Week 10
Fri, Nov 15 CW – image of work completed in clas
Today in class, I went and, because I completed everything required for the course, was able to leave.
Fri, Nov 15 HW – image of completed homework
I didn’t really do anything with the design because I finished it last class so it is just the same as it was.
Wed, Nov 13 CW – image of work completed in class
Today in class, I completed my phone holder. I used the filet command to make my design a bit more user friendly. I fileted the base to add some character and fileted the head to make the head less sharp. The stand came out really well in my opinion but thanks to Mr. Brodies help for helping me with the design because it would not have looked the way it does without his help.
Wed, Nov 13 HW – image of completed homework
Today for homework, I changed the shaft to make it more like a lacrosse stick. I made a new sketch and, instead of the two seperate pieces, made one solid piece. I used the filet command to curve the sides as well to make the shaft a bit more architecturally appealing. I still used the revolute joint to connect the shaft to the verts and the head to enable the head and the shaft to be able to rotate.
Mon, Nov 11 CW – image of work completed in class
Today in class, I included the bolts and nuts for my stand, painted the base white resembling a lacrosse ball, and included pictures of the school and club teams I play for. I talked with Mr. Brodie about how to make this better and he suggested to make the shaft part better by making it solid instead of two seperate pieces. I started it today in class, however, I will complete it for homework because I ran out of time today.
Mon, Nov 11 HW – image of completed homework
Today for homework, I did not really do much because I was attempting to include a fastener into the design; however, the fasteners did not look very good or correctly placed. I also tried to paint the base white to make it like the color of a lacrosse ball, but I could not figure out how to change the color. Tomorrow in class, I should be able to get this done though which will officially complete the project.
Week 9
Thur, Nov 7 CW – image of work completed in class
Today in class, I basically completed the phone stand. The base verts are a good way, I found out as well, to hold the stand up because of the fact of when both the head and the arms rotate then they will work well. I joined the arms to the verts by using the as built joint command which connected them perfectly. I used the as built joint command again to connect the arms to the head. I used the revolute kind of joint to enable the stand to rotate. I ran into some trouble because the arms were not the same measurements which caused some of the problems from last night. Once that was complete, the rest was easy and everything works as it should. I also combined the phone to the head of the stick to allow the head to move with the phone in it at all time.
Thur, Nov 7 HW – image of completed homework
Today for homework, I joined the base verts to the arms of the stand. I was struggling a bit with the process of the joining and making it even possible to join two parts together. Tomorrow in class, I will ask Mr. Brodie for help to see what I am doing wrong or if there are anyways to improve on the idea because I do not think that base verts are the best way to hold up this phone stand.
Tues, Nov 5 CW – image of work completed in class
Today in class, I completed the led lamp. I completed the lamp by applying the lights to the upper bar of the lamp. I also connected the wires at the bottom of the lamp with solder and heat shrinks which make the lamp operational. Once the soldering was complete I glued the base plate onto the base which makes me 99% done with the lamp. The only thing left is to glue the bottom base plate to hold the wires in the base.
Tues, Nov 5 HW – image of completed homework
Today for homework, I modeled out how the phone holder will look with how all the dimensions are currently which looks pretty good. I still need to create the last two base verts, which won’t be too much time, extrude and elongate the arms for the stand, and create the fasteners for the stand to be able to function and turn as it should. The model shows how all the parts are coming together, but it really showed where the flaws were in the work so far.
Week 8
Fri, Nov 1 CW – image of work completed in class
Today in class, I began to assemble my stand, but realized that my parts were out of proportion. This meant I had to remake the majority of the parts to match the head and the phone. because they are the reference of everything else should look. I started with the base because it was way too small and was boring. I changed the design from a rectangle to a circle. I will paint the circle white to represent a lacrosse ball and include the logos of the teams I play for on it. I still need to work on the base verts, the vertical pieces, and the joints for the two.
Fri, Nov 1 HW – image of completed homework
Today for homework, I completed extruding the head for the lacrosse stick by using the extrude command. It was very tedious, but it looks a lot better than the first model which is good. I extruded the stick enough for my phone to sit in it with no issues and it will work fine as a holder. I now need to assemble the stand and the project will be complete.
Wed, Oct 30 CW – image of work completed in class
Today in class, I remade my lacrosse head based on a picture online. I used the picture by putting the picture into canvas by using a canvas on Fusion to get a picture of what the head should look like. I then used a fit point spline to make sure the lines looked like they should and curved as they should be according to the canvas picture. For homework, I will continue to create the lines, extrude the head, and begin assembling the phone stand.
Wed, Oct 30 HW – image of completed homework
Today for homework, I completed extruding my piece for where the phone will sit for the phone stand. I needed to extrude all of the small squares too which I will later cut out to make the this piece look more like a lacrosse stick which is the intention. I was trying different ways to do that, but I could not figure it out. I will ask Mr. Brodie in class to see why it is not working and how to get it to work.
