Week 1
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Principles and practices
Assignment
Plan and sketch a potential final project.
The project
Concept:
My idea is build an brace automated, to correct the posture and help on the treatment of the scoliosis.
I started making some sketches, to understand what parts and how many parts I need design.
![](img/final-project/concept-01.jpg)
At this point, I think the brace need to be divided on three supports to be controlled. Well, to reduce the complexity, I'm thinking on a geometry like this.
![](img/final-project/concept-02.jpg)
That arrangement let me focus on the angle of rotation, while the distance between brace levels has no changes.
![](img/final-project/concept-03.jpg)
The freedom degrees, needed to control one level are 3:
![](img/final-project/concept-04.jpg)
The next step is make a 3D model of the brace. To start with the modeling, I made a digital dummy, approximating to my own RX.
![](img/final-project/manequin-01.jpg)
![](img/final-project/manequin-02.jpg)
![](img/final-project/manequin-03.jpg)
![](img/final-project/manequin-04.jpg)
![](img/final-project/concept-05.jpg)
The planification
The Fab academy has 20 weeks, but we are at the second week at the time I am writing this, so I have 18 weeks to complete the entire project. That will my deadline.
So I decide to make a plan, using MS Project.
![](img/week-1/plan-1.png)
![](img/week-1/plan-2.png)
Even including a wildcard week, looks a little hard. I need to do my best, thats clear.
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