3D Design

Print The Legend was a great documentary to give us an idea that we are moving into an era where we are getting more access to the means of production from the comfort of our own home. In the beginning of the documentary the Make Bot company started in the comfort of their own basement and it started off with only three people. It was an eye opening experience that they all encountered as the company started to grow. These three friends started to drift away because the power that was given to Bre Pettis made it impossible for their friends to stay at MakerBot. Then there came a controversy of people printing guns at home. This lead to something big that if we can print stuff to make our lives easier it can also put our lives in danger the fact that the printer can be used to print out objects that can be used to cause us harm. 

For my last project I wanted to create something using wood. I did not know exactly what I wanted to do, but when I was planning out the final project nothing was coming into mind. I wanted something innovative, when I was using my phone I always kept telling myself that I wanted some kind of stand for my devices. That's when my lightbulb turned on! Since I had recently watched the new Avengers movie I automatically wanted to use the Avenger's logo. That way it is appealing to see and know what art piece is used for. I wanted the art piece to be sturdy so I made sure that the piece had more than one layer to work with. If it was one layer it would be flimsy and be more likely to break if something heavier than a phone were to be placed on my art piece. 

Once we finished our 3D printing project we were then placed into the VR project. This was a huge shift from something where we were working on something physical to something that isn't really there. We were told to add on to two worlds that were based on the VAC and an open world. I started with the VAC world, when I jumped into the VAC world there was no basement so I started to add onto it. I had to do the stairs and the hallways that are in the basement. I made sure to keep the tone of colors the same and the same paint brush style that was implemented into the world. Once I was done adding onto the building I placed my car onto the world because I wanted to leave of memory of me before I graduated.  The second world we had to add onto was more free based as to what we wanted to add in. For some reason I wanted to create a dungeon/evil lair. When that idea came to me it started off as a dragon head but then I got so into it that the details I added onto it b...

After our hot sauce box project we were placed into three different projects that the professor assigned to us. For my group we were first placed into the 3D printing project. Before we were able to start printing we were told to go to Tinkercad to follow some tutorials as to how this software works. After the tutorials we were then told to design our own doggy poop bag carrying case. At first I was not able to print my design because there were some technical difficulties so that pushed me back to get the assignment done. It wasn't much that I was pushed back it was me making sure that when it was printed that I would go back and modify it to be able to make sure that the components would all fit. It took a while before I could print because the times when I wanted to print someone else was using the printer. The week before finals I was able to schedule a time for me to print out my design and to my surprise the design worked. The only flaw is that the compressed roll of bag...

From my previous post I had mentioned that the box came together nicely, but the only flaw was that the sauce was only able to fit in the box it force was applied to it and when it was in the box it was not able to close because the cap of the sauce made the hot sauce more taller. After adjusting the measurements and adding a couple more things to my box in the end it was able to function properly.  To my surprise the box was able to shut nicely and have a tight lid to ensure that the sauce was not going to fall out of the box. After I had put it all together I saw that even though the box closed properly I saw that there was a gap that did not let the lid close straight. The lid would close on a tilt, I wanted the lid to close straight so what I ended up doing was look for scraps of wood that were laying around the wood shop to recycle the parts the my fellow classmates were not using. After looking in a drawer for about 15 minutes I found 3 small pieces that would balance ...

This may seem like my finished hot sauce box, sadly it is not. When I assembled all of the pieces and taped it all together it looked as though it was going to work. When I placed the sauce inside the box, the width of the sauce was bigger than the width of the box. If I forced it into the box it was going to break. When the sauce was sitting inside the box the lid would not close because the cap of the sauce was thicker and made the sauce taller. Therefore, I had to go back into my illustrator file and add 1/4 of an inch to the height and 2/8 of an inch to the width. They sound like small adjustments that were made to make this box work,  but even the smallest details are what counts the most. Those measurements that I added will ensure that the hot sauce fits in the box tight enough and at the same time have enough room for your fingers to go into the box and pull out the hot sauce.

Here you see my illustrator file that I have to make this hot sauce box come to life. The height of the box is going to be 6.25 inches and the width of the box is going to be 1.625 inches. I went with a tabbed box because I had a hard time with the tabbed cube, but after I was able to figure it out on how to properly place the tabs and make sure the measurements are correct, I felt confident in making a tabbed box. What I needed to assure myself was that the lid on top and the base for the box were 1/8 of an inch smaller because that way I knew for a fact that they would fit perfectly and tight.

