ABSTRACT
Using a 2.5- or 3-axis CNC router the panels were manufactured with the ability to adapt to a variety of angles to accommodate a triangulated surface. Typically, components manufactured with 3-axis CNC router have difficulty accommodating joints which are not made at a 90-degree angle. As the router bit or tool moves through the material it typically leaves a 90-degree cut. Each triangle was perforated using a set of parallel cuts through its center. These cuts are generated by offsetting the triangle once again. The remaining profile was then contoured using the twice the width of the tool, in this case 6mm so that each cut leaves a 6mm thickness of plywood as a vent in the material. The profiles which are generated with this geometry are nested into cut sheets, spaced apart to accommodate the thickness of the tool being used, 6mm.
