This week consisted of making minor revisions to the overall design in regards to parts fitment and tolerancing. Ribbed wall(s) were introduced to attempt to save on print time
Our group learned that we would no longer be able to use Prof Viswanathan's printer due to the required print time. However we will still have 3 ready models in addition to however many more we would be able to spend using our leftover funds on 3D hubs.
This week is our final meeting for the project term, and I have successfully completed my tasks as part of the Cabin Design team. We will now spend the next week preparing for Maker Faire.
After delivering our somewhat mediocre presentation, Professor Furman had given us the opportunity to meet with Paul, someone who has had much more experience in developing cabin/podcar designs in Solidworks. Paul was able to give me insight on aspects such as "Design Language" and how to implement it when delivering a presentation. Presentations for our particular subproject are rather difficult to us as engineering majors as the major component of our work relies purely on aesthetics, with a few geometric and physical constraints added. This leads us to find factors that are not necessarily relevant to present on (or factors that are pretty negligible) just to make it seem like we're not sitting around doing jack shit. Paul was also able to teach me more about some features in solidworks, particularly establishing boundary surfaces which would enable me to develop much more complex shapes quickly.
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