The first step to completing my maze was to set it up in Inventor. We were able to choose our own design. The tricky part was making all the channels the same width. I struggled with this because I forgot to dimension one part of my maze and that messed all of it up.
Next, I put my maze design into Fusion 360. In here I set up the spindle speed, what bit to use, and what tool paths I wanted the router to take. This was the most difficult part because there were a lot adjustments to make to all the settings.
After that, I had to put my Fusion design on to a hard drive, then take it to the CNC router. At the router I had to find the center of my foam. then, I put tape on the bottom and stuck it to the router.
Then I took 2 of the dust collector pieces of so I could line up the bit with the center of my foam. After that, I put the dust collector pieces back on.
When the file appeared online all I had to to was 0 all the coordinates. Then pres run and the machine does all the work for you.
The last thing that I needed to do was engrave my name. I pt my name in Illustrator
Summary:
Overall, I learned that it isn't always easier to use the 3D printer. for 3D objects. Although this process takes longer to set up, it prints a lot faster than the 3D printer. I also learned that in order for a computer/machine to understand what you want it to do, you need to tell it everything. Because there were many times when I messed up because I forgot one small detail.