3D Design

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.