Our model is a pencil dispenser. It is like a toothpick dispenser but instead of dispensing toothpick it dispenses pencils. It fits inside the whole of the table and is bunches of fun.  Everyone worked together and collaborated equally. Below is the knob thing for the dispenser

Our group decided to make something that would hold cords. We wanted to do this so there could be a place to put cords that they would not get lost or tangled. We also designed it so that it clips onto a table or desk or other surface, so that your cords are easily accessible. To make our chord holder, we made a 3D square in sketchup and cut out the parts to make the shape that hooks onto a table. Then we did the same thing to make the part that holds the cords.

My partner and I decided to create a holder for the USB drives. Our first design included a platform/board and then pegs attached. We were baffled however on how we were going to attach the pegs. Finally, after several ideas, we decided that it was best that it was done by divets. We then proceeded to create a model of the product on SketchUp Make. To create the model we used the push/pull, move, rotate, guide lines, and line tools. Our final product is displayed below.

The box is 7.5 inches by 7 inches and has 2 hooks for USBs) on each side. Its purpose is to hold the USBs in an organized way. The box will hang on the metal cage in the corner of the room. It will hold 3 USBs in the box but there is enough room for more than that. Our results are illustrated in the model. We created the box so USBs could be more accessible.

My group was able to come up with a great design and the result turned out to be what we wanted. We wanted to create a USB holder that is convenient and helped the flow of the class room and helped organization. We thought that it would be handy to have our USB holder hanging on a cage in the front of the room. This way it would be easy to quickly grab and would be in a central area. So that was what we decided to design. We also knew that hooks on the side of our contraption would make it even easier to efficiently grab the hold the USB’s. This would also create better organization. After trying a few different designs, we settle on having some sort of hanging basket with hooks along the side. This would create convenient holding spot for USBs as well as an extra organizational tool of the bucket that could hold other items. We soon began working on our design. We managed to create an object that looked a lot like our original plan and would be useful in the class room.

Here is an image of our design:

This past week, my group and I decided to create a home for the grabber. Each one of us created our own idea, and after, we shared them amongst our group. We could not decide whose design was the best, so we combined certain aspects of all of our designs. We took Tori’s idea of having the grabber hang on the side of the board so it would be out of the way, we took Anjali’s idea of having the grabber be held up by prongs, and finally, we took my idea of having a lock so that the grabber could not be stolen. Our design will make the grabber easily accessible and easy to protect.

Last week, we made a model of a tool that Ms. McDonald can use to hang her grabber on the whiteboard.  our design lets her hang the grabber off of the side of the whiteboard, so it is not in the way of her writing.  Our design includes prongs to hang the grabber on, and a lock so that people cannot steal her grabber without permission.

Katherine and I first started brainstorming ideas with a quick search through Google Images. We didn’t want to make something generic and boring, so we looked through a lot of designs and picked one that stood out to us the most. We created three sketches (pictured below). We eventually decided on the third option because it was the most aesthetically pleasing.

I have past experience with Sketchup, so I did most of the actual modeling in Sketchup, while Katherine gave input. Since the design was symmetrical, I was able to cheat a little and just create half of the model, copy and flip it, and piece it together with the other half. In the end, our finished project turned out pretty cool!

For our  model to be 3D printed my group chose to do a pencil holder. We each came up with separate ideas, then had another group chose the best one. We ended choosing my idea, which was a pencil holder in the form of a space ship. It worked but have the center hollowed out which was where the pencil cup slid in to. We then created  it in sketch-up on one persons computer, after taking measurements of the cup.

We started our design process by sketching a basic three compartment pencil holder. We then refined it, and took measurements of the hole that the pencil case needed to fit into, and then began to draw it in sketchup. We sketched out measurements and just slowly drew in the lines. 

Adrienne and I worked together during the first day to complete sketches of our pencil holder. We wanted to make it more complex than any simple pencil case, so we bounced around ideas and decided to divide the case into four sections. Two sections would be for erasers, thumb tacks, etc. and the other two would be to hold pencils or pens. The next few days we used rulers to take measurements of the table, and worked in sketchup to formulate our product so that it would fit in the empty space of the table. I am pleasantly surprised with how well it turned out!

We designed a gripper holder.  First we created a sketch by hand, then we created a sketchup design of the gripper holder.

