Hello everyone! My daughter is an Architecture Student and I am wondering if anyone has used a Cricut craft machine to help cut materials. I was thinking abut buying her one for Christmas as she has been up all night so many times this semester cutting materials to make these models as required by her program. She ends up with sore and cut-up fingers from the utility knives. I make silly little crafts with my Cricut so I have no idea if it would work with Rhino or other programs you guys use. Any advise would be so helpful before I spend the $280-350 depending on the model. THANK YOU!
b3tadine[sutures]
Dec 10, 21 10:24 am
Don't do that. What are the materials that she is using to build models?
archanonymous
Dec 10, 21 10:53 am
There are some really good knife cutters out there, Cricut is not one of them. Check out KNK. I can cut thin wood, chipboard, and clear poly on mine.
josephbrand
Apr 28, 22 4:00 am
I am a grad student. I have a cricut, and I love it.
reallynotmyname
Apr 28, 22 11:23 am
do you have any photos you can share? how does it work with CAD files?
gibbost
Apr 28, 22 11:54 am
Cricut is limited to material thickness of 3/32". If the physical models and studies you create use thin materials, then it might be a worthwhile investment. There is a wide variety of the types of materials it will cut--cardstock, balsa, acetate, fabrics, etc. The vector files that it uses can easily be converted from .dwg, etc.
Hello everyone! My daughter is an Architecture Student and I am wondering if anyone has used a Cricut craft machine to help cut materials. I was thinking abut buying her one for Christmas as she has been up all night so many times this semester cutting materials to make these models as required by her program. She ends up with sore and cut-up fingers from the utility knives. I make silly little crafts with my Cricut so I have no idea if it would work with Rhino or other programs you guys use. Any advise would be so helpful before I spend the $280-350 depending on the model. THANK YOU!
Don't do that. What are the materials that she is using to build models?
There are some really good knife cutters out there, Cricut is not one of them. Check out KNK. I can cut thin wood, chipboard, and clear poly on mine.
I am a grad student. I have a cricut, and I love it.
do you have any photos you can share? how does it work with CAD files?
Cricut is limited to material thickness of 3/32". If the physical models and studies you create use thin materials, then it might be a worthwhile investment. There is a wide variety of the types of materials it will cut--cardstock, balsa, acetate, fabrics, etc. The vector files that it uses can easily be converted from .dwg, etc.