3. Wood Plates, by Laser Cutter

The 3D Model was flattened to sheet metal models, and then these wood plates were precisely produced by a Laser Cut machine.

There are some "surfaces" in this 3D model. I have to flatten the surface model and convert it to an AutoCAD drawing in DXF format. Then the CAM software, Computer Aided Manufactuirng, can generate the tool path that guide the Laser Cut machine to cut the wood plates.

Fortunately, we got the best support from one of my classmates' father. He is an experienced designer of agriculture machinery and has a hareware factory with many machine centers. He help us to cut the wood plates into a precise model using a very large Laser Cut machine.