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Lone Working Policy

About

Our buildings are usually staffed from 9 am to 6 pm, Monday to Friday during term time. Outside o...

Updated 9 months ago by Tom Lynch

How do UAL room numbers work?

Buildings

Room numbers in large organisations can be confusing, which is why we try to stick to a single st...

Updated 10 months ago by Tom Lynch

Ruby: Design Array

Digital Fabrication Lab Laser Cutter

One of the most useful features in Ruby is the ability to automatically create a repeating grid f...

Updated 10 months ago by Tom Lynch

Focusing the laser

Digital Fabrication Lab Laser Cutter

Once your material has been put in, you need to focus the laser beam onto the surface of the mate...

Updated 10 months ago by Tom Lynch

Powering on the laser cutter

Digital Fabrication Lab Laser Cutter

The laser cutter key is currently stored in the CCI staff office PR_B503. To turn on the laser cu...

Updated 10 months ago by Tom Lynch

Ruby: Produce Screen

Digital Fabrication Lab Laser Cutter

On this screen you can see the queued jobs and monitor their progress remotely. This is useful if...

Updated 10 months ago by Tom Lynch

Ruby: Prepare Screen

Digital Fabrication Lab Laser Cutter

Once you've pushed your design over to the Prepare Screen you'll see it sitting in the working ar...

Updated 10 months ago by Tom Lynch

Ruby: Design Screen

Digital Fabrication Lab Laser Cutter

Once you open the design in Design Screen you should see the artwork you've created. You will be ...

Updated 10 months ago by Tom Lynch

Ruby: Manage Screen

Digital Fabrication Lab Laser Cutter

The manage view allows you to open, delete or upload files as well as organise them, we'll start ...

Updated 10 months ago by Tom Lynch

Creating a file in Illustrator

Digital Fabrication Lab Laser Cutter

Although it's outside the scope of this guide to tell you how to use Adobe Illustrator, we'll cov...

Updated 10 months ago by Tom Lynch

Safety

Digital Fabrication Lab Laser Cutter

The laser cutter while generally quite safe to use when operated correctly, however it can be a d...

Updated 10 months ago by Tom Lynch

How to trust Trotec Ruby certificate on macOS

Digital Fabrication Lab Laser Cutter

This guide will show you how to trust the Trotec Ruby certificate on macOS to avoid security warn...

Updated 10 months ago by Tom Lynch

How to trust Trotec Ruby certificate on Windows 10

Digital Fabrication Lab Laser Cutter

This guide will show you how to trust the Trotec Ruby certificate on Windows 10 to avoid security...

Updated 10 months ago by Tom Lynch

Ruby: Introduction

Digital Fabrication Lab Laser Cutter

This is the first of several pages that will guide you through how to use Trotec Ruby to prepare ...

Updated 10 months ago by Tom Lynch

Don't Buy These Components

Physical Computing Lab Where to buy components

Have you bought a component that was poor quality, broken or ineffective? Let us know and we can ...

Updated 10 months ago by Matt Jarvis

Where to buy materials & parts

Physical Computing Lab Where to buy components

Electronics, componants Bigger Shops - large and often complex catalogues Supplier Material We...

Updated 10 months ago by Tom Lynch

Where to buy components

Physical Computing Lab Where to buy components

The following list is of common suppliers, other than eBay... Electronics UK Arduino boards, shie...

Updated 10 months ago by Tom Lynch

About

Digital Fabrication Lab Laser Cutter

The laser cutter was purchased in 2021 by UAL Creative Computing Institute and partly funded by t...

Updated 10 months ago by Tom Lynch

Accessibility Statement

About

This website is run by the Creative Computing Institute. This accessibility statement applies to ...

Updated 10 months ago by Tom Lynch

What is on the soldering bench?

Physical Computing Lab Soldering & Electronics Bench

There are a number of Hakko FX-951 temprature controlled soldering stations available, the solder...

Updated 10 months ago by Tom Lynch