ABSTRACT
Trondheim Camera Obscura was constructed as part of a design studio project at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, this project represents a system made one step more complex by the use of a 5-axis CNC machine. The use of this machine is purposefully minimal based on other material parameters. The project was predicated on the use of heavy timbers. Timber construction, so important to the AEC industry in Scandinavian countries, is used less often with computational manufacturing equipment. The geometry of each of the eight timber frame components, four at the floor and four at the roof, is defined by booleaning or subtracting the solid geometry of each plank from the original dimensions of the heavy timber. Once the timber object is "cut" it is necessary to clean up the edges of each component. This is done by selecting the profile curves of the top and bottom of each piece of geometry.
