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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)
funky glasses
https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/526850856385140854/
this week's assignment is making cool glasses, so I started browsing and found some glasses that have 2 different shapes on each side so i started from this point as it was the one for me.
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?
for the design itself (3d & 2d) i used fusion 360 software
but for slicing the 3d design i used Cura and for the 2d I used the rd works as a final destination because that are the software that the machined can read from it.
machine used for 2d printing: laser cutting machine el Malky
machine used for 3d printing: Prusa i3 MK3
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?
2D Design
I took the normal measurements for my eye glasses and increase them by 2cm (circle diameter ) to add more fun.
My glasses shape is not symmetrical so, in one side i used normal double circles and on the other one it was double polygons then I added 2 collinear holes for the M3 screws.
extruded it on fusion, gave it the cherry vintage appearance then exported it as a DXF file.
3D Design
Measuring real glasses holders was the first step before implementing the design on fusion.
The next step was using the rectangle tool to draw the first one, extrusion then drawing another rectangle on the perpendicular plane. rectangle 1 (hand base): 140*10 mm. , rectangle 2(screw hole): 15*10 mm
Last but not least was the extrusion =3mm & using fillet all over the hand frame to make it curved and smooth.
copy and paste to add the other hand.
The last step of fusion was adding a metal flake yellow appearance.
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?
2D Design {laser cutting machine}
at first I uploaded the dxf file into rd works software on the PC connected to the machine.
made sure that the speed and power for the cut option are correct (30,55).
adjusted the origin point from the machine buttons ➡️ Go scale from the rd works software to track the area of my project on the wooden board ➡️ Upload ➡️ Start.
3D Design
after finishing hands design on fusion i imported it on CURA software to prepare it for printing, i used the following parameters:
infill: 20%
draft: 0.2 mm, it was 8g weight, took 54 minutes and i didn`t use any support just used the brim.
i wanted the glasses hands to be yellow so, i uploaded it into the printer, waited about five minutes until the old filament is not there anymore and once the new one appeared clearly i started the printing process
Overcoming Challenges
Overcoming Challenges
What kinds of challenges or problems did you face while doing the assignment, tutorials, or exercises? How did you solve them? Did you ask for help from an instructor or peer? Please provide a link to the tutorial or article that you used to solve your problem (if any)
What kinds of challenges or problems did you face while doing the assignment, tutorials, or exercises? How did you solve them? Did you ask for help from an instructor or peer? Please provide a link to the tutorial or article that you used to solve your problem (if any)
3D printing
during my printing slot, and after a few minutes from starting printing i found my 3d filament to be so random and come out from the nozzle without any specific order, i asked for help from the lab specialist and one of the instructors there, at first they thought that the issue from the printer so we tried again and it fails once more, at the end we discovered that one of the glasses hand is not attached to the base on cura software & they told me that this random shape is called spaghetti shape, i attached the shape to the build plate from cura setting & it was compleltely fine after that.
I repeated the hand`s design twice cause I couldn`t fully define the first one unfortunately as I drew it with a spline tool & it was a bit difficult in defining
also during my 3d design on fusion I stuck a bit on how to mirror it but in the opposite direction so, my instructor sent me a video that helped me a lot (in the old design)
https://youtu.be/ynBl9XJesDs (video link).
Assignment Design Files
Assignment Design Files
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