Week 2 - Journal

Ideation

Tell us about your assignment's idea for this week. Why do you care about this idea? What inspired you? (Please include images or links to sources of inspiration)

The assignment idea for this week is to create a phone holder using Fusion 360 which stands on a flat surface then fabricate it using Laser cutter machine

Mobile Holder Design

Tool Chain

Which software/machines/materials did you use in the assignment? Why?

We used Fusion 360 to design the phone holder , it is a CAD Software which has a one year free license with 10 Editable designs limitation .

To Send Design to the laser cutting machine , we have used laserworks v6 which generates an rld file Attached below .

Fusion 360 Logo

Design/Preparation Process

Explain the design and/or preparation process of your assignment. How did you use the tool or software to design and/or prepare your assignment before fabrication/implementation?

First I have created the design using a card board paper to understand the dimensions of my idea , I have used a card board , glue gun and scissors , It consists of 3 plates , So I have to design the 3 plates on fusion to fabricate it using the laser cutting machine .
I have used Fusion 360 to design the three plates with the dimension from the card board .
after that I extruded the plates with a thickness of 3 mm , then I made joints between the plates to see if the dimensions is correct .
After some fixes , all the dimensions was ok .
After that I have exported DXF Files from fusion .
Imported DXF Files to laser Works to send the machine , for cutting I have set the power to be 25 and speed 60 .
for engraving I set the speed to be 200 and the power to be 25 .

I will describe the front in a more detailed way and the other design is the same way .

I have created these middle lines as center of the model "green ones" .
I have created the big rectangle with dimensions from the card board model .
for the circles I have added them randomly actually it is only purpose is not to heat up the phone , I have created one side from the circles and mirrored it to all the other sides .
for the T Joint I have copied it from other model and moved it point to point to the center point .

Development/Implementation Process

Explain the development/implementation process of your assignment. How did you use the machine/tool to manufacture or implement the design of your assignment?

For Laser Cutting :

I have Imported the dxf files to laserworkv6 program , I have added them next to each other .
I have assign some area for scan "red area" and all other as cut .
I have chosen the power to be 65 and speed to be 20 for cut , for scan It is speed : 300 , Power : 25

Community of Learning

Did you ask for feedback? What are the ideas that others have contributed or suggested? What was someone else’s idea that you built upon? How did you help your peers? How did your peers help you?

I have helped nada in designing the base for her phone holder .

Nada helped me also in fabrication of the model .

Overcoming Challenges

When you got stuck, what/who did you turn to? At what point did you have to pause to research or learn more before moving on? What are some mistakes, pitfalls, or challenges that others can avoid if they were doing this assignment?

I had some difficulties in joints , but the videos was very good and helpful, so I returned to the videos and it was easy after that .

Final Project

How can you use the skills and knowledge that you've acquired this week in your final project?

I will be using laser cutter to design the body of my final project idea .

WOW!

What is the coolest thing that you've learned this week? What is something that you will never forget from this week?

Using Fusion 360 , and have the ability to design and create things from imagination is mind blowing .

My Phone Holder Design

Assignment Design Files

Phone Holder Face DXF

Phone Holder Bottom DXF

Phone Holder Top DXF

Phone Holder rld

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