Creative Motion Control Week 5: Course Technical Review and Intro to CAD

Date: Thursday, April 30th, 2026

Topics​

• Intro to basic component and assemblies creation in CAD
• Review of Team Project's project 1
• Completion of team project technical check ins

Activity 1 -- Team Project Review​

Review Team Project 1's project- reminder of review dimensions:

Critique Dimensions:

1. Specificity: Could the works produced with this tool be easily created with a standard plotter or other mass produced machine? Why or why not? Do the output works share some degree of stylistic cohesiveness?

2. Variation What is the nature of the variation of the output? environmental? manual? machine generated? Have the authors seemingly reached the ceiling and walls of the tool with their example outputs or would other variations be feasible? What would be required to support them and how might this new functionality conflict with the specificity of the original tool?

3. Liveness How much do live interventions shape the resulting outputs? Is the effect of the live intervention predictable? sculptable? Could someone master it?

Activity 2- Project 1 Group Reflection​

Completion of remainder of team project technical reviews team project reviews

Activity 3 -- Overview of Fusion for Interface and Assembly Design​

CAD Modeling and Intro for assemblies.

1. Brief overview of key concepts when designing for fabrication slides
2. Walkthrough of creating an assembly for an interface element using a basic module and encoders fusion file
3. Overview of Guides for basic press fit design fusion file guide -- note final steps have not yet been updated to account for new dxf export workflow.

Assignments​

• Complete week 5 reflection by Monday 5/4 Noon. Reflection Slide
• Be prepared to present final project proposals in class next Tuesday-- stand by for project 1 feedback this evening.

Resources and References​

Next Class​

Final Project Proposals!