I was tasked with creating a personalised desk ornament based on my initials within an hour to prepare for the test. Primarily starting with the letter 'A' using part modelling, then, sculpting the letter 'C' through shaping a cylinder. After, the pegs are created using the cylinder feature. The base is made using sheet metal, with two holes for the pegs cut. The base is grounded and rigid joints are used to join the pegs to the base. To allow for the letters to spin a cylindrical joint is used against the pegs and letter. A drawing was created with the parts numbered and the materials stated.

An error that caused me to waste time was creating the base as a body, not a component. This led to the parts not being able shown on the parts list. To fix this issue I had to create an assembly file and upload the parts.

In the second week, the mock test was repeated. The pegs and the letter 'A' were made similarly to the first attempt. To reduce the time taken in sculpting the letter 'C' the. The sheet metal base was created in the same manner but it was made into a component, this allowed me to create all the parts in the same assembly file. The joints were applied with the same setting to allow for the letters to spin without the peg.

Similar to the previous preparation tests the task was to create a hotel ornament that includes the last two digits of my student ID number. Using part modelling, I created two rectangles to model the 1. To create the sculpted 3, I modified a cylinder using the height and length symmetry. The pegs are made using a solid cylinder. The sheet metal base is created using the project tool to centre the base with the numbers, with two cut holes.

The assembly is similar to the preparation with the base grounded, with rigid joints between two pegs and the sheet metal. The two digits now having cavities for the pegs are assembled using cylindrical joints for the zeros to spin. The CAD drawing includes specific details including the descriptions, materials, part number and title.