Week 10
Thu, May 22 CW- image of work completed in class
Thu, May 22 HW – Image of Completed Homework
No Homework. I finished the project.
Tue, May 20 CW- Image of Work Completed In Class
I finished assembling all of my pieces. Yay!
Tue, May 20 HW – Image of Completed Homework
No Homework. I need to assemble all of my pieces in class.
Week 9
Fri, May 16 CW- Image of Work Completed In Class
I finished staining all my pieces. Next class, I just need to assemble everything.
Fri, May 16 HW – Image of Completed Homework
No Homework. I need to finish staining all of my pieces and then assembling everything in class.
Wed, May 14 CW- Image of Work Completed In Class
I cut out all my pieces and stained one side of each part.
Wed, May 14 HW – Image of Completed Homework
No Homework. I need to cut out my final pieces tomorrow during class.
Mon, May 12 CW – Image of Work Completed In Class
I started to cut out my pieces. I finished cutting my base, first floor, and a few dividers. I also cut out my two drawers.
Mon, May 12 HW – Image of Completed Homework
No Homework. I need to cut my pieces out on the laser cutter in class.
Week 8
Thu, May 8 CW- Image of Work Completed In Class
I combined my pieces into five larger artboards, the size of the wood I will use to cut them out.
Thu, May 8 HW – Image of Completed Homework
I imported all of my DXF files into Illustrator and adjusted the artboards to fit each piece. For my desktop organizer, I will need pieces of wood that are the following sizes:
10’x10′ x2
4.5’x7′ x2
6.5’x4′ x2
4’x3.5′ x2
6.5’x3.5′ x2
4.5’x4′
16’x10′
12.5’x10′
10’x9′
15.5’x10′
10’x7′
8’x7′
4’x3′
Tue, May 6 CW- Image of Work Completed In Class
I tested my engraving design that I made for homework. The portrait didn’t turn out very well, so I will probably remove it from my final design. For homework, I am going to start to see how much wood I need and start to print my actual organizer out.
Tue, May 6 HW – Image of Completed Homework
I continued to add to my left side design by adding a close-up of Rafael Nadal and the four Grand Slam tournaments. Additionally, I added his signature for a clean, polished look.
Week 7
Fri, May 2 CW- Image of Work Completed In Class
I tried engraving the design I did for homework. I think it turned out pretty well using the 50/50 setting. Next class, I will start to fabricate my organizer by seeing how much wood I will need.
Fri, May 2 HW – Image of Completed Homework
I continued to work on my right side design by adding the logos of the four big tennis tournaments.
Wed, Apr 30 CW- Image of Work Completed In Class
I practiced engraving my right side today. It turned out very well, and I am satisfied with the result. I made a few changes to the Spain flag as it did not look very good on the preview by just engraving the emblem.
Wed, Apr 30 HW – Image of Completed Homework
For homework, I edited my original design for my right side by changing the tennis player from Novak Djokovic to Rafael Nadal because my client’s favorite tennis player is Rafael Nadal. Additionally, I started to redo my original design for my left side as I didn’t like it anymore. However, I will still probably include the Wimbledon logo as it is part of a plan to try incorporating all the tennis grand slam tournaments into one image.
Mon, Apr 28 CW- Image of Work Completed In Class
I practiced engraving by engraving my simplest design. I also edited the image after, as I would have liked the racket to have a bigger presence in the image. I also started my third design. Also, I might redo my first design as I don’t really like it anymore.
Mon, Apr 28 HW – Image of Completed Homework
I continued to work on my second design, which will be on one of the front faces of my desktop organizer. I worked on editing the background, and then using a shadow on the tennis racket to show the foreground and background.
Week 6
Thu, Apr 24 CW- Image of Work Completed In Class
I assembled my desktop organizer using cardboard. I also fixed one of the joints in Fusion.
Thu, Apr 24 HW – Image of Completed Homework
I also edited my previous design by creating a more refined version of the person receiving the service. I also added the Wimbledon logo in the background.
I started creating another design on one of the front faces of the desktop organizer. I found an Adidas vector image that I liked on the internet and traced it in Illustrator. I chose the Adidas image because my client likes to wear Adidas.
Tue, Apr 22 CW- Image of Work Completed In Class
Today in class, I cut out the parts for my desktop organizer with cardboard to create a rough draft. In the next class, I will assemble it and place it on my client’s desk to see if I need to adjust any dimensions.
Tue, Apr 22 HW – Image of Completed Homework
I continued to refine my tennis player. I rotated some of the parts of the player to achieve a more realistic view, including the player’s leg and his racket. I also started to add a net and another player on the other side of the net, as I want to engrave a mini tennis match on the left face.