Week 7
Wed, Oct 23 CW – image of work completed in class
Today in class, I worked on making the part of the phone stand where my phone will sit. I want to make the top look like a lacrosse stick so I was making the mesh outlines and will cut the holes when I extrude. I will continue doing this for homework and start to assemble the stand for homework.
Wed, Oct 23 HW – image of completed homework
Today for homework, I worked on making the vertical pieces that come out of the base that will attach to the base and the arm of the phone stand allowing it to stand up and not fall all the time. I set up the pieces for the arm as well making two separate pieces. I will come up with the connecting pieces at a later time but I have an idea for how I will connect them. I also started to create the actual part that holds the phone up and will continue to work on this in class tomorrow.
Mon, Oct 21 CW – image of work completed in class
Today in class, I came up with a design of what I want my phone holder to look like. I started to sketch out ideas of what I wanted it to look like and the options to choose from. I started out by making the base in class, but I know what I want to do so I will continue to work on it for homework. The sketches ill guide me in what I want to do and the phone will guide the sizes for the holder itself.
Mon, Oct 21 HW – image of completed homework
Today for homework, I found designs for phone stands to make that I thought were something I would enjoy having. For the first option, I liked the fact of a dog holding up my phone because of my dog and my old dog, and the second option because I would put a J not and M and put Jake not Michelle instead. I did this today because I finished the phone design.
Week 6
Thur, Oct 17 CW – image of work completed in class
Today in class, I completed the sketch of my phone in Fusion. I made filleted the sides, the buttons, the camera outline, and the card holder to make sure it is an exact replica of my phone. I also made sure to extrude the holes and the buttons to make sure it looks exact. I also inserted a face onto the phone to make it look real. For homework, I will begin the outline for my phone holder to get the project started.
Thur, Oct 17 HW – image of completed homework
Today for homework, I started the sketch for my phone for the phone holder. I took the dimensions from the orthographic sketch and put them into Fusion and made the model of my phone. I was not able to get the speakers and the charging port at the correct dimensions which I will ask Mr. Brodie in class about tomorrow. Everything else went pretty well; I used the dimension command to make sure the sketch is matching the orthographic drawing perfectly.
Tues, Oct 15 CW – image of work completed in class
Today in class, I made the orthographic drawings for my phone to put into Fusion to make the phone holder. I used the fillet tool to make sure I know the measurements of the curves on my phone. I also used a caliper to measure my phone and get an exact measurement of the phone. Once I got a measurement, I would put it into my sketch and get a exact measurement for the orthographic drawing.
Tues, Oct 15 HW – image of completed homework
Today for homework, I watched the video on orthographic view and what it means to be in orthographic view. I was able to do anything on Fusion though, but I did post a picture of what being in orthographic view is.
Week 5
Fri, Oct 11 CW – image of work completed in class
Today in class, I printed out the parts for my box project. I printed them by downloading them as a DXF file onto a thumb drive and brought them to the laser room to print out the parts. Once the parts were printed, I glued them together, but before I glued them together, I had to do a dry check to make sure everything fit. When I did that, I found that one of the middle pieces was too long. Mr. Brodie went and cut the piece for me so I did not have to reprint thought which was very helpful. Once that was done, I glued everything together and held the parts together rubber bands and let the glue dry.
Fri, Oct 11 HW – image of completed homework
Today for homework, I was not able to do anything because there is nothing I can do at home and I cannot do anything more to the box than cut it out. There is also nothing on the syllabus so I can work ahead.
Wed, Oct 9 CW – image of work completed in class
Today in class, assembled on my lamp with the dowels and screws to make sure the lamp can rotate. I also installed the the switch for the lamp, but I have to wait for the lights because there are none available. I also finished the bottom and figured out how to extrude correctly and what I was doing wrong. I completed the middle parts of the box which are the separating pieces for the box. Next class, I will most likely print my box and assemble the parts.
Wed, Oct 9 HW – image of completed homework
I was not able to do anything for homework tonight except for complete a sketch for the bottom of the box because I do not know how to correctly extrude the bottom of the box. I will ask in class and find out how to extrude the box correctly.
Mon, Oct 7 CW – image of work completed in class
Today in class, I completed the glueing of the lower arm today so next class I can assemble the lamp completely. I also started on working on the next project for class. I completed the four walls for the box and for homework I will complete the bottom of the box. For class, I needed to use the joint command a lot and learned to use the move command to make copies of the walls.
Mon, Oct 7 HW – image of completed homework
There was no homework assigned.
Week 4
Thur, Oct 3 CW – image of work completed in class
Today in class, I printed out the base plate and the base verticals for the lamp. After I printed, I sanded them to get the burn marks out from the printer. Once that was complete, I used an epoxy to glue the metal disks in place on the inside face of the verticals. I also glued the magnets in the holes of the lower arm and the metal disk to the lower arm as well.
Tues, Oct 1 CW – image of work completed in class
Today in class, I completed glueing the magnets into the upper arm so the upper arm can connect to the upper arm with epoxy. To form an epoxy, you need two separate parts to have a chemical reaction to get hard and connect the arms. I also glued the arms and the horizontal arms together with wood glue. I also sanded the base down today with sand paper, got all the bumps out of the metal discs needed to combine the upper and lower arm together, and drilled a hole in the base for the wires to go into for the lamp to operate. I was going to print out the base plate and the lower verticals for the lamp to stand, but due to technical difficulties with Rhino 7, I was unable which is why I did everything I did today.
