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This guide will show you how to trust the Trotec Ruby certificate on Windows 10 to avoid security warnings. Download the certificate (Right click, Save As) Locate the TrotecRubyCA.crt file in your downloads and open it. Windows will ask you to confirm if...

This guide will show you how to trust the Trotec Ruby certificate on macOS to avoid security warnings. Download the certificate (Right click, Save As) Locate the TrotecRubyCA.crt file in your downloads and open it. macOS will ask if you want to add the ...

There are a number of electronics benches available with soldering facilities as described above, as well as other test equiptment: Rigol MSO5072 Mixed Signal Oscilloscope Rigol DS1202Z-E Digital Oscilloscope Rigol DM3058E Bench Multimeter Rigol DP831...

There are a number of Hakko FX-951 temprature controlled soldering stations available, the soldering irons are only to be used for lead free soldering, CCI provides lead-free rosin-free solder. There is no cost to using the soldering irons at CCI, the tips, so...

We have a Silhouette Cameo 4 vinyl cutter which can also operate as a pen plotter (although in a more limited fashion). There is no cost to using the vinyl cutter, blades and a selection of vinyl colours are provided, with matt black and matt white being kept...

We have a Evil Mad Scientist AxiDraw V3 A3 this machine can be used at no cost other than providing your own paper and pens. You will need to install the AxiDraw software, which works with Inkscape. Setup The Axidraw User Guide has full notes on setting up Ax...

The laser cutter while generally quite safe to use when operated correctly, however it can be a dangerous machine as it works by vapourising and burning material using a high power laser focused onto a combustable material. Risks include: Unattended operatio...

Only approved materials can be used in the laser cutter. If you are unsure please visit the CCI technical office on the 5th floor of B block, Peckham Road, post in #technical on Slack. Available in the Art Shop The following materials form this list are in th...

Knitting is a really versatile and flexible way to integrate sensors and other conductive material directly into fabric. Depending on the kind of pattern, and the type of yarn that you use, knitted textiles can be used to integrate directly into stretchable, c...

Although it's outside the scope of this guide to tell you how to use Adobe Illustrator, we'll cover preparing a simple file. We're going to etch the UAL Creative Computing Institute logo, outline it with an engraved line, and then cut out a bounding box. Step ...

The manage view allows you to open, delete or upload files as well as organise them, we'll start by uploading a file. Uploading a file In Ruby switch to the manage screen and drag and drop the file(s) onto the dropzone: Alternatively click the "Import File" i...

Once you open the design in Design Screen you should see the artwork you've created. You will be able to see artboard size, as well as all the colours and lines were all retained. The design screen is split into 3 columns: Left: Design browser Middle: Work a...

Once you've pushed your design over to the Prepare Screen you'll see it sitting in the working area. This area shows the entire working area of the laser bed, with the top left corner reprisenting the back left of the laser cutter bed. When the machine is runn...

On this screen you can see the queued jobs and monitor their progress remotely. This is useful if you are waiting for someone else to finish working. This screen must not be used as a substitute for direct supervision of the laser cutter. At the time of writin...

The laser cutter key is currently stored in the CCI staff office PR_B503. To turn on the laser cutter you will need the key. Insert the key into the key switch. Rotate all the way past the I mark to the power symbol, the machine will click and power up. Allow...

Once your material has been put in, you need to focus the laser beam onto the surface of the material. When focusing the laser cutter it's possible to damage the machine by running the laser head or X-axis arm into the material. Operating the laser cutter out...

Once you've designed, prepared and queued up your job it will appear on the touch screen ready to cut. Before you press the run/start button check: Is the correct material selected in Ruby? Is this material approved for use? Is the laser focused? Once ...

Processing libraries allow us to use code other people have written within the Processing environment -- these can be really useful when experimenting with more complex projects, and can save a lot of rewriting code. There are some 'core' processing libraries ...