Week 5
Thu, Apr 17 CW- Image of Work Completed In Class
I created my first design using Adobe Illustrator. It shows a person serving a tennis ball. I combined a few AI-generated images to create it.
Thu, Apr 17 HW – Image of Completed Homework
I finished my desktop organizer by designing both my drawers in Fusion. Next class, I will start to figure out what designs and images I would want to engrave on the desktop organizer.
Tue, Apr 15 CW- Image of Work Completed In Class
Today in class, we learned how to engrave designs into our desktop organizer using Adobe Illustrator. I experimented with a few designs, including this flower one. However, the image was entirely AI-generated, so when I engrave my actual image, I need to do multiple iterations.
Tue, Apr 15 HW – Image of Completed Homework
For homework, I made my desktop organizer look more aesthetically pleasing by adding a triangular piece to my parts. By keeping it consistent all across the front, I have four uniform slopes, which gives the organizer a clean touch. I also worked on my area, which is going to have two drawers.
Week 4
Fri, Apr 11 CW – Image of Work Completed In Class
I continued to work on my desktop organizer, creating the middle section of the organizer. The middle section holds loose items and is divided into three sections. The back two are taller so that they can store writing utensils, and the first section is shorter for things like paper clips or even small snacks like gum, if you’d like.
Fri, Apr 11 HW – Image of Completed Homework
For homework, I fabricated my largest divider, which divides the organizer into a textbook storage section and a section for smaller items. I also fabricated the front to the textbook storage. Additionally, I fixed some of the joints on my desktop organizer.
Wed, Apr 9 CW – Image of Work Completed In Class
I started modeling my desktop organizer on Fusion. Today, I began by modeling the base, the back, and the two sides. I also modeled my base divider and first floor.
Wed, Apr 9 HW – Image of Completed Homework
I created a third and fourth design for my desktop organizer. Both are slightly different in their formatting; however, they accomplish the goal of addressing my friend’s challenges. Both have an area to store paper, pencils, pens, and binders, but they are arranged in different areas of the organizer.
Mon, Apr 7 CW – Image of Work Completed In Class
Today, I started the sketching process for my desktop organizer. Based on the responses from my interview, I drafted a desktop organizer that effectively addresses my friend’s challenges.
Mon, Apr 7 HW – Image of Completed Homework
Over the weekend, I conducted my interview for the desktop organizer project for my friend Colton. Below are his responses to my questions:
How are you currently organizing the things on your desk?
Currently, I don’t really have a way to organize the things on my desk. I have a stack of loose-leaf and graph paper on my desk, as well as a cup to hold my pencils and pens. I usually put my phone in the top right area of my desk, near my lamp. I also have regular school supplies (eg. erasers and paper clips) lying around.
What is effective and ineffective about your current organizing method?
I think right now, what I am most concerned with is the messiness of my desk. As the year has progressed, it has become harder and harder for me to find my things. All the papers scattered around my desk have made it kind of hard to work with the limited space.
What do you think causes your organizing method to be ineffective?
For the most part, I think it is just laziness. I like to spend time with my friends and usually never want to take time to organize my desk. I think if I got a desktop organizer, I would be more motivated to clean up my desk and utilize a great resource.
What would you include in the design if you had to create a desktop organizer?
I would definitely want to include a section where I could store my blank sheets of paper and graph paper. I would also design an area to hold my pencils, pens, and highlighters. Additionally, if I needed a drawer, I would probably make one to put my candy and gum in it. To address the loose paper clips and erasers, I definitely would make two tiny areas on my organizer to store them. To top it all off, if it is possible, I would want to have a phone stand on my organizer so that I don’t need to put my phone on my desk where it tends to get covered by lots of papers.
What supplies do you use (eg, pencils, pens, or markers)?
For the most part, I like to use pencils. When I am annotating books for English, I tend to use a pen and highlighters. Overall, I use a variety of writing utensils, but I rarely use markers or color pencils. I also use a large textbook for both math and language and would like to be able to store them somewhere on my desktop organizer.
Can you describe the size of your desk space?
It is not the biggest desk as I am in a double with my roommate. However, I think the desktop organizer could take up a corner in my desk and I would still have a lot of room to work.
What type of material do you want the organizer to be made out of?
I don’t really care what type of material the organizer is. As long as it is sturdy enough to hold my supplies, I am fine with whatever.
Any special images or symbols that you would like me to engrave on your organizer?
I would like it if you could engrave my name somewhere on the desktop organizer. I also enjoy playing tennis, so if you could incorporate some tennis images, that would be great.
