# Week 2
## Student agreement
To sign the student agreement, I copied [the student agreement file as a .md document](https://gitlab.cba.mit.edu/classes/863.25/site/-/blob/main/file/agreement.md) and edited the text of the document to add my name as a signature.
[Here is the student agreement in mygitlab repo.](https://gitlab.cba.mit.edu/classes/863.25/people/GeoffreyHazard/-/blob/main/agreement.md?ref_type=heads)
## Vinylcutter
First you follow the tutorial on the Architecture website.
### Vinyl cutter setup
You want to make sure you have the right pen force
Most critically you want to make sure the wheels are on the gears
If not you will get an error like this
### Software setup
You need to find the file to run the software, which was a little hard to find.
Then you upload your .png file.
Then you run through the settings (see arch website)
## Vinylcutter project
## Lasercutter safety training
I did my lab's safety training characterize your lasercutter's focus, power, speed, rate, kerf, joint clearance and types
## Lasercut Parametric Kit
I designed, lasercut, and documented a parametric construction kit, accounting for the lasercutter kerf, which can be assembled in multiple ways, and for extra credit include elements that aren't flat.
I wanted to make an assembly kit inspired by tinker toys. While the kit is simple, it is a great project to learn about parameterization, because the there are many parameters to adjust which greatly affect how the kit behaves. The following list describes list of adjustable parameters. They are ordered in terms of dependence (the first item in the list determines the parameters that follow it):
- thickness of material: m_t
- width of stick member: s_t
- size of holes in nodes: h
- offset for folder support for stick member: f
- offset for node connection: p
- distance between nodes: n_d
- offset of dodecahedron wrapper: d_w (dependent on m_t)
I want to use the vinyl cutter instead of tape to assemble the dodecahedrons
Here are some process images:
Here is the final result:
