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Greencoat & Peckham Road
The rooms in Greencoat and Peckham Road all vary slightly, but as a minimum they have the followi...
High Holborn
All CCI rooms in High Holborn have a similar user interface and set of features. Each room has: ...
Lone Working Policy
Our buildings are usually staffed from 9 am to 6 pm, Monday to Friday during term time. Outside o...
How do UAL room numbers work?
Room numbers in large organisations can be confusing, which is why we try to stick to a single st...
Ruby: Design Array
One of the most useful features in Ruby is the ability to automatically create a repeating grid f...
Focusing the laser
Once your material has been put in, you need to focus the laser beam onto the surface of the mate...
Powering on the laser cutter
The laser cutter key is currently stored in the CCI staff office PR_B503. To turn on the laser cu...
Ruby: Produce Screen
On this screen you can see the queued jobs and monitor their progress remotely. This is useful if...
Ruby: Prepare Screen
Once you've pushed your design over to the Prepare Screen you'll see it sitting in the working ar...
Ruby: Design Screen
Once you open the design in Design Screen you should see the artwork you've created. You will be ...
Ruby: Manage Screen
The manage view allows you to open, delete or upload files as well as organise them, we'll start ...
Creating a file in Illustrator
Although it's outside the scope of this guide to tell you how to use Adobe Illustrator, we'll cov...
Safety
The laser cutter while generally quite safe to use when operated correctly, however it can be a d...
How to trust Trotec Ruby certificate on macOS
This guide will show you how to trust the Trotec Ruby certificate on macOS to avoid security warn...
How to trust Trotec Ruby certificate on Windows 10
This guide will show you how to trust the Trotec Ruby certificate on Windows 10 to avoid security...
Don't Buy These Components
Have you bought a component that was poor quality, broken or ineffective? Let us know and we can ...
Where to buy materials & parts
Electronics, componants Bigger Shops - large and often complex catalogues Supplier Material We...
Where to buy components
The following list is of common suppliers, other than eBay... Electronics UK Arduino boards, shie...
About
The laser cutter was purchased in 2021 by UAL Creative Computing Institute and partly funded by t...
Accessibility Statement
This website is run by the Creative Computing Institute. This accessibility statement applies to ...