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Day 19: I remember being a sophomore and somehow ending up in the school foundry. They needed more bodies to help with a display for Engineering & Science Day at LaTech. Being interested, I said yes and went along with it. We ended up making these really cool medallions of the tech symbol. Jr year, this is part of the materials class. After doing it once as a sophomore, Jr year didn't seem that crazy. Didnt get to didn't get to making a mold on this one. It's a bit more involved than using the combine feature and I didn't want to rush the process today. . . . . . #Fusion360 #30DayChallenge #CADchallenge #MEENopDesign #MechanicalEngineer #mechanical #engineering #optimize #design #stem #steam #meen #meche #op (at Hartford, Connecticut) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2naaFaHEpQ/?igshid=3mwdcous5rxm

Day 18: I knew he would sneak in eventually. Seemed like the tight timing. The goal for this one was slightly more intricate mold with a slight taper for release. #deadpool is just about my favorite character in fiction. We have.... enough in common. Like acceptance of who you are, no matter what. . . . . . #Fusion360 #30DayChallenge #CADchallenge #MEENopDesign #MechanicalEngineer #mechanical #engineering #optimize #design #stem #steam #meen #meche #op (at Hartford, Connecticut) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2kuGkmH7QN/?igshid=11a0udqf7cmsa

Day 17: This is me testing out various features to quickly make a model. It's a go to bed at a somewhat reasonable time kinda night, so I knew this wouldn't give much trouble. I was wrong. It took some special feature combinations to get rmthe final result. Shelling was new for Fusion 360 (to me) and the use of spheres was a bit interesting to play with to add some details. If I were to do this one again, it would take a fraction of the time, because now I know what's possible! That's half the point of the challenge, so I'll take it as a win. Tomorrow, still going to stick with molds, just more interesting ones! . . . . . #Fusion360 #30DayChallenge #CADchallenge #MEENopDesign #MechanicalEngineer #mechanical #engineering #optimize #design #stem #steam #meen #meche #op (at Hartford, Connecticut) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2iMDCWn-8S/?igshid=190wtl5gsjelv

Day 16: Looking at drafting plans for some molds in the future. It's not the absolute next project, but it would make amazing fun for a weekend. Ever since watching @evanandkatelyn make coasters for their business, I've wanted to try just about the same thing! Seems like an amazing way to expand my skill set into another area, experiment a little, and make a product that's scalable. The coaster would be made with concrete and the mold of silicone. With my current setup, I would need to make a hand carved positive to create the mold. It's really something I could start doing this weekend (pending other things popping up, as they always do. We picked up some freshly chopped wood this weekend from the Bid E, so I may see if I can repurpose that into something! It's getting exciting! Tomorrow will be another mold, but I'll try making it more intensive than this one ;-). . . . . . #Fusion360 #30DayChallenge #CADchallenge #MEENopDesign #MechanicalEngineer #mechanical #engineering #optimize #design #stem #steam #meen #meche #op (at Hartford, Connecticut) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2fwfmOn86m/?igshid=1sm25iu5tafzh

Day 15: Missed one day for my amazing wife birthday. I'm better for it! Completed the cube model. Added some finishing to make it presentable, and put together a little exploded view (since most of the detail is inside). Super happy with it! I was able to get into a good flow completing the parts of the cube. For some reason, I wasn't able to get the same flow a couple nights ago when I got started. Other recent events have been taking up a lot of capacity, so I'm fine with a few misses. Need to pick another project on the build list for the next few models. I have been wanted to do a mold project for quite a while, so this may be a good time to learn that scope of Fusion. Either way, here she is. Another day, another model. . . . . . #Fusion360 #30DayChallenge #CADchallenge #MEENopDesign #MechanicalEngineer #mechanical #engineering #optimize #design #stem #steam #meen #meche #op https://www.instagram.com/p/B2dD5xZn4QJ/?igshid=1gxhq0arfvesn

Day 12: Today was a lot easier to get back to it. Thought it would be "easier" until I got to the corner cube. Tried doing a couple of "complicated" methods to get the final result to use some features Fusion 360 has (combining mainly), but I'll just brute sketch it out next time. It's notable that I shifted from the bottle opener. Thinking about getting a physical one to make the measurements more accurate than guessing from yesterday. I do feel like I'm getting value out of completing this challenge. I also see me trying to use features in "complex" ways yields more experience with each feature. Overall, its feeling better to use Fusion 360, but I really like producing a final model. . . . . . #Fusion360 #30DayChallenge #CADchallenge #MEENopDesign #MechanicalEngineer #mechanical #engineering #optimize #design #stem #steam #meen #meche #op (at Hartford, Connecticut) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2VXWwgnEAx/?igshid=gsi0dj3ffh37

Day 11: Solid attempt to make a bottle opener. Wanted to make rough shapes and refine, but that's never going to work. Tomorrow, going to try profiling and intersect to get the shape I want. I'll have to figure out how to get decent curves without setting up a crap ton of planes. Today was also pretty hard to get motivated due to a lot driving. . . . . . #Fusion360 #30DayChallenge #CADchallenge #MEENopDesign #MechanicalEngineer #mechanical #engineering #optimize #design #stem #steam #meen #meche #op https://www.instagram.com/p/B2S15XGnolL/?igshid=954h4dvocqvu

Day 9: Trial 2 of the ball bearing went pretty well. I do these early morning, and it was a long weekend... Should have been faster, but I literally had measurable loading time today. This went really well! I'll try using this guy in tomorrow's model. . . . . . #Fusion360 #30DayChallenge #CADchallenge #MEENopDesign #MechanicalEngineer #mechanical #engineering #optimize #design #stem #steam #meen #meche #op (at Hartford, Connecticut) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2NYyl6lbtA/?igshid=14hvwue9xd15w