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Step 6Novice with a Shotgun: Learn from my Mistakes
I find that learning from my own mistakes is good, but teaching others not to make my mistakes is more efficient. In the following few steps I'll discuss some alternative cube designs - what I refer to as a shotgun approach; some designs will fail but hopefully some should hit the target.
It should be noted at this point that the previous design did not fully populate the Ponoko template. I would never submit a design like this for cutting because it is a waste of materials. You can either reproduce identical designs on a single sheet, or experiment with your design to find one that is better than the others.
To show that there is more than one way to skin a cat, here are a couple of other designs to achieve the same 4x4x4cm cube.
The video below also shows how to adapt your original SketchUp design to cater for different material thicknesses. From 3mm to 6mm in this case.
It should be noted at this point that the previous design did not fully populate the Ponoko template. I would never submit a design like this for cutting because it is a waste of materials. You can either reproduce identical designs on a single sheet, or experiment with your design to find one that is better than the others.
To show that there is more than one way to skin a cat, here are a couple of other designs to achieve the same 4x4x4cm cube.
The video below also shows how to adapt your original SketchUp design to cater for different material thicknesses. From 3mm to 6mm in this case.
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