11/19 3D Design Class Blog

We are now working on our final project. Our final project is a masterpiece or something individuals can make now because we have developed 3D design skills over the course of this semester. Each individual has a few weeks to work on this project and we should be done by the end of this semester. Today during class, everyone finished their basic sculpture and plan models. This step is to check for certain errors because sometimes the measurements could be off or may look a little bit different than it is on the computer screen. For the next few classes, we would now work on our actual final projects and try to finish them in the next few classes

Photos

A student working on his final project.

11/4 DF4 Class Blog:

We worked on further planning our hackashape designs - at this point some of us decided to make a plan of the process, and most of us (should) have finished the materials list as well as the cardboard markings of where the cables, lights and gemma boards will be, ready to start next class. 

HW: Make sure the materials list (spraypaint, lights, etc.) is complete

Week 13 Prompts due 11/30

Week 13 Blog Prompts   Please note that each class has suggested photos to include in the blog posts, plus prompts to answer - in some detail! - for that week's post. 
 
3D Design   Photos to include: Photo of whatever you made this week, and screen shot(s) of your design progress

Prompts:

• Did you revise your prototype and make another? What did you improve from the first one?
• Did revisions alter your materials list? Be sure to EDIT YOUR LIST on the document in your drive folder. 
• You have 6 classes left. What can you accomplish in that time? Outline your plan:

• M 11/30
• W 12/2
• F 12/4
• Tu 12/8
• Th 12/10
• M 12/14  
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• Be aware that you will be creating documentation or a "how to" on your project as you go and editing and refining it as you finish the project. Keep appropriate notes along the way to aid you in this process.

 
Design & Fabrication 2, 4
Photos: 3 classes this week- Photo of the front of your shape, ON, the back of your shape with circuitry (ON), and any "work in progress" photos you shot early in the week.  
 
Prompts:

• Did you finish your shape? What adaptations did you make to the circuitry plan based on time? 
• What worked well about your shape? 
• What were the big challenges - and what would you do differently if you did it again?
• Final plan for your final project, outlined by each remaining class: 
• Tu Dec 1 - 
• Th Dec 3 - 
• Mon Dec 7 -
• Wed Dec 9 - 
• Fri Dec 11 - 
• Tues Dec 15 - in class presentations of finished work - no work time, just presenting finished projects to the class
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• Be aware that you will be creating documentation or a "how to" on your project as you go and editing and refining it as you finish the project. Keep appropriate notes along the way to aid you in this process. 

Please have your blog post done by Monday 11/16 at 8:00am (all classes), although earlier is always welcome.  Email me if you have any questions or issues.
Ms. Sutter

11/20 Class Blog

Today, we started off by taking photos of our various "hack-a-shapes".

Some colorful shapes students made

Olivia's ombre colored shape

John's wiring

Taiga's wiring

We spent the rest of class working on our materials for our final project, and our skills and knowledge check.

3D 7 Class Blog - 11/17/15

Today in class we had to continue working on our final project including finishing up our prototypes if we hadn't and if did complete it, we were supposed to continue our work on our final completed project. People in our class are doing laser cutting, 3D printing, and wood cutting for their final designs.

Homework:

Continue working on your final project with touchups as well as doing work out of class to complete on time. 

Design and Fab 2

Today in class, most of us finished printing our shapes out of wood. We took our cardboard shapes, saw where holes for lights needed to go, put them on illustrator and printed. We also started to spray paint the shapes.

3D Design 11/13

Today in class we worked on our projects some more with a focus on creating a tangible prototype. Jaeyoung, for example, worked on designing his engine parts so that he could 3D print them.

DF4 class blog

Today in class, everyone printed their 2 shapes out of wood. We took our cardboard shapes, saw where holes for lights needed to go,  put them on illustrator and printed.

A lot of people started to spray paint their cardboard shapes with a variety of colors. We went outside and most people put a base color first and then added multiple colors on top. They turned out very well.

Week 12 Blog prompts Due 11/16

Week 12 Blog Prompts   Please note that each class has suggested photos to include in the blog posts, plus prompts to answer - in some detail! - for that week's post. 
 
3D Design   Photos to include: Photo of the rapid prototype(s) you produced this week. Include also at least two screen shots showing the PROGRESS of your digital design work.

Prompts:

• What did you learn from making your rapid prototype? What changes or adaptations will you make based on what you learned?
• Did revisions alter your materials list? Be sure to EDIT YOUR LIST on the document in your drive folder. 
• You have 2 classes next week. What can you accomplish in that time? It's about 2+ hours of class time and maybe 1 hour of homework over the week. (FYI, I'll be in the CAD Center Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons if you want to stay and work on something)
• Be aware that you will be creating documentation or a "how to" on your project as you go and editing and refining it as you finish the project. Keep appropriate notes along the way to aid you in this process.

