Monday, May 28 (Reading Day)
I glued all the vellum to the back of the wood panels with the sanded parts facing outwards, then glued the parts together using wood glue and held it together using rubber bands. I also designed and printed the base, however, I didn’t use the right dimensions for the light but didn’t have enough time to reprint so. I just glued the light to the bottom.
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I designed and printed the base which also incorporated the clogs and clockwork, however I measured the dimensions wrong and the inner circle didn’t fit with the light.
I printed out all of the parts, however, I forgot that I left the ridges at the top of two panels for the top of the luminary. Because I didn’t print out a top I have to leave these open, however it doesn’t affect the functionality of the design. I also sanded all the sides of the panels and fit them together, but a few thin pieces fell off even when I hand sanded it.
I finished the fourth panel of my luminary design which included more of the inner clockwork and a few of the clock numbers that look like it broke off the original clock. I imported them all to Rhino and sent it to print.
Friday, May 26 (Classwork)
I worked on the second and third panels which focus more on the inner clockwork. I finished the second panel which is half of the left side of the clock, and then it breaks in half to reveal the clogs which I used the circular patterns to create all the designs. For the third panel I focused more on the inner clockwork which I will also recreate for the fourth panel.
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Friday, May 26 (Homework)
Tuesday, May 23 (Classwork)
Tuesday, May 23 (Homework)
Monday, May 22 (Classwork)
Monday, May 22 (Homework)
Friday, May 19 (Classwork)
For homework I added a circular pattern to the outside clog and deleted some small lines.
Friday, May 19 (Homework)
I began the second panel of the luminary design which will go on the left side of the first panel. I copied the first panel but deleted the parts where I will replace it with the clockwork (clogs) so that it looks like the inside of the clock is breaking.
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Tuesday, May 16 (Classwork)
I had to edit and delete a lot of small lines because my design wasn’t extruding correctly and the negative space and positive space ratio wasn’t correct. After that I extruded the first panel to the material thickness and I think that there’s enough negative space for the light to pass through so I will start working on the second panel for homework.
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Tuesday, May 16 (Homework)
I added the hand to the clock face and also added the outer circles around the perimeter of the design. When I added the clock hand I had to trim a lot of the small lines so that it would extrude properly.
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Monday, May 15 (Classwork)
Finished fabricated model of the desktop organizer including drawers.
Monday, May 15 (Homework)
I finished the design for the clock hands of my lamp, which I will then import onto the face of the actual clock for next class.
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Tuesday, May 9 (Classwork)
I glued all three of my drawers together using wood glue and used a rubber band to hold it all together. I have to wait for it to dry before putting it into the desktop organizer and I also have to print my 3d hinge for the mirror (door).
Monday, May 8 (Classwork)
I finished all the clock numbers around the clock face from 1 – 6 in Roman numerals and also started working on the clock hand which I will move onto the design later on.
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Monday, May 8 (Homework)
I started to add clock numbers around the clock which was really difficult because I had to trim a lot of lines and draw each individual number.
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Monday, May 8 (Homework)
Started details of the luminary project (right side). I used a lot of circles to create the clock shape and also circular patterns to create the details on the inside.
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Wednesday, May 3 (Classwork)
I glued most of the parts of the desktop organizer which was difficult because there were a lot of parts but I just had to do it quickly and clamp everything together so that it would stay still. I glued most of the parts such as the shelves using wood glue because it took longer to dry but I used a stronger glue for the dividers which dried a lot quicker.
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Wednesday, May 3 (Homework)
I finalized my concept sketch for the luminary sketch which is a clock and includes roman numerals. For the other panels I’m going to do one panel which is similar to the first but the other side of the clock and it’s breaking off. For the other panels I’m going to do the inner clockwork like what I showed for my previous homework.
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Tuesday, May 2 (Classwork)
I had to reprint the right side of my desktop organizer because I imported it incorrectly into Rhino and the joinery didn’t fit in with the shelves, however after reprinting it I could tape all the parts together to make sure it fit right and also glued the city skyline dividers into one of the shelves because it took the least amount of time to dry. Tomorrow I will start gluing (and hopefully finish) all the parts of the desktop organizer together.
