Week #2 - Journal

Before Design: 

• I started by drawing a rough outline of the front face of the glasses, then moved on to drawing the arms. I used approximate measurements based on my glasses to ensure proper proportions. 

• After that, I watched a simple tutorial video of someone designing glasses to gain a better understanding while working on my design 

Design on Fusion 360:

• Front Face:

1.  I started with the right side of the glasses by drawing a circle and cutting it in half. Then, I connected the two halves and ensured the dimensions were accurate. I used the fillet tool for the edges and added small curves to give it a crescent-like shape. Once I made sure this part was correct, I fully defined it. After that, I mirrored it to the left side using the mirror, then finished the sketch and use Extrude. 

2.  In Laser Cad, I opened the DXF file, and the first thing I did was delete the construction lines. Then, I began defining the cutting and the speed Cut settings.

• Arms:

1.  I drew a rectangle, and then added the part with curved edges at the ends. I freehanded this part based on the rough sketch, but the triangles in that position weren’t ideal, so I adjusted them to the current shape after testing. Once I verified the dimensions and ensured the part was fully defined, I applied features extrude and fillet. "After that, I mirrored the 3D part of the arm to the other side.

2. In the Cura program, I opened both the right and left arms of the glasses and adjusted the orientation so that the largest surface would be in contact with the ground to avoid supports. Then, I adjusted the settings, setting the infill to 20% lines, and  quality to 0.2mm.

• For the screw part, I sketched from the beginning of the arm, drawing the square and the hole and extruding join to the arm  Then, I mirrored it to the other side.