In this project, we used the Inventor software. This computer aided design program makes it very easy to create and produce items. This can help in the real world as you can create almost anything you made need, from a part to a tool. I would use this software any day as it is very effective and fast. I also learned how to be timely efficient since I only had 4 days to design and print my object.
Final Thoughts:
I picked a phone stand that I thought I could make. I tried to make my 3D object like the dinosaur, while I think that it kind of turned out how I thought of it, it didn't. It kind of looks like a dinosaur, but it does not have a mouth or the body shape of the dinosaur. Another thing I sort of messed up was the width. I made the dinosaur to wide, but I did this on purpose so it would fit my iPhone 7 Plus standing up vertically. It could have been less wide and still would have worked. Some positives that came out of this is that the dinosaur works perfectly. It can hold any phone perfectly. My 3D object turned out just how I had created it in Inventor. But if I were to redo this project I would make the dinosaur skinnier. Overall I am happy and proud of how the dinosaur turned out.
Design and Printing Process:
This was what I wanted to create in Inventor. Although my creation didn't turn out exactly like this, it was pretty close.
1) This is the sketch I created in my designer notebook. I made the dimensions large enough to fit my iPhone 7 Plus, standing vertically.
2) Inserted my dimensions in Inventor once I had the correct shaping.
4) This is when I inserted my final design in MakerBot and scaled it by 1000%. This screen showed the printing process and I laid it flat on the correct surface.
3) This is the dinosaur once I extruded it about 3.5 inches.
5) This is in the very early stages of printing. The printing process took 11.5 hours.
Final Results:
My iPhone fit perfectly. Next time I wouldn't make the dinosaur as wide.