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Ideation
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)
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)
So this week's assignment idea is mobile stand, the design idea's that I am inspired about popped up to me in the hands on activity while searching for a potential idea that can be done by cardboard. The amazing thing about this idea that really got my interest is that it is adaptable for many devices of different sizes, and also that I will have to many taps and t slots to try as this will be my main focus
Here is the link of inspiration: https://www.instructables.com/Laser-Cut-Phone-Stand-1/
Tool Chain
Tool Chain
Which software/machines/materials did you use in the assignment? Why?
Which software/machines/materials did you use in the assignment? Why?
Autodesk Fusion 360
Used to transform ideas and low-fidelity prototypes into can-be extruded sketches, with format DXF files.
LaserWork
Used to transform the DXF files into a RLD compatible laser cutter files.
Design/Preparation Process
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?
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?
Autodesk Fusion 360
Input.
- Ideas: Inspired from surfing the internet.
- Measurements: Inspired from a low-fidelity prototype.Expected Output.
- A group of DXF files.The process in the middle.
- Created my first sketch.
- Started my sketch with basic reference to the center point so it can be easily fully defined later.
- Checked that the sketch is matching my design measurements -that was taken from a low fidelity prototype-.
- Used many constraints like parallels and perpendiculars in the process to keep my whole sketch referenced to the center point that I started each sketch from and defined in the beginning.
- After finishing rechecked the measurements and the fully defined concept.
- Extruded my sketches into components.
- Assembled all the components together using joints.
- When checked they are all fine, exported each sketch into DXF file.
Development/Implementation Process
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?
Explain the development/implementation process of your assignment. How did you use the machine/tool to manufacture or implement the design of your assignment?
LaserWork
Input.
- Receive DXF files produced from Fusion 360.Expected Output.
- A ready to be cut by laser cutter RLD files.The process in the middle.
- Import DXF File.
- After importing you check the scale, press the lock before scaling for uniform scaling.
- And basiclly I had only one layer job, and the status was set to:
(1) Mode: Cut.
(2) Power: 65.
(3) Speed: 30.
- Then we save our file, so that we have our RLD File.
Laser Cutter
Turn on both the switches of the machine, and insert the memory flash to the PC.
Import you model, make your final checks based on the lab's cheat sheet and then reposition your model in its right place.
Press Download , choose a name easy to remember and check the message of success.
Check the nozzle focus is right by using the focus block.
Return the nozzle to its starting point using the stick in the side of the machine, and then set it as origin by pressing the Origin button in the machine.
Maintain the working wood peace using tap so that the log have the same altitude.
Choose from Files the name of the file we previously named and then check the working frame by pressing Track Frame option.
If everything is set, press Run and then close the hatch.
Let the machine do its work, and we it is done, we extract our model and log from inside the machine.
Turn off the laser cutter.
The pieces was extracted well cut from the laser cutting machine, so after extracting they were assembled together using bolts and nuts.
Community of Learning
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?
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?
So before I start my idea's sketching, I had feedback from my family members about a mobile holder that will be suitable for all the devices in our house, fortunately my cardboard low fidelity prototype was still intact, and that helped us to visualize what we need and from there came the suggestion to widen its base.
Overcoming Challenges
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?
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?
While exporting my sketch from Fusion 360 to LaserWork, some lines where added to my sketch, and others disappeared, so I checked a video Henry has sent to solve this by ungrouping all the line connections in the sketch, so any new additions can be manually removed before downloading the file to the laser cutter.
Assignment Design Files
Assignment Design Files
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