Designing for the CNC
The geometry rules a round CNC bit imposes on your design — inside corner radius, dogbone relief, minimum feature size, tabs, and material thickness.
The geometry rules a round CNC bit imposes on your design — inside corner radius, dogbone relief, minimum feature size, tabs, and material thickness.
Which file format each Makerspace machine needs, how to export it from Autodesk Fusion, and the export mistakes that waste machine time.
What you need to demonstrate on each Makerspace machine before you can run it independently, how to get certified, and recertifying each school year.
The end-to-end workflow for UPrep's Shapeoko CNC router — Carbide Create toolpaths, Carbide Motion setup, zeroing, running a job, and cleanup.
How much clearance to design between parts so they actually fit — starting numbers for 3D-printed and CNC-cut parts, and how to test a fit before committing machine time.