Week 3 - Journal

Ideation

Tell us about your assignment's idea for this week. Why do you care about this idea? What were you inspired by?

I love cactus, so when I saw this, I fell for it immediately.

Tool Chain

Which software/machines/materials did you use this week? Why?

Fusion 360

For designing process, I used Fusion 360

PrusaSlicer

To prepare the deign for printing process, I used Prusa Slicer.

3D printer

To print the final design, I used 3D printer Prusa 1( i3 MK2).

PLA Green Color

I choose PLA Green Color to be the filament .
(the photo is from google)

Design Process

Explain the design process of your assignment. How did you use the tool/software to design and/or simulate your assignment?

First Design

I made this simple cactus pens holder design by making a sketch and then revolve it to make the basic body and then I made the 2 secondary bodies using the sweep feature and finally, I shelled the final body.
Video

Second Design

I wanted to make an effect to the surface to make it more like a real one so I came up with this design!

Not so much as I expected, but it is working :)

I used the same steps as the first design to make the basic body, and then the sweep feature to make the shape I wanted on the surface and the circular pattern feature to duplicate it.

Video

Fabrication/Implementation Process

Explain the fabrication/implementation process of your assignment. How did you use the machine/tool to manufacture or implement the design of your assignment?

To prepare the design to be printed, I used PrusaSlicer to set all required settings (Speed, type of filament, type of printer, infill, and nozzle temperature), I had to scale the design down to be 65% of its original size; to meet the time limitations, then I slice it and finally extracted the G-code file, and I sent it to the memory card of the printer.

Print settings:

Print Settings: 0.20mm (Modified)
Filament: Generic PLA (Modified)
Printer: Prusa i3 MK2S
Infill: 15%
Scale Factors: 65%
Extruder temperature: 210

Sliced info:

Used filament: 14.5 (g)
Estimated printing time: 1h 26m

And, to print the pens holder, I choose the PLA green color 3D filament to make it more like real cactus, I unloaded the previous filament and loaded the green one, and then I started the printing process.
video of printing process

Printing process at 26%

Printing process at 45%

Printing process at 67%

Actual printing time: 1h 25m!

My final cute cactus pens holder <3

Just another angle :D

My baby cactus with its friend Ms. Castle :D ( Moiz's pens holder) at the FabLab.

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 project?

when I was making the first design, the shell didn't work on the surfaces of secondary parts so I came up with making holes on the surface.

I have no idea why this happened and I know this is not the best solution but I tried at least :)

when I wanted to make the effect on the surface to make it more like a real cactus, I did have no clue of how to make this so I searched and I found this tutorial and it was such a benefit!

I was trying to apply the same concept to make the same effect on the secondary parts, but when I tried to apply the circular pattern, I could not choose the spline I draw to make the sweep as an axis to make the pattern around it. so thought of try something else.

so I thought of trying to make the secondary part the same way as I made the basic part (Sketch + revolve) instead of the sweep as I did before, it did work. but!!

But, I faced an issue when I tried to make the shell. Although I make the thickness 1 mm and I could not figure out a solution for this so I gave up and decided to keep the basic part only :(

WOW!

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

It is more like a change of mindset that 3d designing is not impossible and there is a level where everybody can learn it. I am glad that I had the chance to learn this, and of course, with no doubts...

My BABY CACTUS PENS HOLDER ! <3