Introduction to CNC Router Furniture Design
Files for CNC cutting
A course by Daniel Romero / Tuux , Industrial Designer
Joined February 2019
Joined February 2019
About the video: Files for CNC cutting
Overview
“In this lesson you have to go to the CNC of your confidence and make the cut of the pieces that you designed in the previous units. The first thing you have to ask is what format do the files usually receive. The most common is that they ask you for DXF or directly from Rhino. You can also use vector program files like Illustrator.”
In this video lesson Daniel Romero / Tuux addresses the topic: Files for CNC cutting, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to CNC Router Furniture Design. Learn how to design and produce sustainable furniture: from sketch to CAD drawing to the final piece.
Partial transcription of the video
“FILES FOR CNC CUTTING Welcome to the last unit of the course. It is the unit that excites me the most because we will make tangible everything we draw on a computer. It is time to start. In the previous lesson we arranged the pieces on a board and export the files. Remember to ask the "router" you trust in what kind of format to export them. In my case, when leaving the native Rhino files, I exported in DXF. It doesn't matter what CAD program you are using. Remember to export your files from the top view. The first recommendation will sound a bit repetitive but it is the most important. Rem...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to CNC Router Furniture Design
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Category
Craft, Design -
Software
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Areas
Furniture Design & Making, Industrial Design, Product Design, Woodworking
Daniel Romero / Tuux
A course by Daniel Romero / Tuux
Daniel Romero is a Mexican industrial designer and one of the founding partners of Tuux, a design studio focused on sustainable and socially responsible projects that align with their work philosophy. Their work spans a range of fields including consumer products, interior design, architecture, urban intervention, and exhibitions.
In addition to his role at Tuux, he is a partner and jury member at the Abierto Mexicano de diseño competition, professor of the design, furniture, and ergonomics workshop at the CIDI (UNAM), and founder and designer of Hecho y Derecho, an online sales platform for furniture and accessories. On top of it all, he also collaborates on projects for other companies as a freelancer.
His work, both individually and through his studio, has earned numerous awards, most notably: winner of 2019 Red Dot Design Award (Germany), a spot on the list of the 100 most important Mexican creatives in the world (Forbes Magazine, Mexico), as well as winner and runner-up at three Ibero-American Design Biennials (Madrid 2014, 2016, and 2018).
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