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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...

We operate a number of Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) 3D printers. 3x Prusa i3 MK3S+ 3x Prusa MINI+ - The profile for the Prusa Mini for Cura is here. These printers can be used with Prusa Sli3r or Ultimaker Cura, the printers are configured with Octoprin...

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...

Creative Computing Institute CCI Students and Staff can book a laser cutter induction through ORB: Book an induction Camberwell College of Art Please contact the named inductor: MA Designer Maker Oscar Wanless MA Global Collaborative Design Practice T...

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 or email cci.technical@arts.ac.uk. Availabile in the Art Shop The following...

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 ...

The DFPlayer Mini is a small (cheap!) and flexible mp3 player unit that can be controlled via an Arduino. Unless you have a specific need for a 'trigger' function (where individual tracks are tripped using specific linked buttons) it's a nifty alternative to t...

One of the most useful features in Ruby is the ability to automatically create a repeating grid from your design as a job. Trotec call this a Design Array, but you might also call it a grid, matrix or repeat. When making a simple design like our key chain one ...

This is the written version of an embroidery workshop in the CCI, and can either accompany the live workshop or be worked through by itself. As we go through the exercises, it's a good idea to have the PEmbroider Cheat Sheet open in a tab for reference. These ...

(a.k.a. GitHub Enterprise for UAL) GitHub provides a version of its version control platform for big organisations, such as us, and is a separate entity to GitHub.com. In order to access this ‘enterprise’ version from VS Code, we need to create an access token...