Week 2

IT'S TIME FOR A MIXED DESIGN

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)

Description: For the assignment, we were asked to design and fabricate cool glasses. I automatically thought of organic forms that seemed a bit unusual for glasses for everyday use. Organic forms feel more human, especially in lifestyle products. So I created a mood board out of my preference / personal taste for the glasses, forms, and colors, which inspired me through the design phase.

Some inspiration gives the feeling of 80s style and retro, however, organic forms are originally inspired by nature organic forms.

Source: Google search, Pinterest

Tool Chain

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

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Software: Fusion 360

Machine/ material/ part:
Elmalky laser cutting machine/
plywood 3 mm/glasses face

Machine/ material/ part:
Prusa 3d printer/ PLA filament/ glasses arms

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?

We were assigned to design and fabricate a mixed design using laser cutting and a 3D printer of Fusion 360. I started off with the glasses frame. I had the mood board at the back of my mind, but I wanted to create an original design of subtle cool glasses that I would keep.
So, I sketched a bit and then started implementing it on Fusion.

Attempt 1

This was my first attempt with the glasses face. I wanted to keep it circular and organic with a bit of a twist. However, it did not match the direction I wanted to pursue, especially when I added the small ellipses on the top.

Attempt 2 and the final one..

My second attempt started with quick sketching to get a clear grasp of how I wanted the glasses to look before starting again with Fusion 360. So I experimented with some rounded forms and organic cutouts.

I started with the glass's front frame.

Steps:

Created a new file, saved it, and created a new component, then a sketch

I created a circle with a diameter of 60 degrees

Created an overall hor. the line for the frame length is based on a real reference. I guess it was around 15cm
Created a center sketch line to mirror the circle
Then, I created curves between the 2 circles and started trial and error to experiment with how the curve would look like
I created the in-between curve once and then mirrored it as usual.
then made sure that the sketch was fully defined.
Extruded the sketch to 3mm.
Also added a material to the frame through the appearance command

(Please refer to the last photos in the carousel)

For the glasses arms, I used my previous colleagues as a guide for starting the preliminary curves.

Steps:

Created a straight line for the st. part of the arm
then created another short line of 40 mm to create a sweep of later for the bent part of the arm
for the screw and nut part, I went back to the straight arm end and create a rectangle on tl flat face, then create a circle and extruded..
All sketches are fully defined.

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?

LASER CUTTING

Doubled checked the dims. of the glasses face

Adjusted the speed and the power for the cut

In action

When it was done

3D PRINTING

Adjusting the orientation by using lay flat command

The arm became layed on the bed

Coped and flipped the arm, then added adhesion to support the form

Ready for printing, exported the file as a G.code.

Duration and grams needed for the 3d printing

In action

Done with printing

Assembling the glasses using M3 screws and nuts

Perspective view - Side

Back view

Prepective - Front

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?

Yes, while I was preparing my cura file for 3d printing, I had some challenges in laying the object properly on the ground. I consulted the lab specialist and she advised me to flip the arm and try again and it worked.

While I was waiting for the 3d printer machine, I made sure to observe my colleagues' projects and learn from their challenges as well for later projects. Also, I assisted a colleague in making sure the glasses dims. before the fabrication process.

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?

After 3D printing, I realized that the space I created for the screw does not fit fixing the nut properly. So after some trial and error.
I overcame this challenge I decided to insert the screw from the side and place the nut from the face side.

For the upcoming project, I will make sure to consider the dims. of the nut and not only the screw for a seamless experience and overall aesthetics.

Screw and nut and placed from inside in

Final Project

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

I believe that I will create a detailed technical drawing from the final product pieces as well as connections before translating my sketch to Fusion to avoid any miscalculations.

WOW!

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

During the green session, I learned new concepts, including the blue economy and how it differs from the circular economy. Additionally, the product IKAGAI concept, and how to reach a sweet spot when achieving different product aspects.

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