Craft: The cube templates were made using the program Adobe Illustrator. I made each template using the pen tool and the line tool. Since these templates would be used in a digital cutter, each drawing had to be extremely precise to ensure that the printer could distinguish between tabs and the areas that needed to be cut. This was done using a combination of solid lines and dashed lines. To do this I drew out the entire T shape of the cubes along with the shape of the tabs with the pen tool. I then added dashes along the tabs and other folds using the line tool. Making sure the Smart Guides, Snap to Grid, and View Grid options were turned on made accuracy very easy to make sure each side of the cube will be equal. The hardest cube to draw had to be the one that used slots instead of tabs.
Concept: The concept of this exercise is to see how various different methods/designs can arrive at the same goal. Each cube net has unique components that achieve different effects. For example, using the slot method instead of the tab method eliminates the need for adhesives, making this method more accessible with limited supplies.
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