MAD #2
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Here’s the sketch of the first component. It started out as a 60x60mm square. I cut shapes out of the sides to create this new square. This will be the base.
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I then extruded the sketch 50mm and finished my first component
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My second component was the one you see above my first sketch. This will be the slider. I created it with center point arcs and a center point rectangle on the top
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I then extruded the second component by 10mm, completing the slider
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In preparation of the third component i made a whole through the first and second components and made fillets of 4 mm at the edges highlighted in blue
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For the third and final component, the pin, I started with the bottom half of the pin my making a cylinder and extruding it 60 mm and placing it where I created the hole
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For the top half of the pin I created another cylinder with a larger radius and extruded it by 10 mm
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Although it looked like all the component were together, they were not. In order to make sure each component had a set position, I set each component on a specific axis and limited the distance the component could move within their designated axis.
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This is the final result. I selected “a” for appearance and colored each component a different color so they could be seen more clearly. The blue arrows indicate the direction of movement of components 2 and 3.
Rapid Prototype – What I Learned
A rapid prototype is a prototype that is designed with basic materials and should show the basic components of a design and show the basics of how it works. Rapid prototypes should not take long to make, the longest it should take it probably a day. The materials used for a rapid prototype should be easily accessible. Rapid prototypes can be designed by thinking about the basic functions of what you want to make in the future. Our design challenge for class is a phone stand. This relates to our design challenge because we first need to make a rapid prototype. A rapid prototype is one of the first steps. Trying to design a complete phone stand with the rapid prototype would be jumping too many steps. The rapid prototype can be used as a tester. It will demonstrate the strengths and weaknesses of our design so we can expand on those strengths or avoid including the weaknesses.
MAD #7
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The first step to creating this design was to make a box (100x65x15). The units are cm.
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I then created a new sketch on top of the box. I made a 65×16 rectangle next to a 40×40 square. To create the rounded rectangle I made a circle with its center being 20cm from the edge. Then I created lines connecting the edge to the two sides of the circle. I then trimmed the unnecessary parts.
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I then extruded the longer rectangle by 50cm and the smaller ones by 30cm, and I cut the rounded rectangle out.
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I made a fillet for the long rectangle with dimensions of 30cm. I then selected chamfer from the modify tab and to create the slanted slope of the smaller rectangle.
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Then I created a new sketch on top of the square. This is so that I can cut out half a cylinder from the square.
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Selecting revolve form the create tab I cut out half a cylinder. pressed “a” for appearance and painted the design this yellow color. This is the final product.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution – What I Learned
The fourth industrial revolution is a result of the initial industrial revolution which introduced the use of energy into our society. Humans have taken this energy and used it to create advanced technology. If we put our minds to it, we can use the technology to solve world problems. We can learn how to substitute organic material in for plastic. We can learn how to advance our agriculture by watching Youtube videos. Technology is expansive and growing everyday. Technology had made life easier in some ways, and has even begun replacing humans when it comes to manufacturing. This has led to a growing unemployment rate, but tasks such as building cars has become so much more effective. People even have hope that technology can resolve social issues by making it easier to expose these issues around the globe. Technology can heal by allowing doctors to understand the human body. Technology can even give more people a chance to voice their opinions, to think freely and to pursue more of their own personal goals. This relates to our design class because the technology we are exposed to exposes our minds to a new way of thinking. We are challenging our brains to picture 3-D models in our heads, we are challenged to come up with ideas of phone stands that could lead us into designing buildings. The technology we use in class can be applied outside of class as well, and we can take that technology to many different places.
Define Mode
My design challenge is to create a desk lamp design. The lamp should be functional, but I am trying to make it an art piece as well. The user will most likely be me, but I am going to make sure the lamp is something that other people can use as well. This design challenge has its limits, though. It must be suitable for a desk, or maybe even somewhere on the floor or a shelf. It needs to stand on its own and since it is a lamp it should not cover most of the light from the lightbulb. These are some of my lamp’s contraints, or restrictions.