Week 3 - Journal

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)

Design a model of a pen and pencil holder that may rest on a flat surface .. i think it's good training to try how can i fit and assemble many parts which i have designed on fusion 360. as i really want to make paper holder with pen holder because i usually put important papers on the surface of my tables so i am excited to arrange my peppers. so i marge pen and paper holder in one.

for pen holder

i have inspiried by this photo

for paper holder

i got my idea from this photo

Tool Chain

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

Fusion 360 is a cloud-based 3D modeling, CAD, CAM, CAE, and PCB software platform for professional product design and manufacturing. It's the tool of choice to get your students career-ready.

Fusion 360

ultimaker cura

this program is very professional it allows you to fully control on your model like infill, adhesion, resolution and show the time and weight required for finial product

LaserWorkV6

to be honest it's not professional program but it's totally free and it's good enough by using it i can make some changes like color, cut ,scan ,speed cut and scale

prusa i3 MK3

i print by using PLA materials

El Malky ML149 CO2 Laser Cutter

i cut 3mm wood plate thickness

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?

rule number zero

save the file

rule number one

create a component

ground component

don't forget to ground your basic component to fix it

component 1 front face it has two hole to fix two brackets with it

this finial view of these 3 parts assembled together

component 2 i drew it on the surface of bracket it will stand pens from side

component 3 i drew it on top view

this 5 mm holes where pens's head will stand on them

component 4, draw it on the back side of part3 base it will be supported by A4 paper which will be in first slot.

NOTE THAT:

i have made mistake here while i was extruding this part the orientation of extruding was to out of shape which will cause bad shape in finial and may it appear as open line between parts

component 5 second base for second room

component 6 back part which will be supported by paper in second room, i avoid that mistake i have told you above so it loooks great.

after i've built full shape based on each other, it's side role, so to make it easier i draw on side by using projected lines which save a lot of time and effort.

component 7 and 8 two side parts, after draw it and project lines it easily extrude to out and make coper of it to opposite side.

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?

so exporting the bracket parts to STL file and then i adjust printing setting by using CURA

3D printing settings

after exporting them i have 7 DFX files for 8 parts

exporting every face by using DFX extension.

here is the second mistake i have made, i will write about it below in overcoming challenges 😅

i collect them in 3 sheets size 30*50 and save it to rld files

assemble 1

assemble 2

assemble 3

while using cutting laser machine

the full collection of cut parts

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)

while i was exporting DFX files i forget to edit the dfx extension settings so i left laser kerf 0.15 mm which is too many increases in the length,

so it cause not accuracy in assemble parts special with tabs and their slots.

so lab specialist advice me to grind slots and tabs, So i had to grind about 20 tabs and slots

it is clear that it's assemble hardly but thanks God they have assembled well

Final Project

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

wood appearance

finial assemble on fusion 360

the finial shape is very cool and it can collect all my stationary items addition to my books and important papers

WOW!

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

the really coolest thing i have learnt is how can we make joint parts by line or area, special i like animation of fusion while different components are getting together

Autodesk Fusion 360 (Personal - Not for Commercial Use) 2024-01-22 11-28-32.mp4

Assignment Design Files

gcode

stl file

fusion fle

assemble parts cutting machine 1

assemble parts cutting machine 2

assemble parts cutting machine 3

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