Week #2 - Journal

This week we are going to design and fabricate a glasses, the design would be mixed between fabricated using a Laser Cutter & fabricated using a 3D Printer.

This idea would help to implement new tools we learned during this week.

My inspired came from my imagination to design glasses but the dimensions from google search.

The preparation process started to create sketch on paper using pensile then searching about dimensions on google then open fusion 360 to create sketch  for the design of glasses.

I used fusion 360 tools to create the sketch for front side of glasses by using rectangles , oval , arch and lines to be fully defined with dimensions. also for arms sides, I used rectangles and excute to create 3D design and mirror option to have both arm sides.

finally i used laser work software to prepare the front side for laser cutter and ultimate cura to prepare arms side design as G-code.

I used Laser cutting and 3D printing machines:-

A- Laser cutting machine
1- Import DXF file on the laser work software.
2- remove not needed lines.
3-identify the cut and scan parameters.
4-do simulations to see the way that machine will perform.
5- download the file to the laser machine after turn machine on.
6-ideintfy the origin point on the wood sheet.
7- choose the file from the machine memory.
8- press the frame to see the size of cutting on the wood sheet.
9- press enter to start the machine process.

B- 3D printing machine
1- Import stl file to the Ultimaker-Cura software.
2- Check the 3d object overall.
3-identify the printing & fill in & brim parameters.
4-do simulations to see the way that machine will perform.
5- save the file as G-code with the name of  body, Material,  grams, time.
6-download the stl file on the machine memory.
7- change the filament material if needed.
8- choose the file  to print.
9- press enter to start the machine process.