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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)
This week assignment was create a pen and pencil holder.
On my desk at work I do not have a place to put my stationary in. So I decide to search about a design can storage a lot of things like pen, stapler, tape, glue sticks, markers and sticky notes, and I want to have a drawer to keep things inside.
After search I reach to this design I like the way that it has different places to put stationary in.
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?
Design Application:
Fusion 360
Applications:
RDWorksV8
UltiMaker Cura 5.9.0
Machines:
LaserCut Machine
3D Printer
Materials:
Plywood
Filament (PLA)
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?
It was a long journey. I draw this design 3 times.
I was so excited about Fusion 365 after watching Midweek Tutorials I start draw but after that I found that I only draw without T Slots or any kind of tabs so I edited every sketch to add T slots and bracket with captive nuts.
After completing the design, I started worrying about the dimensions, fearing it might be too large and take up too much space on the wood. As a result, I decided to redesign everything and start from scratch.
0. First I start with drawing a sketch and put the dimensions for every side. And how the whole holder what will look like?
Then I create the base and back of the pencil holder on Fusuin 365.
2. Add the 2nd base.
3. Create a separator.
4. Extrude and add small seprator in front.
After that I stop and restart all process from the beginning to draw right and add TSlots and brackets ...
Draw the base and fully defined it also add T slots.
T Slots Dimensions
2. Add vertical separator
3. Add the 2nd base.
4. Add another separator.
5. Add small separator from front.
6. Add front part and mirror it.
7. Finaly add 2 sides I draw them by projection.
8. After finish the main holder I draw the drawer.
9. I export every part using DXF for laser.
Finally the project is fully assembled by using Joints technique.
Jointing Techinqe
Brackets with Captive Nuts: I used 9 of brackets, I put all 9 brackets infusion file and export it to *.slt.
T-Slots: I used 4 T-Slots for the bases parts in design.
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?
Laser Cut
Laser Cut
After exporting every side of the pencil holder to dxf. I start to import all files to RDWorks. I only used cut. with the parameter following:
Power: 45
Speed: 40
Then, I open the machine and the suction. Next, I start downloading the file to the machine and ensure that the framing is correct. Finally, I press start. .
ِAfter that the machine start to cut the parts, The whole side were on one sheet and half.
3D Printing
3D Printing
I need 3d printing to print the brackets, I print 9 brackets.
I open the *.slt file I exported from Fusion 365 in Ultmaker Cura.
Slicing:
Profile: 0.3 Extra Fast
Infill: 20.0
Time: 53 mins
Weight: 10 g
Then the machine start printing...
Slicing:
Profile: 0.3 Extra Fast
Infill: 20.0
Time: 53 mins
Weight: 10 g
Start printing...
Suddenly, the machine stopped printing at 94% progress. :( The specialist told me it was because the filament had run out. Although there was filament loaded, it was in two parts, and the machine couldn't reach the second part after the first one was used up.
So I start over again in another day....
This time the fike was fully printed...
Community of Learning
Community of Learning
Did you ask for feedback? What are the ideas that others have contributed or suggested? What was someone else’s idea that you built upon? How did you help your peers? How did your peers help you?
Did you ask for feedback? What are the ideas that others have contributed or suggested? What was someone else’s idea that you built upon? How did you help your peers? How did your peers help you?
As showing in the picture on the left the extrude was not right, it need to be more bigger like the picture on middle, and I did not notice that...
All the brackets were printed, there was no place to put the nut in.
Hazem, our expert in the diploma(peer help), suggested putting the nut above. I followed his suggestion, and it worked perfectly.
Whenever I import a file into RDWorks and move a part, I notice that circles or other components are left behind. The specialist showed me how to group each part, which was very useful to me.
Overcoming Challenges
Overcoming Challenges
When you got stuck, what/who did you turn to? At what point did you have to pause to research or learn more before moving on? What are some mistakes, pitfalls, or challenges that others can avoid if they were doing this assignment?
When you got stuck, what/who did you turn to? At what point did you have to pause to research or learn more before moving on? What are some mistakes, pitfalls, or challenges that others can avoid if they were doing this assignment?
This project was full of challenges:
After cut the parts I found some tabs and screw holes not exist on the panel
Why that happened?!
The component name is "Small Front:1" and its extrusion was drawn in the "Base(1):1" component.
I drew this project in two stages. First, I created the sketch without tabs or holes. Then, I edited the sketch to add the tabs. After that, I performed the extrusion. However, during the extrusion process, I accidentally created it outside the component of the part. As a result, when I exported the side to a *.dxf file, the application didn’t include the part I extruded outside the component.
The Solution:
I move the body to the right component, then I export the part again, and cut the correct part on laser machine.
Also this problem happened with some screw holes, but I solve it with the drill, I used drill bit size 3mm as the actual size on Fusion...
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?
WOW!
WOW!
What is the coolest thing that you've learned this week? What is something that you will never forget from this week?
What is the coolest thing that you've learned this week? What is something that you will never forget from this week?
When I import my files into RDWorks, they don't fit on the artboard. The specialist told me that the rectangle of the artboard is not important; the import process uses the origin point. I can place the files anywhere within the file, starting from the origin point.
Assignment Design Files
Assignment Design Files
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