Week #2

Journal

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)

Now , I gonna make a cool glass for my personal use , which designed as a mixed design ( using laser cutting and 3d printing ) .

This design will custom my personal need.

Tool Chain

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

_ Software

For designing

For laser cutting

For 3d printing

_ Machines

For laser cutting

For 3D Printing

_ Materials

plywood

for laser cutting

PLA black filament

for 3d printing

M 3 screws

for attachment

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?

Firstly, Designing the front frame

using fusion 360 :

I created 2d sketch of the front face (using : line , circle and circular pattern )

*made sure that the sketch was fully defined ( using dimension and relations ) .

*The sketch contained tow holes one on the right rim and one on the left to fit a 3M screws .

Extruded the sketch then filleted it .
Exported the design in * DXF format .

using laser work :

Imported my DXF file
Set the settings of color , speed and power .
Saved the file in *AI format .
took it on my memory card .

Secondly , Designing the arms

using fusion 360 :

I created 2d sketch of the side face ( using : line and arc ) and

made sure that the sketch was fully defined ( using dimension and relations ) .👌

The design has tow sketches ( one for the arm and the other for L shape )

The sketch contained L shape had one hole to fit a 3M screw to attach with the face by it .

Extruded the sketch and filleted it .
Exported the design in * STL format .

* they were made individually ( arms )

using UltiMaker_Cura :

Opened the file in cura
Set the orientation and starting face
Adjusted settings of ( layer height , infill , support and adhesion )
Make slice and show preview
save to get G_code .

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 cutter :

I turned the machine on
Opened my file on the PC connected to the machine
Checked its settings again (color , speed , power)
Downloaded my file

Went to the machine ,

specified the starting point using arrows and enter
Tested the focus by pressing pulse
Tested the frame of the design by pressing frame
After finishing preparation pressed start

Waited to get my glass face 🎉😍

Glasses face

For 3d printer :

Opened my file on my PC
Checked its settings again (orientation , scale , lay flat , infill , support , adhesion)
Saved to the disk
Took G_CODE from PC to the memory card to connected it to the machine

Went to the machine ,

choose black filament and put it in the machine

Using control knob

Choose print from SD then choose my file name
Checked speed and heating temperature for the filament and bed

Waited to get my glass arms🎉😍

PHOTO FRAME

finally...

For attachment :

Bring the face , arms and screws .
Make the holes of the face and arms colinear .
Using the screws to attach then together .

PHOTO FRAME

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)

When I was designing the arm of the glasses , specifically at the L shape , I made it smaller than it needed to allow the nut pass ,

then modified it by it length taller

Before

After

Final Project

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

Since we learned during this week how to design on Fusion 360 , as we learned how to sketch and use different features to make 3d objects , and any thing we will design will need to be design firstly on cad software to be prepared for fabrication , so it is very important to learn how to design on cad software like fusion 360 .

WOW!

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

Okay , I really enjoyed making this glasses as it was the first time designing a model from sketching to fabrication .

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.

We made this robot as a book mark 🤩

It was the session exercise in Lab ...

I enjoyed making it with my team .🥰

Assignment Design Files

glass face [DXF]

glass arms [STL]

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