Tuesday, May 2 (Homework)
I started working on my final luminary sketch based off of clockwork. For the first two sketches I want to do one panel based off of a clock in a spiral pattern and for the second panel I want to do something with clogs and the inner clockwork but I’m not sure what I’m going to do for my last two sketches.
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Monday, May 1 (Classwork)
I printed out all of my desktop organizer parts out of wood and also sanded them all down.
Monday, May 1 (Homework)
I finished all four of my concept sketches for the luminary project – for the third concept sketch I integrated more traditional Chinese designs such as lanterns and cherry blossoms, as well as the yin and yang symbol. For my fourth concept sketch I used another asymmetrical design using city buildings such as ferris wheels, temples and the Golden Gate bridge.
Friday, April 28 (Classwork)
I started to work on the luminary project by creating concept sketches inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright’s designs. For the first concept sketch I created an asymmetrical design using snowflakes and mandalas for each panel. For the 2nd concept sketch I based it off of zodiacs and the sun and moon which were not asymmetrical designs.
Tuesday, April 25 (Classwork)
Made some final changes to the rhino file of the desktop organizer which is ready to print out.
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Friday, April 21 (Classwork)
I saved all of my sketches as DXF files to import them into Rhino for printing – I formatted all of them into 15 x 12 and 15 x 15 rectangles.
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Wednesday, April 19 (Classwork)
Finished virtual model of desktop organizer (except hinge and opening door)
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Tuesday, April 18 (Classwork)
Today I found out that I did my project in fusion in the wrong thickness (0.16). Despite putting the material thickness as a parameter, when I changed the parameter back to 0.21, some of the parts didn’t fit together perfectly. Because of this mistake, I have learnt my lesson and will remember to check the material thickness before I start a week-long project and also make sure to set everything as the material thickness parameter so that I can change it in the future. I am now committed to redoing this project to the best of my ability.
Monday, April 17 (Classwork)
I added the first and second shelves of the skyline dividers to the organizer.
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Friday, April 14 (Classwork)
I added one of the city skyline dividers by adding a vector using the vectorizing website and imported it into fusion and extruded it to the right dimensions. I also added the top of the organizer which will close up the right side of the organizer.
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Tuesday, April 11 (Homework)
I added the middle inside divider to the desktop organizer, and I also made the shelf which will go into the left side of the desktop organizer. The middle inside divider took a while to make because I had to make three separate lines of holes for all the shelves to fit in.
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Monday, April 10 (Classwork)
I added the back of the desktop organizer by creating a 2d sketch and then extruding it to make it 3d. I found it a bit challenging at first because my dividers and back component were aligned but after tweaking a few dimensions it all fit together and I was able to join it to the rest of the desktop organizer using the joinery command.
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Monday, April 10 (Homework)
I extruded the inside dividers, bottom, and right side of the desktop organizer on fusion and also joined them together using the joinery command. I used the holes I created before to connect them to each compartment and in class I will work on creating the top and back and city skyline details of the organizer.
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Wednesday, April 5 (Classwork)
I created the sketches for the inside dividers which the drawers will lie on, on the right side. The holes in the middle of the bottom and right side are where the shelves (inside dividers) will fit into.
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Wednesday, April 5 (Homework)
I created the bottom and right side sketches in fusion and starting creating holes to fit the other components. I had to restart my model because I messed up the dimensions of the components and also had to add the joinery components.
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Tuesday, April 4 (Homework)
I kept working on the virtual model of my design and added the city skyline to the side of the organizer and I also added the back piece. The only thing I haven’t added are the hinges which I will add for next class.
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, April 4 (Homework)
I put the desktop organizer on Etna’s desk to see how it would fit and solicited more feedback from her – she said it fit well and wanted it to be more on the right side instead of in the middle but the size and everything else fit good.
