The process
Design is an area im very confirtable in. Thus I will start by documneting the tools I already use and have experince in until I start with the new softwares. I'm excited to use Fusion and Blender based from the comments of the FabLab Network. I am a huge fan of the golden ration a concept and I believe the best designs come from nature.
Raster and vector 2D design:
I'm in this feilds since 2001 working with Adobe apps. I am a fan of vector graph and I will share my approches in the coming sections.
Once of the element I need in my final project is the a way to connet two peices in a way it can be removed and replaced.
Option 01: Adobe Photoshop
01 | Creating new file, changing the name, RGG color and selecting size and background color
02| I used the brush tool and the circul shap to make this design
03| when zooming in, I can clearly see the pixels which is what raster design is
- Feedback:I usually used Photoshop to fix or change raster images or adding channels to the picture.
- Challenge: Resizing raster images in not a fun thing to experince
Option 02: Adobe Illustrator
01 | I created a new file
02| using the shape tools to draw the main parts of the design
03| I used the pathfinder option to unit the path of both shapes
04| Exporting the image as SVG as a vector shape
- Feedback: I find it very usufule tool to expore the vector shapes in SVG to be used later either for Vinyle cuts or 3D designs
- Challenge: Sometime I need to add more path points for a better 3D design
3D designs and modeling:
I also have basic experince in designing some of the items that I needed for my work speacilly designing and printing medals and awarding plaks
Option 01: TinkerCAD
01 | I loged in to my account of TinkerCad and I created a new 3D file
02|I selected the ball and the cylender shape to create the join I designed in 2D tools
03| I moved the objects and resize them to create the final shape I need
04| I used the aliging options to make sure th eobjects are aligned on the x, y, z axies
05| to compare things, I imported the SVG I exported before from Dreamwaver to TinkerCAD
06| I selected the file and the size
07| There is a huge differece in the 3D shape even thoese both designs where expected to be the same object
08| the orientation and the size of both objects are the same.
09| This is one of my old projects creating conveing gears system
- Feedback: its is easy to use and was good enough for me in my previouse projects.
- Challenge: There is a way to simulate the movemnet of the share but I might need more time. I also want to use more software but time is a challenge
Option 02: Fusion
01| I was very excited to use it, I updloaded the invitation letter for Fablab Studnets license
02| Unfortuntily It was not accepted and I contacted FabLab aand waiting for this issue to resolve
03| after few weeks, I got access and was very excited to instull Eductaional version of fusion on my local device
04| instullation was completed, I strated to look for some tutorials adviced in the application
05| I tried to open a design I created from TinkerCAD, I opened the file on TikerCAD → press export → → selected opening in Fusion
06| I made sure to select to includ all the objects with all details
07| this is how the file looks like, its clear that it was meshed and not imported as an objects
08| I also tried to strat from scratch making new shapes
- Feedback: It looked interesting but I need more time to explore it
Option 03: FreeCAD
- Feedback:I spend most of the time located for Fablab on trng to egt Fusion, My schedule these two weeks is very busy and its not easy to find have the time. I will surly use it for my next week's assignment.