Today I tried to design a laser-cut set of Soma cube pieces. The pieces (shown above) are (conceptually, and sometimes actually) made of 3D blocks glued together.
I've seen a particular style of joinery for acryllic, called finger joints. Those looked easy to cut and easy to put together (if hard to design).
I wrote a python script that takes a description of a piece, like this:
Piece E
xx x-
x- --
-- --
And draws all the flat faces I need to cut.
I was already running far behind, time-wise. I ran out of time before I could get the joinery working. Honestly, I don't think I'm very close, either.
How to do a three-piece corner join was especially confusing me.