Soap Project
Soap Project
Description: For this project, we were assigned to design and create a bar of soap for a loved one for Valentine's Day. The soap will be complete with designs of our own that represent the person we choose. Along with the soap, there would be some kind of catchy tag line that relates to and explains the soap design. The soap's size requirements were 3 inches in length and 1.5 inches in height
Brainstorm: I chose to design my soap bar for Alex Zhou. I decided to make my soap bar filled with things that Alex loves and are in his life like Brawl Stars, Tennis, and the Chinese flag. For my tag line I selected an iconic line from Alex's favorite video game character, "Too Pretty For Pain"
These are my sketches for planning out my design on Fusion 360
Procedure: I used Fusion 360 to CAD my project. To begin, I imported the the sketch of the Chinese flag to Fusion 360. Then, using the line tool, I traced the lines using dot-to-dots. Then, I extruded each section a different amount. This extruding process took a lot of trial and error; I just played around with it to see what looked good. Then I repeated the same process with the tennis rackets and ball, the brawl stars logo. then I used the text to type the tag line and Alex's Chinese name. After I touched up on the design shapes and, I printed out my first prototype using a 3-D printer. Then after I printed out my 3d printed model I added plastique over the mode to make the mold for the soap. Then We added in the soap and waited for it to harden. Some hardships were printing because my first model was too thin and when i tried to print my second, everyone was fighting for the printers making me take a long time to print.
This is my Fusion 360 model of my soap propject.
This is my 3d printed model from fusion 360.
This is my 3d printed model covered in silicon plastique
This is my mold out of the 3d printed version.
This is my soap bar for Alex
This is my soap bar out of the mold.
Reflection:
S - Strength - I think my strength that I had during this project was being able to come up with my design fast and maximize time management to complete my design quickly.
O - Opportunities - Something I could've done to improve my project is that I could have worked on my portfolio more earlier in my time instead of working on it at the end.
U - Understanding - Something I learned through this project is how to effectively use Fusion 360 to make a wonderful bar of soap for my friend Alex and how to use tool like fillet and shell to make my model. I also learned how to use silicon plastique to make a mold for my soap.
L - Limitations - Some of my limitations were that many of the printers were not available because many people wanted to print and that adding the silicon plastique was hard to do with holes in my project.
WISCR - The WISCR that represents my work is clear communicator because when i needed help on a part if my project or if someone else needed help. I communicated clearly to get my goal finished. The second WISCR that symbolizes my work is insightful critical thinkers because I planned my project with good time management and even if my journey had a few obstacles i overcame them and finished the soap bar for Alex.