3d engineering and design

The challenge was to create a physical model that demonstrated some sort of mechanical motion. I chose rotary motion. I demonstrated this by making an old school motion box that spins a slide to make a small animation. All of the parts in this model were modeled and either 3D printed with my printers at home or laser cut at school. Fusion 360 was my primary CAD software during this project along with some Auto CAD for the acrylic box. The effect is achieved by cranking an arm which spins the slide around in a circle. A strobe light is then placed on the white bracket to meet the rolling shutter of the slide. 

This project consisted of using fusion 360 to re-create digital models of a Lego set. Each brick in every model you see here was individually created and eventually assembled using the direction manuals from the actual Lego sets. Not only was each part created individually but also followed the specific parameters that the Legos have in real life. When the sets were fully assembled they were then exported into 3ds Max for final rendering and animation. The assignment was to choose one mini set to model, I chose to model five. Video link of my animation has been provided below. 

This project challenged me to create an isometric drawing of a real life object. I chose the motion of batteries and the backplate of a calculator. During this process I learned many things. First, how to take something in real life, scale it, and get it down as a sketch on paper. After drawing by hand, the drawings were then scanned into PDF format using the school printer. Then I learned some basic photoshop skills doing things such as darkening lines of my scanned drawing and erasing the rough edges. 

In this project we were challenged to model a clock in CAD and then eventually laser cut sheets for assembly. During this process I learned how to use Auto CAD and Adobe Illustrator to make my cut paths for the laser. As many projects do I was able to take away some new concepts from Fusion 360 such as unfolding my clock model. 

The project challenge was to complete a 2 point drawing from a reference image. A two point perspective is done by determining a horizon line, making two points on either end, and then drawing your image using those two points. The same drafting techniques I used previously were implemented here, just a different concept. 

This was another drafting project involving creating a one point drawing using a reference image. Doing a one point drawing is done be finding the center of the page, defining any obvious walls/floors in the room in this case, and then drawing lines based off of the center point.  Here I decided to model a kitchen. This is the final scan of my original drawing done by hand.