Classwork 11/10 Today, I finished my lamp design after I made some edits. I realized the shade was wrong because I needed to make a frame for the canvas. I made a new component, named it the lamp frame, made a sketch on the same plane as the top of the lampshade, and projected the rim to make the top ring of the frame. I made four beams and connected them all down to another circle at the bottom. I made the center harp by making another component and three bars with an oval in the middle. I made the oval center line align with the top of the harp so it fits over. I joint all three shade parts and made a rigid group, so they all moved together and moved over the lamp base. I added more stars to fill it up and changed the material to wood and cloth.

Homework due 11/10 For homework, I made the four arms that connect the center circle to the rest of the shade so the shade can come on and off to remove the bulbs. I made the arms by making a new sketch on the shade’s plane, making center lines and offsetting them so the arms were centered, and extruding them down. I relized that you could see the lightbulb even when the shade was on, so I made the shade longer, but that also meant that I had to make more stars to cover the whole shade. I went back into the star sketches and copy and pasted three more, and cut them out on both sides. I had to adjust the center circle size a few times to make sure it was the right width to fit over the top but it didn’t fall through.

Classwork 11/7 I made the harp around the lightbulb that the shade will go on top of so the shade can be removed and the bulb can be changed. I made the harp by creating a new component, drawing a curved line around the bulb and then mirroring it to the other side. After that I exruded the line to make a pipe that has a .15 thickness. I also made the center of the shade an oval that goes over the harp so the shade is removeable by making a circle wider than the harp but smaller enough that it won’t fall straight through. I tired to make the rods that go from the shade to oval peice the but I am still working on that.

Homework Due 11/7 I imported the lightbulb we made previously in class and attached it to the lamp rod. I also made the lampshade that I will join to the lightbulb later. I made star cutouts on the lampshade by creating new sketches on two faces and making stars with a bunch of lines, which took a while to make the stars proportional. I extruded the stars both ways instead of making sketches on four sides, saving a little time. All four faces have stars that will shine when you turn the lamp on.

Classwork 11/3 I decided I didn’t like my original plan, so I changed the height to make it a desk lamp instead. I made a rod in the middle that will hold the lampshade at the end. I also made the base and pebble things smaller. I extruded them down from 2 into 1 in and then joint them together. I deleted all the extra parts. I was trying to make a hole in the base for the cord, but it kept going slanted because of the rounded edge. By projecting the base, I could make a plane, and the cut-out went straight into where the rod intersects in the middle. I finished my base by just adding a few more blocks at the top.

Homework Due 11/3 I deleted part of the bottom, the large pebbles because I thought it looked too clunky at the bottom. I had to delete the joints and then delete the component. I also made more smaller pebbles at the top to make it taller. I also made a rod in the middle for the cord to go through and joint that with the center of the base.

Classwork 10/31 I finished half of my base in class today by making new components for each pebble in the lamp. I made a new sketch, set the diameter at 8.6, and descended by .2 for the next 6. I also made a hole in the middle .4 in diameter, for the cord to go through. After I made all the circles, I extruded them to 2 in and then used the fillet tool. The last step was joining them all on top of each other with the joint tool.

Classwork 10/27 I drew a more detailed sketch of my lamp design and added measurements so my lamp would be accurate. I decided to make the circles get smaller as they go higher, so I made the base circles 9 in and will decrease the size from there. First, I made a large circular base. After I made a sketch of the bottom circles by making a circle, then extruded it to 2 in, and then used the fillet tool to make the circles rounded all around. I copied the one that I made and then pasted it nine times. Then, I used the joint tool to combine all of the pieces. 

Homework Due 10/27 I used inspiration from around my house and the internet to make 5 possible lamp designs to recreate.

Classwork 10/26 I downloaded a pdf sketch of a lightbulb that Mr. Brodie sent, which was used to make the bulb above. The lightbulb will be used in the other lamp project we have to make ourselves. We used the canvas tool to put the actual picture in Fusion as a guide. Then we used the line tool to create the outline of the bulb, which we went back to and used the dimension key to set the distance, also used the fillet tool to make the rounded bottom. The curve of the bulb was used by making a curved line with the spline tool. After completing the sketch, we used the revolve command to make it 3D.

Classwork 10/20 I finished my phone stand in class. I fixed the part that holds the phone to make it more slanted up than a 90-degree angle, making it more practical. I also added an extra platform on the bottom and changed the material to silver to make it look better.

Homework due 10/20 I didn’t save anything from the last class, so I had to restart, but I got to the same place as 10/8.

Classwork 10/19 I finished my lamp by soldering all the wires and then gluing the small base plate to the large base plate. Mr. Brodie helped me put clamps so the glue dried properly, and then I just left it to dry.

