Week 2 Portfolio Post
Last week was the first week of school and my class was introduced the projects to the upcoming project in the first semester. The projects include the making of a: chess set, custom wheel, Lego assembly, and a popsicle stick bridge. This week, I made my own custom title block that I'll be using throughout the year. I also started completing parts in Problem Set 1. This Problem Set isn't too difficult to get through so far because Mr. Larson is using it to get rid of rust since most of in the class haven't used AutoDesk Inventor since December of last year. Although the first few parts seem easy, I think that the parts will get progressively more difficult until the end. I was able to finish the Fixture Block, Mount Bracket, Valve Lifter, and Housing fixture. I started on the Hopper Flange although I haven't finished it yet.
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Week 3 Portfolio Post
This week, Mr. Larson was absent on Monday and we had a sub. We had to write a research project on Sally Ride, the first American woman in space. I wasn't able to work on my parts on Monday but I've been able to finish the Hopper Flange, Gear Pump Body, Alignment Bracket, Dovetail Stop, and Anchor Slide. To make such parts, we've had to learn tools such as thread, multiple hole settings, rectangular pattern, and some forms of polygons. Mr. Larson announced that Thursday the class was expected to finish until the 14th part although it seemed that the goal was too much. The most recent part I've finished (the Anchor Slide) is only the 9th part. Hopefully, next week I'll be able to finish Problem Set 1.
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Week 4 Portfolio Post
While I haven't finished the Flanged 90 Elbow (14th part), I have started on it. I finished the Drill Bit, Drive Insert, Ratchet Wheel, and the Truss Flange. The Rachet Wheel and the Truss Flange were fairly easy because of how we could use the rectangular and the circular pattern tool. Once I finish half of the Flanged 90 Elbow piece, I can make it mirror itself to finish the piece. After this, I'll have to make blocks that, once assembled, make a 3x3 block. I plan to finish these next week and start on the custom puzzle too.
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Week 5 Portfolio Post
I started this week by finally finishing Problem Set 1 by the completion of the Flanged 90 Elbow piece. After that, I finished the puzzle parts and also finished the custom puzzle pieces. I was able to use my Custom Title Block for the first time when I had to do the orthographic of the custom puzzle I made. By this time, my partner, Addison, had started and finished on the checkerboard for the Chess Project. We were able to make a pawn, Diglet, and we've both started on different pieces: I started on Squirtle and Addison started on Pikachu. I still don't know whether I should use freeform or not for Squirtle. Next week, I hope to find a way to finish Squirtle and move on to a different Pokemon.
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Week 6 Portfolio Post
My class was taught Freeform last week but Addison and I only started really using it this week, and boy was it hard. We both started on Pokémon using Freeform: Addison making Pikachu and me making Squirtle. By Tuesday, we both figured that we weren't going to immediately make either Pikachu or Squirtle because of how hard Freeform was so we moved onto different Pokémon. We've been able to make about half of the chess pieces and the chessboard. This past Tuesday, we were also introduced about how we have to make proposals before we jump to make pieces but Addison and I had already started so we've slowly started work on our proposal and we hope to finish it by next week. I've started on Ekans and I'm probably going to finish him next week. We're glad and hope to stay on this steady increase of progress.
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Week 7 Portfolio Post
This week, we were out on Monday because of Columbus Day, which took away from how many B-Days there were and, therefore, Engineering Drawing periods. I was able to better improve upon Squirtle by adding a back shell and face. Addressing Ekans, I believe that it would be better if I would use coil and sweep in a circle rather than just using sweep on a flat line like I had been doing last week and this Tuesday. So to do that I'm going to have to restart the Ekans from the beginning. I've pretty much finished the proposal for the chess project because I don't think we have anything else to add to it before we turn it in. Next week, I will finish up on Squirtle's limbs and try to better make Ekans.
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Week 8 Portfolio Post
Last week, I decided to take a different approach to making Ekans because the most common and best-looking picture of him was Ekans in a coiled position. I didn't think too much into how I would be able to make him: just a coil or maybe a sweep. This week, when I tried putting the thoughts on Inventor I learned just how much harder it was going to be: Whenever I wanted a coil from a certain spot, it would either bend so much that its body would fold on itself or it wouldn't even show, for sweep, after I had completed the first coil I didn't know how I should go about making a line that had an incline but was also curving as it was being raised. I eventually settled for a loft, which didn't really mimic the spine of a snake, but I've gotten to the point where I'm about to make the head. For Squirtle, I've drawn a couple of designs for his arm, although I still haven't been able to tackle Squirtle's arm head-on because of the Ekans issue. Next week, I'm hoping I can get off Ekans and work more on Squirtle's limbs.
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Week 9 Portfolio Post
This week, I worked more on Ekans and have gotten pretty much finished with him. I added his neck and face using a sweep, coil, then some extrusions. I've also just about finished the tail by making connected circles and I plan on revolving them around their own separate axes. Squirtle has continued to be a struggle because of the fact that it's Freeform but everything should be done by next week, when we start making the presentations and animations. I plan on finishing up Ekans and the rest of the Pokémon before the end of Friday. This project has definitely taught me that to be less ambitious on more serious projects like this.
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