Hello
I’m a junior here at JMU and I am majoring in communications and minoring in Computer Information Systems. I enjoy hanging out with my friends and spending time outdoors. I am into physical exercise and have swam my whole life, but I can spend many hours on the couch. I like classic rock.
Grab bag noun: Castle
my grab bag noun was a castle. For the design I used simple shapes such as cylinders, cubes, roof, parabolas, etc. I put them together and gave my best attempt at what i pictured a castle to look like, this was prior to me finding out that there are brick walls on Tinkercad.
TinkerCad 20 Objects
-Graffiti: “Steve”
-UFO crash on terrain
-Egg with hands, sunglasses, hands
-Egyptian Pyramid
-Diamond Ring
-Christmas Tree w/ Star
-Snow Man
-Abstract box sculpture
-DNA Helix
-Virginia
-Hand holding ice cream cone
-Mobius Strip
-Albert Einstein Face
-Deadmau5 (mouse face)
-6 sided die
-Crucifix
-Battery
-Hourglass
-2020 New Years Ball Drop
-Skull
Moving Parts
I decided to construct a ring that housed a ball in the middle as a concept for a later print that I will be doing of a little globe key-chain thing. I printed a ring and Sphere that had equally sized holes running through both and then I printed a skinny stick that runs through it that is slightly smaller in diameter compared to the hole of the sphere and ring.
Tinkercad Final Project
For my final project I decided to make an X wing from Star Wars. The design process wasn’t as difficult as I thought it was gonna be, once I got the hang of tinkercad everything started coming together. This project was actually enjoyable and tolerable, but once it was printed the support system was very difficult to take off. While taking off some support from the wings, I accidentally broke off part of the X wing, but it was nothing a little tape couldn’t fix.
Silly Serious Challenge
For the Silly-Serious Challenge me and my partner created a DeathStar Christmas Tree Ornament. We used a DeathStar from Thingiverse and attached a Santa hat and fashioned a ring on top where some string can be tied through. Unfortunately the ring fell off about a week after being printed.
Class Challenge: Fish
For this challenge I created a fish skeleton that is connected by balls and sockets. The fish was made out of basic shapes and connectors to give it the skeletal look and this would allow it to also move as a fish skeleton would.
Class Challenge: Fix It
For the Fix it challenge I couldn’t find anything broken around the house that needed fixing, so I decided to fix a problem many people may find when drinking out of a metal cup, condensation. I created coaster that fits around my tall aluminum cup and provides a grip for your fingers with small grooves. It was designed specifically for this cup, but many cups of different sizes can fit. No more water marks on papers left underneath you cups.
Fusion360 Ring Project
For this project I decided to make a ring for my pinky finger. I got the dimensions and made the basic shape for the ring and realized how bland and boring it was. I went into mesh mixer and decided to add some spikes coming out from the ring, which looked nice…. However, these spikes cause the ring to be very uncomfortable and a tad dangerous when placed on the finger.
Fusion360 20 objects
These are my 20 Objects, they are more about modern art and “flow”. I actually didn’t really know what I was doing so I just played around with all the tools until I made something that was somewhat pleasing. Some of the objects are actually recognizable, like the batman symbol, apple, pear, house, Saturn, 4leaf clover, hat, pac-man, heart, diamond ring, whale, lug nut, etc.
Most of these objects are left to the imagination.
Fusion360 Final Project
For my Fusion360 Final Project I took one of the 20 objects that I had made previously and expanded upon it. The print seems improbable because the ball in the middle is not held up or suspended by anything, but I cut out a hole in the middle of the ball where a magnet would be placed and using two magnetic disks underneath the body of this object to create an opposing magnetic field, I would be able to make the ball float, like some desk decorations that are currently on the market. Due to being home and COVID19, I am unable to print and test it out but I hope to get a light metal print from somewhere and design this, I think that would be cool.
OpenScad 20 objects
I found the OpenScad software fun to use once I got the hang of coding on it. I have had experience with coding and For Loops in the past and I just experimented with the loops and shapes until it made some sort of object. I like OpenScad because you can easily tweak something to your liking with numbers in the algorithms and everything can easily be symmetrical with the mirror function.
OpenScad Final Project
For my Fusion360 Final Project I decided to make a New Years 2021 Statue. The Statue consists of code of the New Year’s ball drop, The 2021 text, the cylindrical pyramid base, The firework explosion on the right side, the same explosion mirrored to the left side, and the cylinders making the background encompassing the statue. I started messing around with code and kept adding to the first 8 lines and eventually decided that I would want to make something that could potentially be the center piece of any New Years party or gathering.
Final Final Project
For my final project I decided to make a Star Wars diorama. This diorama has a large walking ATAT and a few X wings with one that has been shot down in ablaze. I chose this to do because I am a fan of Star Wars and wanted to fit it with the theme of my other designs and have something that I would enjoy working on and would definitely print in the future. I chose TinkerCad because it is the most enjoyable program to work with and you can adjust the placement of certain structures with ease.
Final Presentation
This class was very enjoyable and was a unique experience that I will always cherish. What I thought would be a simple class where friends have said “you print stuff with 3D printers”, quickly turned into an outlet for creative interests and imagination, with each project and challenge serving as a way to develop something meaningful and cool. 3D design was brand new to me, even though I had always found it very interesting, starting with tinkercad was fun and easy, the shape selection made it engaging to combine each one to get your desired design. Then we used Fusion360, which provided the biggest challenge to me, the advanced modeling software took a very long time to get used to and I felt as if I didn’t have as much creative freedom as a beginner with little experience with Fusion360. OpenScad was very fun and familiar, I take programming classes and have been using loops for years in programming, it took me very little time to get a hang of the software. Overall, the class was a great experience and I felt like it was a very open atmosphere where you could see everyone’s creative genius at work.
For most of the projects I tried to stick with the Star Wars theme. The above pictures from left to right: X-Wing, Death Star ornament, ATAT diorama, moveable fish skeleton, and 2021 New Years Statue. These are the designs that I thought were the coolest and they are the projects that I thoroughly enjoyed and put all my interest in.
