Week 3 - Journal

Ideation

Tell us about your assignment's idea for this week.

3D pen holder


























Tool Chain

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

I used Autodesk Fusion 360 to design my 3D pen holder I also used Prusa slicer to slice my model and be able to print it by 3D printing machine in the next week.



Design Process

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

I used Fusion 360 to design the pen holder.
first, I create sketch and drew a hexagon then I extruded it to be the base of the holder.
then, I drew a circle and a line in the middle to trim the half of the circle. then I used revolve feature to make a hemisphere. after that I create an offset sketch to draw hexagon and duplicate it by use circular pattern feature. then I used loft feature to drag the hexagons to the hemisphere. and, finally I used shell feature. to export the file to the slicer I saved it as stl file.
in the prusa slicer I modified the scale to decrease the time of printing as well as prusa transform the file into G code to be printed later.


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?

I used prusa slicer to adjust the printing factors then transfer it into Gcode for the machine.
the weight: 10 gm.
the time of printing: 1h and 10 min
pla yellow filament.

Then, I put the SD card into the 3D printer then preheated , unloaded the previous filament and put the new filament and loaded it
then I chose the file to be printed.















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?

Actually I asked for feedback many and I asked Menna to suggest an idea of drawing on hemisphere so, she sent me videos to watch and I practised the features.

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?

I got stuck when it came to design on a sphere. and I drew like a tenth of wrong sketches :D
But I watched videos to help me and I asked Menna too.

Final Project

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

I think it became clear that I will use fusion 360 to design the body of project. as well as, using 3D printing or laser cutting in fabrication process. and I think that I got a bit familiar to those tools.

WOW!

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

the vase drawing by using multiple features was cool in particular sweep one.

Weekly Digest [OPTIONAL]

Assignment Design Files

That's it. 3D pen holder.


that's a screen shoot for printing parameters