Below is my final project. This is my take on a simple, modern, and functional in any direction in which the user wishes to cast light. This lamp includes an adjustable clamp, moveable arms, and a moveable shade (in any direction). The adjustable clamp is made with a slider joint, to allow the user to clamp the lamp onto any table desired, this also makes the lamp a product that is not specific to one table. The 2 moveable arms allow the lamp to change positions to the left and right. This allows it to cast light on something behind the table, or to the sides of it. This is done with 2 revolute joints, one for the lower arm, and one for the top arm. The top arm moves all together to counterbalance the shade. The shade is connected to a ball joint so that it makes it easy to replace the light bulb, or even change the angle of which light wants to be casted.
Base PositionExtended BackwardsTop Arm RotatedRoated BackwardsRoated BackwardsExtended Fully Behind TableAdjustable ClampAdjustable ClampWhere Wire Enters DesignLamp ShadeBall Joint in ActionSlot for Wire to Bypass Ball JointLightbulb + Shade
In Class Nov. 10
Today during class I worked on hollowing out all of the “branches” to the lightbulb in order for there to be a path to the lightbulb. I also created the surrounding environment for the lamp with a tall table, stool, sand carpet, and 2 walls. I also added a much needed connecter from the lamp shade to the rest of the lamp via the rod from the ball joint. I also fixed the revoulute joint at the bottom of the lamp so now it is able to cast light away from the table and the pathway for the wire is still there.
Homework Due Nov. 9
Tonight I worked on the continuation of my lamp. I designed a joint in which the whole lamp would be able to rotate, in order for different places for the light to cast, whether that is towards the desk, or something on the floor next to the desk. I did this by extending the rod to the gripper to the table and then creating joints to make the rod connecting to the rest of the lamp able to rotate.
In Class Nov. 7th
Today during our class period I made serious strides in the joints of my design. I added in a ball joint to the lamp shade, in order to be able to cast the light at a different angle when needed. I also cut a slot in the rod to the lamp, for the cord to bypass the ball joint in order to reach the light. I also put in a revolute joint so that the arms connecting to the shade and counter balancing it now move together when wanted.
Homework Due Nov. 7th
Tonight I worked on finishing the revised type of gripper onto the table. I finished the sketch and put in a unique joint where it is able to go up and down as the joining and stay connected to the rest of the grip. I then dropped this into the main design of the lamp.
Homework Due Nov. 4
Tonight I worked on changing some previous mistakes on the joints that I chose to do. I decided to change some of the joints to a revolute joint in order for it to slide and change positions more smoothly. I also added the wood appearance that I wanted to have on the lamp.
In Class Nov. 3
Today In class I made progress on my lamp. I finished the shade, added the transparent appearance on the outside parts of the shade, and then inputted the lightbulb. I made a rod that connected to the top arm in the slit that I made on the top part of the lampshade. Then I started to work on the “gripper” onto the table but then decided to change it into one that is able to grip onto many tables.
Homework Due Nov. 3rd
Homework Due November 3rd. Today I worked on starting my lampshade. I did this by making the top and then making copies of the edges of the top of the shade.
Extra Sketch Nov. 1
I decided in spur of the moment that I wanted to create the sketch of the new design for the “base” of the lamp. I want it to be able to grip onto the edge of a table to then not take up desk space.
In Class October 31st
Today I worked on the sketch of the arms connecting to the base, alongside the designs for the lampshade. I think I want to add in a ball joint on the end of the upper arm in able to change the angle of where the light points. This would then connect to the lamp shade and the bulb in order to control that angle. I am also thinking of changing the base to be able to grip onto a table.
In class October 27th
Today I worked on the further sketches and getting the right Idea of what I wanted to do for it. I messed around with the design a lot during this period and then started to do the idea in fusion.
Lamp Design Ideas
Inspiration For Lamp Design
Classwork October 26th. Today we worked on using the canvas tool to make the light bulb for the start of our lamp design. We used the dimension key a lot during this project making the light bulb fit to scale. Once completing the sketch, we used a new command “revolve” to then make the sketch 3D and centered around the midline that we made previously in the sketch. During this time I also started to think about ideas for this project and what I would like my lamp to look like and how I should go about designing it.
Pictures Below are from in Class October 20th. Today I finished my phone stand. I added in a ball joint and rod and connected everything together to that multiple view points (horizontal or portrait) are possible, but also that different angles of viewing are possible. I then changed the appearance of the phone, phone stand, ball joint, the gripper, and the rod connecting the gripper and ball joint.
Back ViewSide ViewView From AboveBall Joint in ActionHorizontal HorizontalPortrait Homework Due Oct 20th. I used a finish on the whole design and moved the gripper to the position I wanted it in the stand. I tried messing around with the joints to try to make the gripper roatatre so different views are an option for the viewer. In Class October 19th. Today during class I worked on the “gripper”. I made the place where the phone would sit in the design, by projecting the dimensions of the phone, and creating the design to fit those parameters. I then extruded and projected the faces of each little area to then extrude it again to have go above the phone, and then created the little parts to go over the front face of the phone. Homework Due October 19th. I continued to work on the design of my phone stand and changed around the design a little. Classwork from Monday, October 17th. I worked on finishing the fabrication of my LED wood lamp. This consisted of attracting the lower arm to the base, putting in the switch, working and soldiering all of the wires together to the plug and LED strip, then gluing the base plate to the bigger base and clamping everything to make sure it stayed together. Classwork Oct 13. Today I worked on making progress on my phone stand design. I made the two arms after I had worked on making progress on the fabrication of my LED Lamp. Classwork Oct 13. Progress on the Fabrication of LED Lamp: Block mounts mounted to the lower arm, LED strip placed in, base sanded and plug installed, base plate horizontals sanded and glued + metal disks put on.Homework Due Saturday, October 8th. Tonight I worked on my ideas for a phone stand, I came up with 5 different Ideas by just holding my phone in different ways and how I would want to see it on my desk, and how the stand would fit in with the surrounding area.
Below are the Orthographic Phone Drawings
These drawings are from Sept. 27 and continued on through class and for homework.
Classwork October 6th, 2022. Today I worked on putting the decal onto the front face of my phone. During the remainder of class, I worked on my LED lamp design. Continued Classwork October 6, 2022. I finished my LED Lamp design. I put in the base plate and then put all of the wire holders on the back of the lower arm. It took me some time to figure out how to join everything again, as some parts were moving, but once I fixed that I was able to get through the design easily. Classwork October 3rd. Today I refined the corners of the phone, realizing I put in the diameter and not the radius. I fixed that and then centered my wallet on the back of the phone as well. I used the filet command on the faces of the edge of the phone to give the curve of the phone dimension as well. I then worked on uploading all of the base plate parts onto the USB (not pictured).Homework Due October 3rd. I worked on extruding the wallet and going back into my first sketch of the phone to do the fillets on the corners again. Classwork Thursday, Sept. 29. I worked on all of the bottom buttons and started the back of the iPhone, doing the camera. I also worked on the wallet and did all of the sketches for the rest of the iphone. Homework Due September 29th, 2022. I worked on the beginning of the phone. I sketched and extruded both sides of the phone, making the volume buttons on the other side (not pictured). I felt confident going into the project without following the videos.
Classwork September 28th, 2022. Today I worked on the orthographic drawing of my phone in class.
In class lab September 22, 2022. Today I worked on the assembly of the upper arm. I sanded and then put in the magnets using the epoxy. I then glued and clamped the upper arm together. I then saved the dfx files for my lower arm and laser cut that today as well. I also imputed all of the screws into the model, so all of the screws are now in the joints. This ended up being a very productive class for me and I was able to get a lot done during our lab. Homework Due Thursday September 22, 2022. For this I created a new component on the bottom face of the vertical parts of the base plate. I then projected all of the bottom parts of the vertical piece, created 2 verticle lines intersection and used a point to add the joint to for the base plate. Although I was trying to trouble shoot it for a while during class, this ended up being much easier. Classwork September 21, 2022. Today I worked on the vertical part of the base plate. I first made a circle that was 1.75 in Diameter and made a Rectangle 2.21×1.75. I made them tangent to each other and trimmed all of the excess pieces. I used the dimension key and input 1.75/3 as the width to make all the edges at the bottom equidistant. I extruded and copied the part and then used the joint key to connect the larger metal disks to the vertical parts on the lower arm. I then tried to troubleshoot trying to join the base plate with the lower arm. Classwork September 15, 2022. Today I worked on the base plate. The commands that were new to me, or the ones I was not used to using was the offset command. It was also interesting to me that you can add the numbers together (0.77 + 0.4) while making the diameter of the circle. The trim command was used to make the square parts of the 2nd smallest circle. Then I extruded the base plate. Homework Due September 15th, 2022. This homework included an emphasis on extruding and then the “p” command for the outline of the horizontal piece. I then used construction lines and the dimension tool. The coincident tool allowed me to put the rectangular pattern tool to put all the rectangles on the same line throughout the horizontal piece.Classwork September 14th, 2022. Today I used the extrude tool to put the thickness of the lower arm at 0.21, or the thickness of our material. We then used the joint command once more to connect the 2 lower arms with our upper arm. This was done with the metal disks in place as well. I also fixed the number of rectangles in the rectangular pattern that was off from last night’s homework.Homework Due September 14th, 2022. Lower Arm side profile. During this component, I refined my skills using the line tool (construction and regular), the use of circles, and how they interact with the tangent tool. The use of circular/rectangular pattern tool was also used to evenly spread the sketch.Classwork September 12, 2022. Today we worked on joining the whole upper arm together by the rods. Also, I made both sets of metal plates for the magnets. Everything was joined together with an emphasis on the joint commandHomework Due September 8, 2022Classwork September 7, 2022Classwork September 5, 2022Homework Due September 7, 2022
