Day 16

Today we were handed back the kamons we cut out. With our partners we gave feedback to each other, and recorded that onto our portfolio.

To showcase our designs to people around school, Mr. Neale said we would use the main open space in the CAD building. But how can we present it?

So, we had a contest to see who comes up with the best idea.

We split up into small groups and discussed in the open space.

















 

After that we all had 60 seconds to do a presentation to the class. After the presentations Mr. Neale gave each of the groups feedback so that we can improve the designs for next class.

Day 15

We started the class off with a few videos about fusion 360

We learned what we can do on fusion 360

you can 3D print from fusion 

Types of design we can do 

Organic freeform design 

rigid modeling 

We also learned what rendering is the processing of an outline image using colour and shading to make it appear solid and three-dimensional.

How to create new projects and save information on fusion 360 as well as how to look around on fusion 360 and zone in on an image.

How to use the tool bar in fusion 360 and their functions

How to use the browser in fusion 360




With our new acquired knowledge we played around for a little bit and made some wacky designs just to practice. 

Homework
Make sure you know how to use fusion 360 well enough to get started creating your ideas on it. 

Day 13

                              Day 13- Design and Fabrication 

Today was a class with a lot of individual work. We completed our design for passive amplifiers for our AMPED project. Mr. Neale went to students and gave them advice on their designs.

Mr. Neale helps out a student with his design.

Mr Neale discussed with the students about their design about too simple designs and too complex designs, as well as reminding the students that their amplifiers have to work, not only look aesthetically pleasing.

A student testing the laser cutter with acrylic. 

Mr. Neale also reminded the students that they must use at least two materials in their amplifiers, and also must be an integral part of the amplifier, so some students began experimenting with different materials, such as acrylic and wood.

Students enjoy another day of Design and Fabrication

Students will be expected to have finished their designs by next class.

Day 12

In today's class of Design and Fabrication with Mr. Neale, we started our "Define" and "Ideate" for AMPED project. We first worked on our design brief, which is answering three questions:
1. What do you intend to design+make?
2. Where/How will it be used?
3. What will it allow you to do?
After starting off our class by answering these questions on our portfolio, we then answered more specific questions. And these are the questions we answered to be more specific about our final product:

Here is an example of design specification slide created by Jun, which was shown in class:


With these answers and researches we have completed previously, we started to ideate our final product by sketching out ten different designs on a piece of paper, very roughly. Here is an example of a rough sketch, which Mr. Neale drew on the white board during class:

Although he did it on a white board, we must draw rough sketches with a pencil, and again, very roughly.

Finishing ten or more different rough sketches and finalizing the one that we would like to create as our final product, and adding those pictures on our slides are the homework for next class.

Day 11

Today, in Design and Fabrication with Mr. Neale, we continued with the second project; the amplifier. In today's class we focused on working on the following slides: Inspiration, Existing Products, Research Plan, and Research Summary. We spent all class working on these slides for our portfolio for this project.

1. In the inspiration slide(s), we put in images of existing amp designs and shapes that we would like to incorporate into our amp to produce a clear sound. This allowed us to start thinking about what we wanted to include in our design, and what we wanted it to look like.





2. Then,  in the existing products slide, we compared two amplifier designs and explained what was good about them and what was not. This allowed us to see what qualities we wanted to include, and things we wanted to exclude from our designs. A tip for this slide is to put +'s and -'s for the points that are good and bad from each of the designs.





3. Next, we worked on the research plan slide. This slide allowed us to ask questions about what we wanted in our design, and how were we going to do it. We put around 4-7 questions in the slide, and add the reason for you asking that question.



4. Lastly, the final slide that we worked on in class was the research summary. In this slide, we answered the questions we asked ourselves in the previous design and got an idea about what we wanted in our design and why we wanted it a certain way.







Our homework is to finish these slides if you have not yet done so.

Day 10

This class period we finished off our first project, the design crests, had some more practice using power tools. We then finished with an introduction to the second project of the semester.

To start, the last of us finished off our second and final draft of our personality crest projects. Various errors in our designs and settings led our printing process to not work entirely, so we all placed our designs on a document for Mr. Neale to fix up and print for us.

We also had more practice using some of the various machine tools around the class, including a scroll saw, drill press, oven, precision plastic heater, and other hand tools.


Then Mr. Neale called us back to our seats, where we downloaded fusion 360, a software program we will be using throughout the semester.

While the software downloaded, we watched a video on the Centriphone, an invention by Nicolas Vuignier that allows a regular iPhone to be spun around you to create a bullet time effect.
Here is the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d45oGNv8H98
The Centriphone's design process was shown to us as an example that no design is perfect on the first try. Constant edits and prototypes are made over an expanse of time until we reach a final product. Every creation has a process cycle, as seen below.

This video led us to our second project of the semester; Amped. We are to use at least 2 materials and the tools in class to create a personalized passive amplifier, that increases the volume of a phone speaker by at least 10 decibels. We updated our portfolios to keep track of this project, putting in many slides on the topics we will be assessed on.

Here is the list of slides to make

Day 9

This class period, we were given time to independently work on two things. The first was to finish printing the second draft of our family crest project on the laser cutter. This second draft was an improvement on the first version of this crest, this improvement made using feedback from our partners to guide us.



Our second task was to continue trying out the variety of construction tools we have at our disposal in the D-FAB classroom. This tools included a scroll saw, a drill press, various heaters for melting plastic, and drills.

Below is a photo of the scroll saw, which is used to cut curves and other detailed shapes through wood. To use this machine, you pass a piece of wood through the quickly moving blade with your hands holding tightly to both sides, curving the wood to create the design you want.




Another tool we used was a drill press, which is a machine that can be used to drill exact holes of all different sizes in wood. This drill press can be very helpful when used to make a hole that a screw will go into later, because it will lead to a cleaner finish than if the screw was put in normally.



We also practiced melting plastic on two different types of heaters and then molding it into shapes as we wished. This process was demonstrated to us by Mr. Gotterson last class. To melt plastic back into a soft sheet that can then be molded in any shape, we used a simple microwave. There was also another tool with a single heated filament that melted a very specific area so that the plastic could be bended in exact corners.



Lastly, we used simple drills to put screws into pieces of wood. An important part of this process was to keep the drills at a very straight angle in order to not strip the screw.