Maze Inventor
I first had to create the maze on inventor by putting dimensions and extruding the outsides and the handles of the maze. Then I put it the main path from the start of the maze to the end. After I did that, it was time to add the extra pathways of the maze.
In the slideshow above, it shows the dimensions of the pathways and the handles. It doesn't show the dimensions of every pathway because it would be too many pictures. But all pathways are the same time. Once I was finished it was time to take it to Fusion 360.
Maze Fusion 360
After that I had to get it to G Code. And select Forest Scientific. This is because the Router reads a different language called G Code. After I saved it to my flash drive I was ready to go down to the Router to print.
Maze Router
First, at the router I had to take a block of foam and find the center point for the router to start at. Then I used double sided tape to tape it to the router. I than used pulled up my maze file and put the router bit on the center of the foam block. Next I set the X and Y to zero. After that I used the sensor tool to put the Z into place. Then I started the router and kept my finger on the space bar in case of an emergency stop.
Maze Laser Engrave
Final Maze
Summary
In this project we got to interact with inventor and Illustrator which we have used for other projects but I also got to learn Fusion 360. This was a program that we used to get the inventor file ready for the router. It was a new experience for me and I now understand that program much more. It was difficult to understand at first but I eventually caught on.
This project had much more steps and things to remember and accomplish. All the other projects were one to two steps. This one had a lot of problem solving and unknowns that I had to figure out.
This project had much more steps and things to remember and accomplish. All the other projects were one to two steps. This one had a lot of problem solving and unknowns that I had to figure out.