May 5, 2016

Today was the day that we really got started on our final project. Our final project should solve a problem that many people have, and is the most important project of the year. Today we worked on the immersion phase. The pictures below will show what the immersion phase is. The immersion phase is very important because it is the beginning and base for your project.

What we needed to accomplish

The steps needed in our design process

April 22, 2016

Today everyone started making their second prototype or version of their product using applications such as Fusion 360, SketchUp and 123D Design and we worked on this for almost the whole class. Every group was working on different tasks and everyone was very focused on their work. Towards the end of the class Mr. Neale asked each person to put either their prototype file or a screenshot of the prototype into a folder called '3D Prototype'.

April 18th

Today we worked on our product. We did interviews with people, after sketching the product, and we used the information we got from the interviews to improve our products.

April 14

Today, we spent half the class deciding what to make for our class project, and the other half with the 3D Model app Fusion 360. For homework, everyone came up with three possible items to make, and in class each group talked with Mr. Neale to decide which one to do.

For most of the class, we were able to experiment with Fusion 360, and make anything we wanted

During the last 20 minutes or so, each group got a glue gun to look at, and we tried to recreate it using the program.

 

April 12

 

Today, we learned how to use shapeshifter from Ms. Sutter. She explained how to use the website, and what we should be careful of, such as: not making small holes in the shape, no horizontal patterns, not thinner than 0.4 and thicker than 1.4. The rest of the time we spent creating different shapes, and coming up with new ideas. We also talked about what we are going to make for our next project. 

 

 

D-FAB 4/8/16

Today Pamela from the Phillippines visited us to share her experience with design and social enterprise and social entrepeuarership.  Social entrepeuarership benefits the people, the environment and profit.  She created a company called "Phoneix" that uses textile waste and upcycles it to create fashionable shoes.  A quick shoutout to "Phoenix" as she is launching her company in May.
Go like her page on facebook.

The rest of the time we spent listening to the presentations of our fellow classmates on topics related to 3D design.  These topics included the History of 3D printers, uses of 3D printers, materials that are used to print, chemistry and mechanics of 3D printers.  At the end Mr. Neale introduced his NHK show which was about a electric motorycle ZEC00.

April 4th

Today was the final day of the presentations from the computer/ipad stand project. Every group had a powerpoint and talked about the problems, solutions, and process they went through to make their final product. Then someone usually demonstrated using it. After each presentation, the groups got critique from Mr Neale.

After finishing this, we went on to starting a new unit. To prepare for it we were given isometric drawings on a piece of paper, and had to try and draw them on graph paper. Then, we needed to draw the front view, side view, and top view of these drawings. These will help us for the new unit which includes using the 3D printer, and we need to make sure our drawings are clear so people can understand them.

Design Fab 3/20/16

Today in class we had a couple minutes to prepare our product before we had to present it to the class. During the presentation Mr. Neale critiqued our designs and gave us a few pointers. Then the rest of the class did the same.

Blog post 3/18/16

Today we finished up our prototypes, all printed and put together. We then had about 30 minutes sharing them with other groups, asking for their opinions and feedback. After jotting them down, we sat down and began discussing on how to improve our product.

Mr. Neale also demonstrated two fundamental design principles. 

March 16 2016

Today in class everyone used the laser cutter to make our prototypes with card board which we had to cut out 45:60. On the laser cutter, the placement must be set at the top left part of the board and uncheck auto-rotate. Also, after going to the page setup, go to preference, then make sure it is set at vector and 50 x 50 x 1000. When the laser printer is not set up right, it will not cut the exact shape the way you want it to. So to make sure that it will cut properly, first check by pressing print with the lid open. After making sure it is the way you want it to be, press pause, then reset, and close the lid, then press print again. Make sure you do not leave the printer because it may burn/cause fire.

After making the prototype, each group put it together and got to see what worked, what didn't work and thought about how to modify it. The homework for next class is to think of how to modify your computer stand so that you are ready to make the final/actual computer stand next class.

March 14, 2016

Today we shared our ideas for our laptop stands with the rest of our groups. We then combined our ideas to create our best designs, and began to cut prototypes.