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12/03/2018 - CAD

Well it was possible.  Katy spent the first morning going through the basic techniques we'd need to realise our design, then left us to it.
By the end of that day, I had one side of one design done and the next day I'd completed two whole concepts (4 sides total). 
I admit I got a bit confused with recreating my hallmark.  Because it would be used to print, the lettering had to be reversed.  However my initials are vertically symmetrical, so spinning 180deg corrects this reversal (leaving me wondering if I'd done it right). 
On the Thursday, Dauvit did a couple of checks on each of our designs and made a machine readable file to send off for printing.

I don't have time to recreate the whole process and write out the instructions long hand, so I have typed up the scrappy notes I made on the day.
CAD using Rhino
Right click movesviews around
Shift right click centres
Grid snap
Major lines every 10
Circle from centre
Click on origin
Command – diameter, type 15
Command – ExtrudeCrv, solid =yes, type 3, enter
Change each view to shaded
Dimples
Circle from centre
Click to position
Type 1.5
Command – ExtrudeCrv, 2 enter
Gumball

Move to origin
Click arrow & type 1.5 enter
Grid snap off
Drag arrow to outside of coin
Hide disembodied circle
Click on mouse roller
Click on grey lightbulb

Select cylinder
Click arrow, -0.5 enter
Mirror, click above then below coin
Boolean difference
Select coin, coin
Select cylinder, delete input = no, enter
Move cylinders out, should have dimples
Repeat to indent in top and bottom

Osnap, end, near, mid, quad
Mirror
Own design
Must have taper so wax doesn’tget stuck
Select shape
Offset, 0.1, out
Move offset line down 0.5
Sweep, 2 rail sweep
Straight line
Snap quad to quad, and again
Surface from 3 or 4
Sweep 2 rails
Various lines make up shape
Trim and join
Import, picture frame

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After spending the Monday & Tuesday doing this CAD model, I spent Wednesday modelling my final kinetic piece for my Fine Jewellery optional module.  That was a complicated design and I'm now quite confident I have a good understanding of the Rhino software (using computers just comes naturally to me).
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