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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)
Desk organizer (mine is without the drawer)
This week's assignment is about making a pen and a pencil holder, AKA Desk organizer, So, since I never thought of buying one I search online to see how would a usual one look like, I found this and decided to make only a portion of it.
Another reason for chosing this one, especially the portion I chose, is that all compartments are opened upwards, so no brackets are needed in here.
It was on ( Amazon ) btw.
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?
Malky design laser cutting machine
3-mm Ply wood
Fusion 360
RDworks for cutting preparations
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?
I started off with the large Backside with dimensions in the first picture.
Middle part was then designed to have a closer look on how far the other parts will be from the the back.
The third part was sketched also using dimensions in the 3rd picture.
Then the small part in the front was sketched.
Side parts were tricky since they needed all those parts to be drawn first and then the connections were adjusted accordingly.
Finally, the Base was sketched, first drew the outer rectangle then projected the tabs positions.
All parts were extruded 3mm.
Center point joints were used to joint all connection faces together.
Making sure everything fits well, DXF files were exported.
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?
For DXF files
Files were imported in RDworks.
Lines were set as cutting lines. (speed:40,power:45)
Positioned them to reduce waste as possible.
Imported some logos (seeing it empty wasn't satisfying) and set them as speed-cut (speed:200, power:20)
Then was saved and exported also as .ai just in case the machine's PC has an older version of RDworks.
Parts were cut smoothly:
.Ai File was imported into the machine's pc software.
made sure the cutting speed and power for both modes are set correctly.
Downloaded the file into the machine and set the origin next to my last cut piece from the sheet to reduce waste.
This was the result.
Final Output
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)
One of the challenges that faced me is OVERTHINKING, I spent a lot of time deciding which parts should be with interlocking cuts faced up and which should have them faced down, since I didn't want to make a product that can't be assembled.
A mistake I made was that the logos position was suitable in RDworks, but while assembling I found that the other side of the interlocking slots (positive part of the connection in the other part) blocked a section of the logos, causing a result I didn't want.
Final Project
Final Project
How can you use the skills and knowledge that you've acquired this week in your final project?
How can you use the skills and knowledge that you've acquired this week in your final project?
Interlocking cuts and tabs will really be helpful when designing the robot arm with mixed design concept to fully utilize my quota and not facing a material shoratge problem.
Weekly Digest [OPTIONAL]
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.
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.
This amazing lantern, with my colleague Omnia Anas, designed and fabricated this latern from A to Z, using refernce dimensions but also changing some patterns and features to make it as unique as possible.
Assignment Design Files
Assignment Design Files
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