What happened at first was that we drew our 3 pictures. When we got the feedback from the other group we decided to combine 2 of our best ideas into one. So, what ended up happening was that we combined a spaceship with a pencil cup holder and added a few more aesthetically pleasing things from the other idea which in turn resulted into the Pencil Abductor 9000.

We created a pencil case to hold pencils, pens, and other classroom necessities. We accounted for the length of one full unsharpened pencil, so nothing would stick over the top. This pencil case is designed so it would fit perfectly in the holes in the tables, and the top would be a half inch above the height of the table. I created this with sketchup using the push/pull tool, the guidelines, and line tool.

Today in SketchUp Justin and I created an invention to help hold the gripper claw on the whiteboard. In SketchUp, I created the rectangle for the whiteboard, then the two blocks for the invention. Then, I learned how to export it as an stl. and create the blog post.

Today I learned how to create new things on sketch up. I learned how to create the board on sketch up. It was very difficult to make this design because it was very small, but we worked through it and made the best possible design that we could. We made the design for the power cord handler thing to hang on the white board, and we think that it will be effective and work.

After looking at three potential designs for an effective grabber rack, we decided on a rack that was composed of two pieces.  The pieces would be attached to the top of the whiteboard and would hang towards the front.  We did encounter a problem when considering how to put the actually grabbing part on the board, but eventually decided that the grabber end could hang off the board.  The two pieces of the rack would the front and back of the grabber’s pole.

Our group (Josh, Ross, Shane) made 3 different designs to hold the grabber on the white board. We made on to hang it vertically on front, one horizontally on front, and one vertically on the side. We decided on the horizontal hanger, which has two hooks and supports it across the board. We made it red to contrast the blue of the grabber.

For this assignment, we thought decided to make Mrs. MacDonald a more organized way to hold her writing utensils on her desk. Initially, the tubes were diagonal, but we decided it would work better if they stood straight up. The tubes are big enough for makers and short enough that pencils will not get stuck in there. There is lots of space to put things such as erasers, led, and pencil sharpeners in the middle.

Our groups design was a box that hangs on the wall to hold the USBs and their accessories. An important thing that we added to our design is that there is a little lip around the entire inside of the box that is 1/5 of an inch that secures the USBs and makes sure they do not fall out. We also have a tab at the top with holes for screws to go threw so it can be screwed into the wall.

Our design was a holder on the wall of the flash drive compartments. We started it off with making three designs and we chose one that will be attached to the wall and have an opening to put in the flash drive. It worked out really well and our end result was exactly what we wanted it to be!!

For this project, we created a pencil holder which fits into the open holes in the tables. We had to measure the size of the holes and create a pencil container in SketchUp which fit into each hole. We also added six holes on the side to hold extra pencils and another larger hole on the other side to hold smaller objects such as paper clips and erasers. The center hole which is meant to fit into the tables and is about 5 1/2 inches deep. In the end, we also made a small cover which can slide over the top of the container to close it off when it is not in use.

In sketchup, we learned how to build our own chairs. After we created our chairs, we made a dining area, by importing a rug and then building a table. We had to use orbit tool, guidelines tool, line tool and protractor tool. The skill i found most helpful was the push/pull tool.

At first sketch up was very difficult for me to understand, and it was very hard to use, but as I used it more it got easier

I learned how to make houses, chairs tables, spin things and so on. The first thing I learned how to do was make a box, but until the second session I didn’t know how to spin the screen, or  zoom out ext. but later on I learned how to. 

SketchUp was hard to use and kind of confusing at first because of all the buttons and stuff so I was lost at first. But eventually I was able to figure it out and then create some tables and chairs.

I learned everything in Sketchup because I didn’t know anything about it or what it was before. Sketchup was completely new to me, but I learned a lot about it and the basics of how to make stuff and do what I want to do using the program. This is a useful tool for creating 3D objects.

Today we finalized our project creating a gripper holder in sketchup.  This would attach to the side of the white board and easily hold the gripper.

Here is our design!

I learned how to create a chair and table in sketch-up. I learned how to make precise pieces. I also learned how to rotate objects, pan, and expand shapes, to make them objects.

Here is the dining room table I made!

I learned that it is a whole lot easier to use an external mouse in SketchUp. Also, once you get used to using the rotate tool and how the program works it is really easy to make cool stuff. There are so many different tools in Sketchup it can take a bit of time to get used to but once you do it is really easy to make almost anything you want. There are so many things that you can do with SketchUp and it is really limited to your imagination, and if your good at using it.