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, April 3 (Homework)
“Solicit feedback about the prototype you have created from your user”
I incorporated the feedback from my user as she believed that the city skyline only on the side of the desktop organizer looked imbalanced, so i added it to the front of one of the drawers on the right side to help it seem more balanced. I also want to add it to the dividers on the right side. In addition, she wanted more compartment space so I increased the size of one of the drawers to make room for all of her needs.
Saturday, April 1 (Classwork)
I kept on working on my low-res prototype made out of cardboard by adding the 3 drawers to my work and also the mirror which connects with a hinge. I also added the left side of the organizer which has the city skyline and another drawer and also fits books.
Saturday, April 1 (Homework)
I continued to work on my virtual model of my desktop organizer by adding the shelves inside the large hidden compartment. I also made a sketch of the dimensions of the desktop organizer to look at while creating the virtual model.
Friday, March 31 (Classwork)
I started working on the low-res prototype of the desktop organizer made out of cardboard, and I started by working on the right side with the shelves.
Friday, March 31 (Homework)
Started working on virtual model of the desktop organizer on fusion, adding drawers and small details such as city skyline on drawer.
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Tuesday, March 28 (Classwork)
Finished and finalized my final design for the desktop organizer, incorporating each of my user’s needs.
Tuesday, March 28 (Homework)
I created 6 concept sketches of the desktop organizer that I planned to make for Etna, then asked her which one she preferred the most and we decided that a mix of concept sketch #2 and #4 were best suited for her needs.
Monday, March 27 (Classwork)
Defining constraints and narrowing the focus of the project to create one meaningful problem statement.
Problem Statement: After interviewing Etna, I looked at her room and realized that although she has a few organizers on her desk, there were still multiple things that were laying on her desk and dresser. After asking her, I realized that after her morning routine, she often leaves her hair rollers and makeup products on her desk without putting them away properly in her organizers. Therefore, when she would sit down to do her homework her desk would already be messy and her books would also get messy, therefore her desk would get even messier. By creating a desktop organizer that can fit her books, stationery, and makeup, I want to help her store all of her things effectively and also ensure that her desk stays clean by making it easy to take things out and put them back in easily.
Monday, March 27 (Homework)
Answers:
- Hair rollers + makeup at the start of the day, then stationery and books later in the day when I need to do my homework.
- A functional organizer would be better, the organizer doesn’t have to be too detailed, just practical enough to fit all of my things.
- On the side I don’t want it to be too detailed but just a simple outline of the city.
- All of them preferably because my current organizer can’t fit all of them – I would need to fit my textbooks, notebooks, and also some reading books. I don’t have a lot of stationery so just one or two compartments would be enough, but I have a lot of makeup and beauty products which would probably take up most of the organizer. If a mirror could be incorporated into the organizer that would be ideal as well.
- Around a third of the desk length wise (14 inches) and 8 inches wide.
- Compartments mostly but a few shelves are ok
- Sharper edges
- White / wood material, not something that sticks out too much.
Friday, March 24 (Classwork)
Came up with 8 open ended questions to ask about my friend’s needs for the desktop organizer.
Questions:
- Can you describe the things that you first reach for when you sit at your desk?
- Do you prefer a more aesthetically pleasing or functional/practical organizer, or a mix of both and why?
- If you prefer an aesthetically pleasing organizer, do you want elements of your culture such as an imprint of your hometown skyline on the organizer?
- Do you want your organizer to hold more stationery, books, makeup or a mix of all of them in your organizer?
- How long or tall would you like your organizer to be?
- Do you prefer to have compartments that you pull out or just shelves for easier access?
- How do you feel about an organizer with rounder / sharper edges?
- What color do you want your organizer to be?
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- Fri, Feb 24 Classwork – Finished the final pencil box by adding the platform at the bottom.
- Tues, Feb 21 Homework – Started creating the hexagon sketches for my final pencil box challenge.
- Mon, Feb 20 Classwork – Joined the inside divider into the pencil box.
- Fri, Feb 17 Classwork – Glued the led wire that goes through the lamp and also the actual LED light part of the lamp which goes under the upper arm. I didn’t add the switch yet because it wasn’t available so I left the wire hanging out at the bottom.