Homework Due 10/19 For homework, I worked on my phone stand. I made a plate for stuff to go in front of the phone. I made a large rectangle the width of the phone plus a little longer and long enough to cut a little bowl out of. I also rounded the edges of the inside of the plate.

Classwork 10/17 I screwed in the bolts, fed the led light wire through the holes in the bolts on the backside, and stuck the led strips onto the upper arm. I also screwed in both the rods that the lamp rotates on and attached the button to the base plate.

Classwork 10/13 I completed both arms by gluing the middle horizontally to the arms. I also glued the vertical bases to the smaller base plate and left them to dry.

Classwork 10/8 In class today, I started making the base of the phone stand. I made a base rectangle and then cut a long circle out of the middle for the phone and also cut the ends out to let the phone lay horizontal.

Homework due 10/8 I made four designs for my phone stand and made orthographic designs for each of them.

Classwork 10/6 In class, I printed all of the lamp parts out by saving them as DXF files, saving them on a flash drive, and then transferring them to the printer. After I cut them, I sanded them and dry-fitted them together. Then I glued the magnets in and the metal plates down.

Homework due 10/6 I uploaded the phone screen photo into my project and then placed it on top of the phone. I also added color to my phone case to make it look more like my phone.

Classwork 10/3 In class, I finished the 3D model of my phone. I made the bottom of the phone with the charger port and speaker holes. I also made the camera by making a bunch of circles and a border and then either extruding or cutting them all. The back card case was made by making a rectangle and then used the curve line tool to make the edge. The last thing I did was round the edges with the fillet tool.

Homework due 10/2 I made progress on my 3D phone. I created the main shape of the phone and then created new components for the right and left sides. Then I made buttons on each side and extruded them out.

Classwork 9/29 I attached the smaller base plate to the arms and then began on the larger base plate by creating a new file. After I was finished with the large plate, I imported it into the lamp file and joint the two pieces together. The last thing I did was insert the extra parts we downloaded earlier and using them on the top and bottom of the arms, where the circles are. The larger bolts were attached to the lower horizontal so for a wire to go through them later.

Homework due 9/29 For homework, I finished my drawing of my phone for the 3D model phone stand.

Classwork 9/26 In class, I created the two lower horizontals by making one and then copying and pasting it into the project. I also attached them to the arm by using the joint tool.

Classwork 9/15 In class, I created the base plate of the lamp. I first made a big circle and then two little circles in the middle. The medium-sized circle needed notches on the sides. For the top-notch, I made lines and offset them to half the notch width on both sides, so the notch was in the center. I cut all the excess lines away with the modified tool. The side notches were equal, so I made lines and offset them to 0.06on both sides because the overall width is 0.12 and trimmed the lines we don’t need. The last step was to extrude the plate to make it 3D. 

Homework due 9/15 For homework, I created the horizontal lower arm by projecting the side arm, creating lines perpendicular to the side arm, and finding the width with the D command. I projected it so the rectangle went between the two side pieces, and then I combined them all to reveal the rectangle piece’s side notches. I used the coincident to move the new piece to the middle of the original piece and finished the sketch.
The next video started by creating a new sketch on the same plane as the rectangular piece from the last video and projected the rectangular piece. Then I cut out four circles and set the distance between them equal. The twelve rectangles were cut using the rectangular pattern to make four rectangles at a time, repeated three times.

Classwork 9/14 The first thing we did in class was extruded the lower arm and copy it. Then we attached a small disk to the side of the arm, copied the disk, and repeated the process on the other side of the arm. I attached the arms to each other using the joint tool. I fixed the angle of the arms and changed the motion from rigid to revolute so the arms could move around.

Homework due 9/14

Classwork 9/12 We joined the outer pieces of the upper arm and made two small discs. We used the joint tool to join the discs to the arm. We also made two large discs that we will use in the future.

Classwork 9/8 I made a copy of the upper arm after extruding it in class. I set the distance between them using the joint tool and checking using the inspection measure tool.

Homework due 9/8 I extruded the upper arm side to make it 3D. I then copied into the assembly the upper arm to make a replica. I also used the joint command to make the two arms parallel. Last, I checked to see if the distance between them was correct using the measure tool.

Classwork 9/7 We completed the first 3D part of the lamp and used the circular and rectangular pattern tool.

Homework due 9/7 I watched a youtube video and completed the upper arm side profile of the lamp project.

Classwork 9/5 I made a hollow box by creating a new sketch and using the rectangle tool. I hollowed the box out using the extrude key. The lid fits all the way around and has a cutout around the side so it doesn’t fall off.