This week focused on the process of taking an image, and producing a model from it. It started out with a Cover Lid mold created by Eplastech. My mentor provided this picture and asked me to create a realistically scaled model in Fusion 360. Here is what I was able to create. I modified the part slightly so that it would better fit the lesson it will be used in. Side ProjectOne of my old teachers from High Tech Middle Media Arts requested that I help her with the production of a video. The video is designed to celebrate their High Tech High Inclusion teams and it consists of kids K-12 talking about their inclusion specialists. You can watch the video below.
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This week began with a quick lesson in Fusion 360. It involved the creation of a part based on an image and it was designed to put all that I had been learning to use. Up until that point all my experience had been following precise instructions provided by the tutorials. Once I was able to start from scratch and design a part more freely, I would be one step closer to starting my own project. Below is the part that I worked on in this process: After completing that basic part, I decided to practice designing a part from scratch. I chose one of the simplest things I could think of, a pen. After completing those test projects I was assigned the task of creating a model for use in the actual Fusion 360 lesions. My mentor asked me to produce a mounted Telescope that included motion links so it would be able to move. I based my design of the telescope off one that I found on Grabcad, and designed a tripod to fit it. Here is the final product with the motion links visible. Overall this week was an exciting learning experience for me. Not only was I able to learn a great deal of Fusion 360, but I was able to see how I could apply this knowledge to projects throughout my future. I also am noticing that Fusion 360 is extremely similar to Solidworks. This made the learning curve much shorter because I was able to apply my previous knowledge to this new program. I look forward to the future projects I will complete.
This first week at internship served as a planning period for the next 5 weeks. Coming into this environment was very abrupt for me, I was planning to do some sort of online course + volunteer work over Endersession, but then I was presented with this opportunity. At first the expectations were boundless. There was no clear path for me to follow, all I knew was that they made training videos for Solidworks. I had some experience with Solidworks in the past, and the idea of learning more peaked my interest. It turned out there were many other projects available to me, and I was especially excited about working with new software that they were learning as well. I ended up deciding to help with the creation of new curriculum for a program called Fusion 360. This CAD tool was created by Autodesk, and is used primarily as a creative space for designers of any kind to create items digitally before risking resources in their physical construction.
It was crucial to me that I would have some sort of meaningful impact on both the project I was undertaking, and my mindset regarding my passion and future endeavors. Exploring something new seemed like the best way to accomplish this task. After completing some minor tasks involving their Onshape curriculum, I started to explore Fusion 360. I had never officially learned or mastered Solidworks. I am able to create almost anything, however I never learned the “correct” way of doing anything. I had some experience sketching and designing parts with clear instruction and detentions in Solidworks through my robotics team, and I also had some experience designing parts during my internship at the Sanford Burnham Medical Research Inst. Below are some examples of work that I have been doing, and descriptions. Keep in mind that they are all produced from the trainings instruction, and are not my own creations. Below are examples of some of the work that I have been doing. They are all projects from a Fusion 360 tutorial created by Autodesk. |