In the CNC router project, I made a maze on inventor, learned how to use fusion 360, and the router. I started making my maze by sketching a rectangle and cutting of the corners by making diagonals. I then extruded that sketch so I could start sketching my maze. On my maze I had to make a 3/8 border and the actually maze had to be 5/16 inches wide so I had to do some calculations to determine how thick the lines that blocked the path should be. Once I finished sketching my maze I extruded the path which revealed my finished maze.
Some of the pre-work and dimensioning that I had to do.
My second sketch that sketched out my maze on inventor.
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My finished maze on inventor.
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In this CNC router project I learned how to make more complex items on Inventor without blueprints to look at. I have used Inventor quite a few times this semester, but the only time I didn't have a specific blueprint with set dimensions to follow was in the Individual 3D print project. Although, even then my design wasn't overly complicated and didn't take as much planning out and dimensioning as this project. Since my channels had to be 5/16 in. wide, I had to decide on how many channels I wanted and what should be the width of the walls on my maze. Once I had my dimensions I had to carefully think through the paths and channels I was going to make. This maze was definitely the most complicated thing I have made on Inventor and so it required more planning and preparation then normal.