Giving Instructions

Best practices for creating drawings

We developed 2cm is serve as your CAD co-pilot. An accelerator to help you quickly iterate through the repetitive simple drawings. We made 2cm to understand our lingo, speak to it the same way you would anyone else on the team. The bulk of the work will be done on our side, improving the model over time to be able to create more complex shapes.

Provide detailed instructions in the same way you would to your CNC programmer. If the drawing does not match your expectations, instruct it to correct drawing. For example: "Move the label to other side of the rectangle".

While it is flexible it is not mandatory to follow the exact format of the example instructions below, doing so will yield the best results.

Shapes and Parameters

Shape: what dimensions it expects - Length, Width, Radius, Depth

Snapping point: where 2cm places it (centerline and setback)

Example instructions

Rectangle or Countertop: (LxW)

Snapping point: Bottom left corner of rectangle

countertop 75x25

Circle: Diameter

Snapping point: Center of Circle

countertop 40x25. add a 10 inch circle 20 from the left side of the countertop and 10 from the front.    

Round rectangle or kitchen sink: (LxWxR) R for radius on all 4 sides

Snapping point: Bottom center of rectangle

countertop 75x25. Kitchen sink 25x15x2, place kitchen sink 18 inches from the right side of the countertop and 4 inches from the front.

Elipse: (LxW)

Snapping point: Center of elipse

countertop 35x25. Create a 14x13 ellipse, place the centerline of the ellipse in the center of the countertop, and 6 inches from the front

Polyline: dimension of each side

Snapping point: Bottom left corner

polyline 75 x 24.75 on the right 74.5 x 25 on the left

L Shape: (LxWxD) D: Depth

Snapping point: Bottom left corner

L shape 120x85x24