HW01 - james-bern/CS345 GitHub Wiki

TODO

  • A-
    • 1x cut out large emoji taped to the top of your cardboard box
    • 1x 3D-printed pyramid from last homework NOTE: should be SMALL (do NOT print a massive pyramid)
    • 1x 3D-printed 20mm diameter 2mm thick Pac-Man from last homework (drag and drop DXF into conversation and Scale)
    • 2x 3D-printed names (one for one team member) to go on your shelf and then on the wall after the class
      • your name is a single piece of plastic
      • you used the fillet tool at least once
      • (also maybe don't make it like...huge)
    • 4x 3D-printed jig pieces
      • 1x to slip over the circular post
      • 1x to slip inside the circular hole
      • 1x to slip over the cross shaped post
        • NOTE: the cross is centered in the rectangle
        • NOTE: the outside of your piece should be flush with the top of the cross and sides of the rectangular post
      • 1x to slip inside the puzzle cutout
        • NOTE: it should be flush with the neighboring top surface
  • A
    • 1x 3D-printed replica of the jig itself in NOT-green
    • 1x Cantor Dust castle matching mine
  • A+
    • 1x visually-pleasing fractal art object of your own creation ✨🙂

📚 NOTE

Calipers

  • You can use a caliper 3 different ways (outside, inside, depth.)
    • If you don't know/forget, then ask! 🙂👍

Conversation

Common keyboard shortcuts

  • draw a line or circle or box
    • NOTE: holding Shift while drawing a line will snap its angle to 15 degree increments
  • snap your mouse-click to...
    • zero (the origin); NOTE: pressing 'z' also "does the click for you"
    • endpoint (of a line/arc)
    • middle (of a line/arc)
    • quad of a line/arc
    • perpendicular to a line
  • select or deselect...
    • all
    • quality (color) -> 1-8
  • you can do these things with a selection...
    • Backspace to delete
    • move (translate)
    • Scale
    • rotate
    • linear cOpy
    • Rotational copy
    • mirror in X or Y
  • fillet two entities
  • Measure distance between two points
  • . hides/shows the dots
  • 'j'oin two lines (removes the dot)
  • set quality (color) -> 1-8 by clicking
  • two-click intersect

✨🦄 HINT

Calipers

  • Use the Measure tool to check your work. (How far is it from this corner to this corner, etc.)

Bambu Studio

  • You can scale and rotate parts inside of Bambu Studio. This can be a handy trick, though is a little sus (why was your drawing the wrong size to begin with? 🤔)