PDT 8

I missed some parts out of this blogging.

Mr Ward showed us how to put the buttons on the torch by extrude the draw from lateral plane. I'm not sure if I would remember that by the time I design my torch.

You need to have the barrel first, then we have to draw the button on the lateral plane then extrude it. Because we can't draw on the round suface of the barrel.

Mr Ward also showed us the model that is created by the new machine that builts up the things other than cutting off from the whole piece of the material like the old one did. He made iphone, chain, bolt(?screw?) and bangle and showed them to us.

PDT 7: reflection

toy block: I guess it was the simplest on among them all. All the measurement was noted not many new skills were required from what we learned.

Toy block extension: I had some difficulties on decision making with the measurement of this toy bleck. It was not mentioned in the textbook and my model looks bit different as the model in textbook.

Simple calculator Design: It was fine. Was not very hard and really satisfied with the ne duplication skill learnt from this project. I also liked the design of it some how it ressembles chocoloate.

Clock face project: All measurement were noted but still looked different even though I followed all the instruction correctly, twice and realized that it always looks different from the model on the textboo, they are thinner and smaller compare to what came out of my work.

Students accurately draw their own mobile phone: It would be much better if I had iphone because I have a galaxy note, I had to do the curves on the side which requires much more complicated skills, not just rounding the edges. I did all the details even the 20 dots on the speaker at the top of the screen. Only thing I couldn't do was the touch pen because I couldn't make the deciosin about the measurement.I did my phone 3 times because of that round edges and learnt to save for every successful steps.

Energy Drink bottle: the measurements in textbook was wrong but I could figure out the exact measurement as I go along.Because we did the waaterbottle last year it didn't find it hard very much. But I forgot how to revolve so it was great to learn it from this project.

Aluminum motorcycle wheel: We didn't have to do this project. But I reckoned that it will help me from get  better mark, I did this. Fortunately, I got enough time to finish everything that's listed on the task sheet. There was bit on difficult doing it because textbook didn't tell the measurements and skipped some steps. I learned mirror skill from the internet because it didn't really tell what to do to get the mirror command so I searched up in the internet and the result was well successful. I have different pattern on my wheel as the model from the textbook because it didn't say anything about drawing the wheel pattern.

Ball point pen: I borrowed the laptop and did some parts when I went to the basketball game when other grades were playing. I finished it during the weekend. Because I was stuck up with designing my phone, I did it before mobile phone and aluminum motor cycle wheel project.

PDT 6

On today's lesson I finally finished up everything just by the time and printed off them all. I accidentally printed them vertically that only takes up half of a paper. Some are printed in colour and some are not. At first, I printed pen assembly in colour but then it was hard to tell the division between the barrel and pen top so I printed off in colour for second time, horizontally. I gone trough the list just to make sure if I missed anything. I did the sony camera and motor cycle wheel that are optional. I might start the torch assignment from now on. Firstly do some research. 

PROD 5

Our class exercise is due this friday. I almost finished them and just need to work some more on the motor cycle wheel. I had some trouble with accurately designing my galaxy because of its curve on the sides and the buttons would disappear if I round the edges too much. Mr Ward showed how to do solve that problem, but it looked a lot more complicated. He recommended me to keep them simple and because its due friday, I just decided to leave as it was. Then I moved on to my motor cycle wheel which never gets to be a valid profile and not allowing me to revolve it. So I just drew a new plane and fortunately, it worked. For the next lesson, I just need to revolve and do the rest of other stuffs, print off and all done! I think I may borrow laptop tomorrow afternoon to print off and do some more other words. 

ProDesktop 4

For the last lesson we had yesterday, Mr Ward gave us our assignment which we have to design a torch by the ProDesktop program and elaborate it. He showed us some A+ assignment for we to look at and when I had a look at them, I really did think that they both deserved A+. Especially when I was reading Hannah's, I really felt dizzy and couldn't even finish reading them. Frankly, when Mr Ward showed us Natalie McNamara's assignment, I thought I could do that as well, but when I had a look at Hannah's, I didn't think that I could possibly do that. (I'm not sure how to spell her name correctly, I hope I spelt it right.) Anyway, I will do my best for this assignment. As Mr Ward said in the class, he is really generous of time. The torch one is due week 2 next term and the first one is due by week 7 which is 2 weeks away, but I think I can do that in 2 weeks. Until now, I've done toy block, toy block extension and simple calculator design. I haven't done much but I have some plan so I wouldn't be worrying about it. I finished the calculator easily by one lesson and I will start on clock face project and car wheel and will work on Mobile phone during the weekend. Then I only have 3 more things to do for 2 weeks. I wasted about 2 or 3 lessons making that sony camera... :( 

ProDesktop3

In today's lesson, I finished off my camera that I was working on and now I started with my phone. The techniques I need yo use are easy and I know how to do them. However, because I did them in a wrong order, I had to start it again for three times :( and at the end of the lesson, all I got was just a rectangular prism... I think I need to arrange the order before I start and that way, it will finish more earlier, I assume. When I'm finished with the phone, I will have a look what's on the sheet and will make some decisions then :)

ProDesktop 2

For the last DT lessons I had since then, I've been making 2 toy boxes and recently designing a sony camera. I found the program bit hard to control because it's already been about a year since we last used the program. The same thing is that I still don't know how to undo the things and delete sketches... I assume that the program would be so smart but I cannot use it effectively. This unit of work is not really hard but not really interesting or fun except when the machine actually gets to manufacture our things from the program. I really do wish to get one this year and I will because I am not going to some complicated star shape this year because I realised last year that it's above my ability on this. Anyhow, I may take the screenshot of what I made out of the ProDesktop if I can do that with DELL laptops in DT room. But I'm not quite certain about that. I am looking forward to start on other products apart from the sony camera I'm working on because it's always fun starting new things :)!

SDT 13: photos

Finally, today I got the photo from my phone! I haven't fix the email problem on my phone but I send the photos to my sister's phone by a messenger and Christina sent to me again to email and it worked out very well. I don't know why mine's doesn't work :/ I've been to IT this morning for this prob and they weren't there. I may try it on the other day, could be tomorrow morning tea or so. Anyway, here are the photos of our great resort, the SUN

ProDesktop 1

We are going to start working with ProDesktop from next lesson on next week. Honestly, I didn't really liked the session last year because I wasn't much of a computer person. But it was still interesting. For the last lesson, he showed us a new machine which he doesn't really know how to use. Also he repeated those two elements and what they stands for. I hope to get something in this term and I will make them simple. Because last year, I was struggle making a star shape and it couldn't manufactured because it was to late and I didn't even get up to finish it anyway. But this time, I will keep them simple so I can have something at the end of this session! :) I recently send the photo of our resort from my phone where I took a photos but email haven't arrived yet.

CAD: Computer assisted design
CAM: Computer assisted milling machine