Week 2 - Journal

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firstly, I had no Idea about the glasses design nor its dimensions ,so I started by searching about it , I found a nice site demonstrating all the sizes of glasses this site , from here I started by taking the dimensions and replicate them on fusion .

I chose the medium size thinking it was suitable (it appeared later that it was too small for my head)

the nose bridge, the lens place ,the whole frames width .

I decided to draw one half then mirror it at the end to make it easier.
I drew the nose bridge first.

then the lens place.

then started the extra designing process.
I used the spline tool to draw the flames made a lot of nodes to give the flame more lively look 

and put the hole for the m3 screw

then started to design the ice flake inside the lens .
used cirular patten to make it easier to design.

after that I fixed the splines
and mirrored the half frame to get the final look
and make the design fully defined

then extruding the sketch by 3mm

then started to design the temple , I designed the shape of it first , and gave it some fillet 

then designed the second part having the place for the screw
and joined them together
after that joined the whole temple with the frame

and 3mm wood sheet for the  laser cutting
the glasses frame
and screws and nuts

after finishing the design we got 2 different types of needed outputs , the dxf file for the frame and the .stl file for the temple

to get the .stl file for the temple we choose the body wanted from the browser and right-click it and choose save as mesh

then choose the .stl choice and click ok

after we got the .stl we import it to ultimate cura to mirror it and start the slicing  we will make the broad side on the bed ,so we can use the least amount of supports(a brim only)

after we export the .gcode file on the external disk (the sd card) 

we put it in the 3d printer and choose it to be printed 

the 3d printer starts to heat the nozel and the print bed
to prepare the pla to be printed .

after bed being at 50c and nozel at 200 c
the printing process starts.

here we see the printer at work

for exporting the .dxf we choose the wanted body
and using the extension we export it 

choose the proper kerf and export it .

then import it on laserworks and finish it and export the .rld file for the laser cutting machine to read

I don't need any engravements or cuts
so all the parameters I'll use will be for cutting .

then we upload it to the laser cutter
and let the magic start.