While using SketchUp to make this dining room with a table and chairs, I learned a lot of useful features. To make the chair, we used exact lengths, the push/pull tool, the guidelines, and the 2 point arc. In order to make more chairs and position them correctly, we had to use the copy/paste feature and learn how to use the rotate tool.

I learned a lot about Sketch-Up because I had no previous experience with it, except for about 2 classes in middle school. I learned how create shapes, and use the push to make them 3D. I learned how to use the paint bucket to color my creations, as well as how to use guided lines to make accurate shapes. I also learned how to rotate shapes. I made chairs and a table using my knowledge:

Since I had not used Sketchup much, I learned a lot these past few days. We learned a little bit about each tool and how they work. We also learned the important lesson of how to undo!! Lastly, we learned we could make lines a certain length and typing enter, which was very helpful. Now I feel comfortable utilizing these tools to create whatever I want.

During our time using Sketchup, which was mostly a review for me, we created a table and chairs.  The chairs helped me review all the tips and tricks of creating an object to the correct size, and the table helped me review rotation and proper object movement.  I did learn how to assemble a collection of items into a component, but the rest was a nice refresher to the world of Sketchup.

To be honest, I have used Sketchup quite a bit in the past (I really wanted to be an architect when I was young), so I didn’t learn anything new with the program these past couple of classes. Below is the picture of the dining set I created.

This is a picture of an abstract table that I created using the program SketchUp.  The chairs and the table were constructed over a few hours total, and it was very challenging.  This was done by numerous rotations, push/pulls, and slides.  I look forward to using SketchUp more often!

Last week we learned about sketch-up. I learned a lot about sketch-up such as shortcuts. Before it was very tedious to click back and forth to switch between tools, but by learning the shortcuts it was much faster. I also learned about new tools. By using these, I was able to accurately remake the dining room set pictured below.

While using Sketch Up I learned how to make a chair and a table. I learned how to change the color of the chair and table. I also learned how to make the chair and table a component. I also learned how to rotate the chair sideways and vertically.

I learned a lot about Sketch Up while making these chairs and this table. I used to just play around and let whatever happen on sketch up happen. However, I learned how to measure objects and to make them a certain size. I learned how to cut out pieces and rotate or move pieces around. I also learned how to put something actually on top of another thing and not just floating in space. Basically, I learned how to specify and create more accurate objects. 

I learned how to use the “push-pull”, “rotate”, and “move” tools in Google SketchUp. With this new information I built a table with chairs.

I learned how to use sketch up and design things. I made a chairs and a table

I learned how to use SketchUp. In SketchUp I learned how to make chairs and lots of different items. I learned how to orbit and how to place things on other objects. I also learned how to rotate item to fit them onto other faces of items.

I learned how to use Google SketchUp for the first time. I learned how to create object and make them 3D with colors and cool stuff to make them more complex. I also learned how to create a table and chairs and they looked very pretty.

I learned how to use a bunch of different tools in SketchUp. I also learned how to make exact measurements so that what I make is proportioned correctly. Both of these things helped me to make this chair and dinning room set.

I learned to operate sketch up, specifically the tool functions, how to build certain shapes, and how to maneuver objects.

For the past week we have been working with sketch up.  We have made a dinning room set.  This set had three chairs and a table.  The class learned how to rotate, measure, and move objects along the three axis.  We created objects with tools such as the push/pull.  Here is my dinning room set.

I was already familiar with SketchUp, but I learned some good tricks on navigating and not getting lost in the endless universe of SketchUp. Rotating and grouping was also new to me, so now it’ll be easier to create things in the future.

In the project, we learned how to properly move, rotate, and duplicate objects in Sketchup. We first made a chair by using the draw and push/pull tool. Then we added a table for the chairs to sit around. Then we duplicated the chairs and used the rotate tool to position them around the table.

I had only used SketchUp once before this experience and that was in 7th grade for a project. When we did that project though, SketchUp wasn’t really explained to us and we were just kind of thrown into it and had to figure it out on our own. While using it in this class, I got to learn everything step by step and I know so much more now than I did then. I learned things such as making a component, how to alter the dimensions, how to navigate moving and rotating items, and more.

Here is the product I made with Google SketchUp: