Rapid Prototyping:

9/18

Rapid prototyping allows you to visualize and conceptualize the basic ideas in your head. Prototypes don’t have to be complicated. They should be simple so you can see the basics of the product you are trying to develop. You have to test your prototype and ask questions about how it works now, and how it will work in the future. Every model and test should build on the one before, and eventually you will reach your end product. Simplicity is efficiency. Don’t over complicate your prototype or it will never come to life. 

Just like how the people who prototyped google glass envisioned the concept in under a day we can takee our desisign and expedite the conepting process through repid prototyping. Not only will rapid prototyping speed things up it will enhance the overall quality of the design and function of the item.

Iphone Modeling:

9/18

Click The link above to view the Orthographic Drawing of an I-Phone:

I will use this drawing to dimension and create a virtual model of my phone.

9/19

Cad Orthographic Drawing of an Iphone

List of Constraints for Challenge One:

9/21/30

• Must be constructed out of recycled materials
• Time: must be completed by Friday, September 25
• low cost 
• functional
• Fabrication can be completed using G-Cad tools

Problem Statement for Challenge One:

9/21/20

You must create a fully functional phone stand tailored to your clients needs. Your phone stand must be constructed with recycled materials and Duct Tape, and must be completed by Friday, September 25. Your phone stand must be simple, lightweight, and low cost. The client wishes for a phone stand that they can carry around with them so they can watch movies on the go. They want to be able to stand their phone upright and on its side.  You will be able to use the G-Cad resources to complete this task.

3D Iphone model

9/23

Front

Left

Right

Top

Concept Sketches of Iphone Stands for My client:

9/23

Iphone Stand Orthographic Sketches

9/25

My design is a Simple and effective phone stand that can hold a phone both upright and on its side without impairing access to volume or power buttons. There is access to the charging port while the side holding function is in use.

Hand Drawn

Computer Assisted

3D Model:

Top Front Angle

Top Left Side Angle

3D view

9/30

I looked at my design and concept sketches some new components (below). I found that It is a functional, simple and elegant design as it is so I did not choose to make any structural changes to the design. I do believe that the addition of rubber washers to my design could improve it for use by smaller phones, but I do believe that As is it would function spectacularly.

My Final Phone Stand:

Pencil Holder Project

10/2

With my concepts for this project I wanted to think with angular and simple shapes.

Concept sketches below:

I chose the sketch with the wedge shape to use as my base design. I like Its base shape and I will change a few things but overall its a very good base to work from. I also like the eraser shelf.

With the changes added I have arrived at this Idea

My hand drawn orthographic for my pencil holder.

10/13

This is the correct spot in the timeline for the following ideas and sketches:

Below is the Cad Orthographic for my pencil holder

Below is the 3D model for my pencil holder.

10/12

Luminary project

Brainstorm

Decided Design

10/13

Final Design Prep

Before I move to the Cad Program I wanted to finalize my concepts. They aren’t polished by any means but they do connect my ideas. Below are the 4 sketches that I will be converting into the four sides of my luminary. I am going to make my luminary out of steel because I will be connecting it to another project. The next step is to move to cad design.

10/18

The decision has been made. I am going to run with my luminary project and begin my final at the same time. I want to take the project and combine it with a person project and create a table made out of wood from a tree my great grandfather planted. I did a lot of research and found what I was looking for. In a few pictures below you can see the jist of what I am trying to achieve. I want to use a design that can hold itself sturdily but still maintain beauty. I am going to have a tree sprawling across the bottom of the table base. and a sun and northstar on the top half of the base.

Problem Statement:

Design a elegant table using the wood from the tree my grandfather painted and incorperate the luminary into the design. I have from now till the end of the term to concept, sketch, diagram, model and build the table. Rescources are endlees and the mind is infinite. G0!

10/28

Project Recap up until now:

For the last week I have been working really hard to set a good foundation for the table/lamp inside table project. I have completed the structural design and finished milling the table top itself. I am uploading the photos recalling the work from the last five days to display the work done over this period of time.

11/9

Over the last week and a half I have been designing the artwork to go into the midle of my table. I am going to be using a six sided hexagonal prism as the center colum of my table. There will be two symetrical sides, where a tree, raw geometic shapes and a sybolic core are depicted, one side dedicated to the day, another to night. One to water and one to fire. I am representing four basic elements of the earth and from them come the trees.

These are the 6 sides to the luminary that will go into the center of my table base. I need to make sure that every thing will extrude correctly. The one with the tree will be extruded twice and will be symetrical on two sides.

I Believe that the SUn and the stars will extrude correcly as wll as the absract line side. I am worried about the tree side and the fish and wave side So I will have to make some revisions to those.

11/11

I made these two components today. These parts are the end caps for the luminary and will be embedded into the base. and top of the table base. I will need to construct one more peice to get the thickness right and make a plug to close the hole and hold the light onto the bottom.

For the light I willbe using a remote control puck light that can be turened to any color using RGB. It will light up the base super brightly at night.

11/15

These are the final sides. Just like before the side with the trees will extrude twice and take up two pots on the table. every thing extrudes great.

The 3d models above are created from extrusions of the sides. he luminary itslef is 21 1/4 ” tall, and the overall base is 22 inches tall.

This is a bottom view of what the hole in the bottom of the table base looks like. I will create a plug for it that will hold the light and fill the hole.

Going into the final week there’s a lot to get done. but it should all be fun. time to finish strong.

11/19 Final Day;

The project was a mix of ups and downs and interesting questions and I strived to create a table using wood for a tree my great grandfather planted well over 100 years ago. But I never got to the final stage. In the time allowed I have only gotten to the point where I could design and begin to prototype the table. Today I had to re design three sides of my column in the middle of the table base. Below are some pictures documenting what went on in the final two days.

Below is the Final 3D model of the table and even though I have only began to prototype I am looking forward to completing this project in the spring.

11/20

The column for the center of the base has been finished. Each of the sides has a symbolic as well as physical representation. The starry night sky side represents the night, as well as contains the initials of all the people in my extended family who are related to my great grandfather. The next side which is the tree side represents the life of a tree and connects back to the wood the table is made from. The fish and sea side represents the ocean which is very important to me. It also represents water which is a primal force. The sun ride represents the energy of the sun and its importance to all of life on Earth as well as day time. It is the opposite to the night side. The final side is an abstract and symbolic representation of air and wind. All sides have something to do with the growth of the tree as well. Day and night represent time. Sunlight water and wind all contribute to its growth over time. Overall each side has its own meaning beyond its shapes and values as well as personal meaning to me.