Object Design: 3D Model and CAD

Project Reflection:  Overall, I really enjoyed this project and I've learned a lot throughout the course. On the other hand, I feel like I need to practice more and that became very apparent when surface modelling. I'm already trying to think of different ways I should have approached this as I'm not super satisfied with the end result of the wite-out dispenser.  The interior parts are accurate and I'm confident with them. However, I had to make a lot of adjustments to the shell of the object and the way that I created it was flawed. Because of this, it's a lot more angular and less round than I would've liked. Basically, for the top case I modelled a flat planar surface and trimmed out a shape for the divot and lofted. From there, I extruded the curve to create the sides and offset them.  The shell needed matching lips so that the two pieces fit together and interlock so that was a confusing process and I needed to make sure the offset was on different sides fo...

A small screw model from last last week's class. :)   

  My canoe from last week's class. 

Three parts are finished. I added some smaller details to some of the pieces from last week. Now I'm working on the last small piece and the white-out case which will take some time. 

Progress update on the reverse-engineered assignment. I went forward with the white-out container. There are a lot of easy small parts to model so that's what I started with. I am mostly nervous about modelling the overall shape of the container.  I won't lie modelling the left circular shape was a pain but I'm glad it's almost done. I have a few small details to add. I tried my best to round out the sharp edges using the filletedges command but I might go back in and make them rounder. 

  Here are the results of my tile design. It's a cheaper material, but I love the appearance of the wood's colour and textures. For the tile, I used cherry plywood. Sadly, with the cherry wood, the darks and grey hatches are difficult to tell apart once cut, so this was disappointing. The other plywood options would have darker values but I liked the red tones in the cherry wood.  Once the project is over I will try and darken some lines up, especially in the centre.  I thought about making the inner area of the border hollow but I was worried the rest of the design would fall out or snap off, so I changed the border shape. I think it suits a tile more like this.