Week 3
Sat, Sept 28 CW – image of work completed in class
Today in class, I assembled the base to the rest of the lamp. I was all prepared to print the base plate and the base verticals, but due to technical difficulties, I was unable to print everything today. Next class I should be able to print all the parts and assemble the lamp in real life.
Sat, Sept 28 HW – image of completed homework
Today for homework I could not really do anything because I have completed the parts I need to do and I have watched all the videos. I accidentally made the base on Monday or Tuesday, and I assembled the lamp to the base verticals and the base plate in class on Thursday.
Thur, Sept 26 CW – image of work completed in class
Today in class, I assembled the parts for the lamp. I assembled the base horizontal I completed for the homework, the large metal disks, the base plate, and the arms of the lamp. I used the joint command for all of the actions above. I used the combine tool to cut out an area for the base horizontal to connect to as well. I ran into some difficulty with joining the base plate with the lamp because it needed to be perpendicular which I had not made it yet. Once I did that I had assembled everything I needed to so far.
Thur, Sept 26 HW – image of completed homework
Today in extension of my homework, I came to consult due to my Fusion struggles last night to figure them out. It was able to be resolved and I did not lose any progress on the lamp or the base. I ended up making the vertical horizontal for the base in consult to be prepared for class today. It was a good sign that Fusion did not give me any problems with this due to the error last night.
Today for homework I can only watch the videos that are on the syllabus, but I cannot access anything on Fusion due to this error. I plan to come to consultation tomorrow for a few minutes to go over what happened. I saved all of my progress so I should be ok with all of my progress not being lost due to this.
Tues, Sept 24 CW – image of work completed in class
Today in class, I printed out my lower horizontal parts and the lower side parts with the laser printer. Once that was complete, I sanded the upper and lower sides and horizontals to get the burn marks out of them. I needed to sand the upper arm because I was not able to last class due to time constraints. I also started the sketch for the base plate for the base of the lamp today.
Tues, Sept 24 HW – image of completed homework
Today for homework, I made the square cutouts for the lower horizontal and the base for the lamp. As I was trying to put the squares in the correct place I ran into some trouble with Fusion and it made me almost lose all of my progress, but luckily I was able to get it all back. Once that was over with I was easily able to set the squares into place and use the rectangular pattern tool to make copies of the square. I was also able to copy and paste the four rectangles I made twice to get them to be the same. The base was much easier that the rectangles because it was all familiar stuff just on a different part of the project.
Week 2
Fri, Sept 20 CW – image of work completed in class
Today for class, I assembled both of the led arms together, made the horizontal lower connecting piece, and cut out holes in the connecting piece. I ran into some trouble with the horizontal piece because the lines on the rectangle I made for the horizontal piece were stationary so I could not move the rectangle. I asked Mr. Brodie for help and found out what went wrong and how to fix the issue. Once that was completed, there was no difficulty and easy to complete. I also made the two arms connected by a different joint, revolution joint, and how to make the arms be able to move about and be connected as they move by using the as joint command.
Wed, Sept 18 CW – image of work completed in class
Today in class, I remade the upper horizontal piece for the lamp because the way it was made the first time was incorrect. Once that was completed, I was able to print the upper arm for the lamp. I learned how to download the sketches for the upper arm from Fusion onto a thumb drive which I had to first save as a DXF file which was a new concept for me I took into the cutting room. There was some difficulty in the cutting because there were some extra lines on the computer which are there because sometimes when you save a file as a DXF, Fusion adds some extra lines which you then have to take out later, but Mr. Brodie helped me take care of that so when I cut out the parts, they came out perfect.
Wed, Sept 18 HW – image of completed homework
Today for homework I completed the metal disks for connecting the upper and lower arm of the lamp. There was no issue with this at all and went very smoothly.
Mon, Sept 16 CW – image of work completed in class
Today in class, I completed the horizontal joint for the upper arm of the lamp meaning the upper arm is complete. I also was able to start the first part of the lower arm for the lamp. I completed the sketch and have the holes where they need to be from the video.
Mon, Sept 16 HW – image of completed homework
Today for homework, I made the copy of the side of the upper arm for the lamp. I learned how to use the joint key and how to apply the joint. I needed to ask Mr. Brodie for help because there was a parent anchor in the design that needed to be taken out. Once that was taken care of, the joint connected perfectly.
Week 1
Friday, Sept 13 CW – image of work completed in class.
Today in class, I was able to set up half of the upper arm for the lamp. I learned how to use the rectangular and circular pattern controls to duplicate the holes in the lamp.
Friday, Sept 13 HW – image of completed homework
Today for homework I made the side sketch for the upper arm of the lamp. I have all the dimensions and tangents to where they should be and am ready to move on to the next part of the project.
Wed, Sept 11 CW – image of work completed in class.