 
Design & Fabrication 2, 4
Photos: 2 classes this week- primarily focused on the hack-a-shape project. Screen shot of your edited personal shape in Adobe Illustrator
Photo of your cut out wooden shape; another photo of it if you got to paint it 
 
Prompts:

•  How far did you get with your shape this week? Cut out? Painted? 
• What was the most challenging part of the week, and how did you address it?
• You have 2 class periods (INCLUDING class on the 18th) [and after school time!] to cut your shape (if you haven't yet), paint and add circuitry / etc to your shape, AND set up the display for the reception. Make sure your plans can be accomplished in that time, or plan to come in extra.
• **I will be in Design 1 after school (until 4:45) the 16, 17 and 18 for any of you who want to come in and work more on your project.  DO YOU PLAN TO COME IN DURING AN AFTERNOON SESSION??
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• We'll be resuming work on your individual project on Friday 11/20

Please have your blog post done by Monday 11/16 at 8:00am (all classes), although earlier is always welcome.  Email me if you have any questions or issues.
Ms. Sutter

3D Design 11/11

Today Ms. Sutter was not here so we had a substitute. We were still working on project, that would make life easier for us, and we were trying to finish a prototype by today. The homework is to finish your prototype as soon as possible.

11/10 Design and Fabrication

         Today in design and Fabrication as a class we brainstormed ideas about what we wanted our group shape to look like when we connect all of the individual shapes through tabs. We came to the conclusion that a tree made up of our shapes sounded like an interesting idea, but creating a base for a huge tree might be hard.
       We then moved on to thinking about our own designs for  the class shape. There are many components to think about when trying to add your own LED lights and NeoPixal strips to a small shape, such as how and where you can fit them on. So, to organize and add holes for the LED lights, the shape class used illustrator.

11/10 3D Design

Today in class we worked on developing our rapid prototypes using our respective design programs.

The homework is to continue working on your prototypes and get them printed ASAP. Also catch up on your blogs if you haven't done so

11/4 DF4 Class Blog

In class last Wednesday, we worked on planning out our individual hack-a-shape projects. We were each given a cardboard cut out to make our design plan with markers. We were given the option to work with LED lights, glitter glue, spray paints, and other things to make our designs come to life.

11/6 DF4 Blog

Today in class we started by downloading Adobe Creative Cloud.

Next we had a soldering demo. Each of us sorted out our materials for our individual projects, did some sewing, and soldered.

Week 11 blog prompts due 11/9

Week 11 Blog Prompts   Please note that each class has suggested photos to include in the blog posts, plus prompts to answer - in some detail! - for that week's post. 
 
3D Design   Photos to include: screen shots of your early design work - with 2 classes this week you should be making some progress on your project. If you have an inspiration piece to show where you are headed, add an image of that and a link to your resource.

Prompts:

• Explain the scope of your project and materials you will be using. If you've changed the software you want to use, mention that too. 
• Is your materials list complete? Be sure it is in a google doc in the class folder in drive. Copy/paste your materials list here. 
•  You have 3 classes next week. What can you accomplish in that time? It's about 3.5 hours of class time and maybe 1 hour of homework over the week.
• Be aware that you will be creating documentation or a "how to" on your project as you go and editing and refining it as you finish the project. Keep appropriate notes along the way to aid you in this process.

 
Design & Fabrication 2, 4
Photos: 3 classes this week- primarily focused on the hack-a-shape project. You should have a photo of your cardboard shape with circuit design drawn on it; also a photo / video of your soldering session results and of your e-textile sewing experience.
 
Prompts:

• You have 4 class periods (3, plus last minute work on the 18th) to edit the shape file you will get on Monday for slots and led holes as necessary, cut your shape with a partner, paint and add circuitry / etc to your shape.  DETAIL YOUR PLANS for each class in this post.
• **I will be in Design 1 after school (until 4:45) the 16, 17 and 18 for any of you who want to come in and work more on your project. We'll be resuming work on your individual project on Friday 11/20
  

Please have your blog post done by Monday 11/9 at 8:00am (all classes), although earlier is always welcome.  Email me if you have any questions or issues.
Ms. Sutter

11/6 DF2 Class Blog

We started class off with a bang, downloading the latest Adobe Creative Cloud software. Here is John   focusing on his computer.

We continued with soldering, with Ms. Sutter giving us a demo.

More John for your viewing pleasure.

We also worked on sewing electronics into fabric!

11/4 DF2 Class Blog

Today in class we worked on designing and planning out what we are going to do for our "hack a shape" project. We each got a cardboard version of our class shape and used it to plan out what we are going to do with it later, using LEDs, paint, and other decorative things, along with the wires and circuitry that are required to make them work.

11/3 3D Design Class Blog

Today in Class we worked on continuing our designs on a number of different programs, including Fusion 360 and Autocad, a teacher came in to talk to those using the shopbot to talk about getting files to work on it.

The Homework is to make sure you have the dimensions and materials up in a google doc shared with Ms. Sutter.

Autocad

A shape on Fusion 360

Shapeshifter online

11/2 DF4 Class Blog

Today we worked on Gemma circuit boards and Arduino with Neopixel rings. We learned how to set how to set up codes on Arduino, then uploaded it to our Gemma board. We then hooked it up with the neopixel ring, which lit up.











Homework
Catch up on any late blog posts.

11/2 DF2 Class Blog

Today in Design and Fabrication we started to learn about Arduino. In the beginning of class Mrs. Sutter showed us how to set up the Arduino code. After we had the basic idea down we began to start our code to light the Neopixel Ring. After we completed setting up the lights we were told to go find another piece of code to make the lights do something else.

Homework: Turn in late blog posts

Arduino Video: 

The video of Gabes Lights

Picture of Nates setup

10/30/15

Today in 3D design the students worked on there independent project research and tried to find out what the students are going to be working on. Also some students received there 3D printed objects and sanded it down and made them look better.

HW is to continue your research for your project and finalize your ideas.