objectives is attempting to create an imitation of any one of the rotors, we took measurements of the rotors we plan to use and recreate it on AutoCAD.We pick a rotor that is different than each other as our goal is to recreate rotors that are going to be various sizes.
we found a lot of information and tutorials on AutoCAD which is helpful and enable us to get a better understanding of the software.
At the beginning of drawing and sketching the rotors, we had difficulties to use the software as we only had experiences with entry-level CAD software such as SketchUp, therefore AutoCAD seems very intimidating at first sight. Fortunately, there are tutorials on using AutoCAD available to us online which helps us tremendously in our learning phase. It did take some trials and errors to get the measurements and angles right. It is crucial to get the angles correct Once we finished the design of the rotor on AutoCAD, we then proceeded to operate the portable CNC machine and install the necessary driver and software.
The computer that is meant to operate the CNC machine had a problem with the driver as software are only compatible with Windows XP and Vista, so we reinstalled the system with windows xp .
in the first week we also learned about the types of CADs and CAMs software available, we Downloaded AutoCAD. so Autocad is a computer-aided software drafting program. It is used for a number of applications like creating blueprints for buildings, bridges and computer chips. AutoCAD is 2D and 3D computer-aided drafting software application. so we chose to use Autocad out of any other CAD program due that:
1- AutoCAD allows the user to draw in full scale, it easily allows to complete the drawing without having to think about how they need to scale the drawing, creating different dimension styles, etc.
2- Even if we only draw once with full scale, we can represent the model many times. We can represent the drawing with several viewports, showing the different area of the model. Sometimes we simply need it because the model is too large for one sheet. And sometimes, we need it to show it in different scales for detailed drawings.
For the past few days, the first thing we did was to plan the objectives we want to accomplish in the first week so that we have a schedule to follow and work in a general direction that keeps us organized.
One of the objectives is attempting to create an imitation of any one of the rotors, we took measurements of the rotors we plan to use and recreate it on AutoCAD.We pick a rotor that is different than each other as our goal is to recreate rotors that are going to be various sizes.
we found a lot of information and tutorials on AutoCAD which is helpful and enable us to get a better understanding of the software.
At the beginning of drawing and sketching the rotors, we had difficulties to use the software as we only had experiences with entry-level CAD software such as SketchUp, therefore AutoCAD seems very intimidating at first sight. Fortunately, there are tutorials on using AutoCAD available to us online which helps us tremendously in our learning phase. It did take some trials and errors to get the measurements and angles right. It is crucial to get the angles correct Once we finished the design of the rotor on AutoCAD, we then proceeded to operate the portable CNC machine and install the necessary driver and software.
The computer that is meant to operate the CNC machine had a problem with the driver as software are only compatible with Windows XP and Vista, so we reinstalled the system with windows xp .
in the first week we also learned about the types of CADs and CAMs software available, we Downloaded AutoCAD. so Autocad is a computer-aided software drafting program. It is used for a number of applications like creating blueprints for buildings, bridges and computer chips. AutoCAD is 2D and 3D computer-aided drafting software application. so we chose to use Autocad out of any other CAD program due that:
1- AutoCAD allows the user to draw in full scale, it easily allows to complete the drawing without having to think about how they need to scale the drawing, creating different dimension styles, etc.
2- Even if we only draw once with full scale, we can represent the model many times. We can represent the drawing with several viewports, showing the different area of the model. Sometimes we simply need it because the model is too large for one sheet. And sometimes, we need it to show it in different scales for detailed drawings.
Because we only draw in one model, we only need to update the modelspace. Other viewports will automatically be updated. We don’t have to update each drawing separately.
AutoCAD is also one of the most common drawing and drafting software professionals use to design their products.
AutoCAD is also one of the most common drawing and drafting software professionals use to design their products.
After we completed the design in CAD subsequently we saved it as CAM file, then we need a CAM software to convert the CAM file to G-code which can be understood by the CNC machine, so they can operate with the instruction.
The following websites are the official webpage of the software we chose to use for our design.
https://lazycam.software.informer.com/
https://www.machsupport.com/software/mach-3-add-ons-for-mill/ OFFICIAL WEBSITE free trial
http://www.cdxhctech.com/html/edownloads/
The following websites are the official webpage of the software we chose to use for our design.
https://lazycam.software.informer.com/
https://www.machsupport.com/software/mach-3-add-ons-for-mill/ OFFICIAL WEBSITE free trial
http://www.cdxhctech.com/html/edownloads/
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