I had many ideas as to how I wanted to go about this project. I went through many designs/sketches  that I knew were going to work but the math behind those sketches were a little complicated to do with little material that I needed to work with. So I decided to go with a simple approach that would look sophisticated and elegant. The design you see has the measurements based off of the Cholula's hot sauce's diameter and height. The project here is to create a hot sauce box that will make this hot sauce look like it is worth $5 milliion dollars. I went through a lot of paper, pencil lead, and eraser to get the right design to work with the measurements that I needed for this box.

This week we started to make our wooden cubes. In this process we have to make sure that the measurements that we have in our files are very accurate because if we make a cut with a laser we can not undo a cut with wood if the cut has already been made. We are using burch wood as our material to make these cubes and we will be using a laser cutter machine to get the percise cuts we need to put all of this together. Before we can use the laser cutter we needed to create our layout using Adobe Illustrator. During this time we have to make sure that the measurements were percise and to be able to do that we need to have a grid and checked off that the snap to grid option was on. Therefore, if we were to make a mistake then we are able to go back and check what went wrong when we tried to put the cube together. I went through two sets of cubes before I got it right. The first cube that you see was the easiest to create and put together because it did not have any tabs that needed to line...

For this week we are approaching this next assignment with a different material. This time we are going to be using wood. Before we can jump into the design and features of the box we need to make sure we know how to go about laying out the box. As you can see we are making a box that is       3"X 3"X 3". One box will have no tabs and the other will. The goal here is to make a box that can hold itself with adhesive and have a lid on it. The other one will not have adhesive but through the use of tabs that are on the squares when its all cut out all that is needed to be done is match the corresponding squares to one another and the tabs are what are going to keep the cube in shape. 

This is the final presentation of my boxes. The design and wrappers are all set and ready for display. Everything you see here was all done in Adobe Illustrator. I am please to say that I am glad how everything turned out. It took some trial and error to get the boxes to fit 8 crayons and make sure that the measurements were accurate. With my innovative design it solves the issue of having the box flat on the table. Now you are able to have a kick stand to have it stay in place and also having a box where it is easy to reach in for a crayon regardless of how big your fingers are. The design of the box is so sleek that once you are down coloring you can put the tab into the flap and put it in your pocket without having it feel so bulky in your pocket. With all three design they all have their own set of color combinations. For example, the snow boarding edition box has only shades of blue crayons. That way the person is not only tempted to buy the box but to also collect the other ...

The previous week we had to include our own little touch to our box. Now for this week we had to add in our own design. I knew from the beginning that I wanted the boxes to match in some way. We had to incorporate our own brand/logo, "non-toxic", made in the USA, the word "crayon" some where on the box and any other information that may be of good use to have on our box. I was watching the olympics when I was doing this and it started by making a box that revolved around the snowboarding event. From then it clicked to me what the other two boxes were going to look like. I went with a 'board' theme. Snowboarding, surf boarding and skate boarding was the direction I was going with because not only is it targeting the main audience-kids, but to others as well. 

After an insighful and helpful get together to talk about our next big idea for our box,  I was able to come up with something innovative for my box. Meanwhile everyone was pitching out their innovative idea I was trying to come up with something unique that will help the crayon box be more active. Of course, we started off by making a simple box design and by getting a basis as to how to make a box we were then able to add in our own little spin to it. I was then able to implement a kick stand and a pocket to hold everything together. As a kid I remember having a crayon box that was able to hold up to 8 crayons and since it was flat and me having chubby little fingers I wasn't always able to get the crayon that I wanted without ripping the box a little. What I also did was cut out a small rectangle from the box to make it easier for anyone to take a crayon out of the box. 

This week we took what we learned from making our cubes to be able to create a crayon box that would fit 8 crayons. The goal here is to create a box that accommodates for 8 crayons in a box. I was trying to create a simple box so I could get a sense of what I wanted to do with it later to make it more innovative. After a class discussion and a lecture it finally clicked to me that a simple box can be innovative. I took the same dimensions from my simple box 3.75" X 2.75" and added a cover. In doing this this idea was not just a box that covered your crayons but a box that is able to hold up your crayons and not have them flat on a surface. It took some trial and error to figure out the dimensions for the cover, but eventually it all worked out in the end. Illustrator provided me with the exact measurements that I needed to complete this assignment. After printing on glossy paper this type of paper would give the box a more sturdy quality to protect the crayons. By using a ru...