Graphic Design Hand Tools and Equipment Cutting Trimming

Graphic Design Hand Tools and Equipment

Cutting / Trimming Paper and Card Good old Scissors • cut paper and thin card Rotary Cutter • cut large sheets of paper; • many sheets at a time Craft Knife • has a retractable blade • has a snap off blade

Cutting / Trimming Paper and Card Metal cased knife – Stanley Knife Cutting tough materials; • Thick board, balsa wood Scalpel – Precision cutting Compass Cutter – cutting circles or arcs

Tools for cutting modelling materials Hot wire cutter Fret Saw • Can cut MDF and Plywood Coping Saw

Folding or Bending Materials Line Bender Do we bend thermoplastic or thermosetting plastic?

Safety Equipment Safety ruler Cutting mat

CAD / CAM

CAD – is designing using a computer - 2 D drawing programmes, 3 D modelling software 2 d Design, Serif Draw, Pro-Desktop, Solid Works

CAM – is making using a computer and machine - Examples of CAM machines: • • Laser cutter Die cutter Laser printer CNC routers

Benefits of CAD / CAM - Easy and quick to develop designs - Can manufacture products at high speed in a short time - Products have a high quality finish - More reliable than making by hand - Mass produce complicated products - Use several machines to make different parts and bring them together - Saves money on labour costs

Disadvantages of CAD / CAM - Initial costs of software and machinery is high - Machinery and software packages are expensive - Workers need expensive and lengthy training - Computers can get a virus or files corrupt

Scales of production • Batch production – making a set number of products - Leaflets, posters, broachers • Mass production – making a lots of the same product - News papers, magazines, packaging labels • Continuous production – making stuff non stop - Packaging • Just in time production – materials and components are delivered as they're needed.

Die Cutting - Used to cut and crease nets - Cut shapes out and creases lines in card, paper and plastic - Used to produce nets of complex-shaped products

Die Cutting Making the die cutter involves - Bending sharp blades for cutting - Bending rounded edge blades for creasing • The blades are laid out to match the outline of the net • They are mounted on a strong plywood base The die is Pressed down onto the material

Die Cutting Benefits – You can cut through many layers of material at a time You can make lots of nets very quickly http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=_6 H 81 gr. G 4 HQ