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)
It's a Phone Holder and pen holder, also! :D
I have searched in google and 3axis and Thingiverse, and I decided to make this cute phone holder and pen holder too to be 2*1.
Tool Chain
Which software/machines/materials did you use in the assignment? Why?
Software: Autodesk Fusion 360
Machine: El Malky ML1390 CO2 Laser Cutter
Laser Work
Materials:
-3mm Plywood.
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?
To design my model I used fusion 360. I had sketched the side and copied it and the back and copied it and the base alone and tried to make it fully defined ( i really suffered from this :') ).
- Extruded every side by a distance of 3.0 mm.
- Collect every side in one project
- Joint the 5 parts together.
- Saved the files as.DXF.
- Imported the files in Laser works.
- Saved the files as .rd.
Parameters:
Speed 10
Power 60%
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?
I used the laser cutter machine, and I used the manual to make sure that I am not doing something wrong.
- Insert the file into the machine as mentioned in the manual.
- Checked the sheet and set the origin and adjusted the focus.
- Tested that by making a pulse in the sheet and it is good to turn to the next step.
- Tracked the file then Run the machine to cut the model.
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 asked for feedback from Esraa on how to make the sketch fully defined because I had trouble doing this.
- Also, I asked Salma and Farida how to make the nose of the elephant and keep the sketch fully defined.
- They suggested to me to make arcs using ellipse instead of arcs directly.
- I helped Ahmed Waleed choose his time slot to fabricate his models on doodle.
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 faced a lot of challenges like how to make every single line fully defined and it take from me a while, I figure that it's about dimensions from line to line, and started with a shape centered on the origin.
Final Project
How can you use the skills and knowledge that you've acquired this week in your final project?
I think the challenges that I faced while designing will help me a lot in designing my Rc car in the final project.
WOW!
What is the coolest thing that you've learned this week? What is something that you will never forget from this week?
The coolest thing I had learned this week was how to join parts together by joint and render my model and see it in the final shape.
Weekly Digest [OPTIONAL]
Tell us about any other cool things that you've made this week: in the Hands-on activity, tutorial examples, exercises, or any other cool mini-project that you tried out aside from the assignment.
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