- Fri, Feb 17 Homework – Started extruding parts of the box and also combining together, however, I couldn’t figure out how to attach both of the inside dividers to the overall box.
- Tues, Feb 14 Classwork – Attached all the parts of the LED lamp together using wood glue.
- Mon, Feb 13 Homework – Started extruding some of the sketches for the initial pencil box challenge and joining them together by using the combine tool and attaching each individual side part by the holes and indents.
- Mon, Feb 13 Classwork – Worked on sketches for the initial pencil box challenge.
- Tues, Jan 31 Classwork – I added the back part of the side pieces to my model which connects them. When I print, I will glue the third component (side pieces) to the second component (stand) in order to lock the phone.
- Tues, Jan 31 Homework – I added the side pieces to the stand and also tweaked some parts of the design such as adjusting the width so that my phone can lay properly.
- Sat, Jan 28 Classwork – I slightly changed some parts of my model so that it’s easier for my phone to lie flat on the stand.
- Sat, Jan 28 Homework – I kept working on my cell phone stand design, and inserted my 3d phone model into the drawing to help with the dimensions.
- Fri, Jan 27 Classwork – I worked on extruding the top part of my cell phone stand, which was a bit tricky to fit into the base part.
- Fri, Jan 27 Homework – I started on the 3d model of my base of the cell phone stand, which I extruded to the width of my phone.
- Mon, Jan 24 Classwork – I started my initial sketch of my cell phone stand in fusion.
- Mon, Jan 24 Homework – I started off with 4 basic cell phone stand concepts, and then I moved to my final design, which is somewhat like a gear. Although there is no hinge in my design, you can move the phone by taking the top part of the stand off and then moving it into one of the grooves in the base.
- Fri, Jan 13 Homework – Finalized the 3d model of the phone by adding the back wallet and camera, where the back camera is indented a bit into the phone while the wallet extrudes further out, and also finalized the phone model by adding the decal of the Iphone screen, which I had to scale a bit in order to fit the size of my phone.
- Fri, Jan 13 Classwork – I started to extrude all of my sketches, first starting with the base of the phone to get the basic model, then moving on to the side buttons. For the bottom of the phone I extruded it inwards to create the charging ports and speakers.
- Tues, Jan 10 Homework – Kept working on the phone model sketches (back view)
- Tues, Jan 10 Classwork – I started the sketch of my phone model on fusion (front view and both side views)
- Mon, Jan 9 Classwork – I outlined my phone and measured all the dimensions, including the whole phone, the side buttons, the charging ports, the camera, and my wallet. The dimensions includes the width, length, and depth.
- Fri, Dec 16 Homework – I worked on connected all the parts of the LED lamp and adding the base plate.
- Tues, Dec 13 Homework – I extruded the lower horizontal and used the combine tool to join it to both of the sides. I also cut out holes and squares using the rectangular pattern tool.
- Mon, Dec 12 Classwork – I continued making the lower arm horizontal and extruded it to make a copy. I also used the joints and discs to assemble the lower arm.
- Tues, Jan 17 Classwork – Working on the base plate of the LED lamp on a separate file, which I will later on add to my original file.
- Fri, Jan 20 Homework – Finishing the 3d model of the base on the separate file.
- Fri, Dec 16 Homework –
- Fri, Dec 9 Classwork – I sketched the lower arm and created and extruded the small and large metal discs. I also cut out the upper arm side and upper arm horizontal using the laser cutter and sanded them.
- Tues, Dec 6 Classwork – I created the upper horizontal and using the combine tool created joinery. I also saved my two sketches as DXF files to the hard drive.
- Tues, Dec 6 Homework – Using the joint command I made a copy of the side component and set the distance between parts.
- Mon, Dec 5 Classwork – I used the circular and rectangular pattern tools to complete the sketch of the upper arm side profile and then extruded the sketch to create a 3D model.
- Mon, Dec 5 Homework – I sketched the base of the upper arm side of the lamp using the circle, sketch, tangent and trim features.