Week 3
Thu, Apr 3 CW- Image of Work Completed in Class
I started the next desktop organizer project. I will need to create a desktop organizer customized to a friend’s needs. By generating eight open-ended questions about what their personalized desktop organizer would contain, I will gain information about the problem I am addressing to create a better end product. This process is known as the “define” step.
- How are you currently organizing the things on your desk?
- What is effective and ineffective about your current organizing method?
- What do you think causes your organizing method to be ineffective?
- What would you include in the design if you had to create a desktop organizer?
- What supplies do you use (eg, pencils, pens, or markers)?
- Can you describe the size of your desk space?
- What type of material do you want the organizer to be made out of?
- Any special images or symbols that you would like me to engrave on your organizer?
I also started drawing some designs that I can show to my interviewee about how a desktop organizer could look like. In the designs, I made sure to include a drawer to meet the design requirements.
Thu, Apr 3 HW – Image of Completed Homework
No Homework
Tue, Apr 1 CW- Image of Work Completed In Class
I finished my Phone Stand in class today by combining the socket and phone holder area and then joining both to the ball as a ball joint to fix my ongoing issue. I also imported my phone and rigidly joined it to the base of the phone stand to complete the project.
Tue, Apr 1 HW – Image of Completed Homework
For homework, I joined my pole to the slider using a rigid joint and then joined the pole to the ball using another rigid joint. I also joined my phone holder to the socket with a rigid joint. However, I am having trouble connecting the socket to the ball using a revolute joint while allowing the sliding joint to move freely too. I spent about thirty minutes researching and testing in Fusion but still could not figure out a solution.
Week 2
Sat, Mar 29 CW – Image of Work Completed In Class
I added a sliding joint to my base to move my phone forward and backward. I need to join my ball and socket joint to my sliding joint to complete my phone stand.
Sat, Mar 29 HW – Image of Completed Homework
I also created a draft sliding joint to add to my phone holder so that I can shift my phone holder backwards and forwards.
I continued working on my phone stand by fixing the problem in the ball-and-socket joint. Initially, after I combined the ball to the phone holder, the ball and socket joint could not move. However, I fixed the problem by pinning the socket so that the ball could have the freedom to rotate. After, I added the base.
Thur, Mar 27 CW – Image of Work Completed In Class
I continued to work on my phone stand and added a ball-and-socket joint, which connected to the area where my phone sits. I need to continue to figure out how to set limits to the range of motion of the joint and how to make it so that my ball can move freely while rigidly connected to another component.
Thur, Mar 27 HW – Image of Completed Homework
I started to model my phone stand on Fusion using the dimensions from my iPhone and planning sheet. I created the area my phone would sit in by combining a few rectangles and then filling them.
Tue, Mar 25 CW – Image of Work Completed In Class
I also started creating the rough dimensions for my phone stand, including the phone holder, base, and side profile. I will be able to get a better sense of my dimensions once I start modeling it on Fusion.
Today, I practiced creating a ball-and-socket joint, which I will incorporate into my final design. Next time, I will need to add some type of screw to hold the ball in place.
Tue, Mar 25 HW – Image of Completed Homework
I also worked on my final design, combining key elements from previous designs. It incorporated the ball-and-socket mechanism from designs two and three while preserving the hinge mechanism from designs one and four. The base connected to a hinge joint, which was attached to a vertical face with a ball at the top. This ball fits into a socket on the phone holder, providing greater flexibility when adjusting the viewing angle.
For my homework, I drafted a third and fourth idea for my phone stand. My third design simplified my second by removing the two hinge joints and replacing them with a single long pole. At the top of the pole, I incorporated a ball-and-socket joint for adjustable positioning.
My fourth design expanded on my first, but instead of using a pin mechanism, it featured a second hinge joint. The first hinge joint, connected to the base, allowed for forward and backward adjustments, while the second controlled the viewing angle. This mechanism proved much more effective as it eliminated the constraint of limited viewing angles imposed by set holes.
Week 1
Sat, Mar 22 CW- Image of Work Completed In Class
For my phone stand design, I focused on creating a functional and adjustable stand with a hinge joint. My first design features a pin mechanism between the base and the holding area, allowing the viewing angle to be adjusted by placing the pin in different holes on the bottom.
My second design is more complex, incorporating a ball-and-socket joint for precise holder control, along with two interconnected hinge joints attached to the base, enabling forward and backward movement for greater flexibility.
Thu, Mar 20 CW- Image of Work Completed In Class
I completed my 3D phone model on Fusion by finalizing the design with a custom decal of my lock screen. Additionally, I experimented with different materials and color schemes to achieve a realistic look, making the model more polished.