9/26

Today in class, we started off by playing around with the tools in Fusion 360. More specifically, we learned about the sculpt mode and create tool, which allowed us to make more organic 3d shapes. After 15 minutes, we started watching tutorials on using the preferences bar, how to save projects, and how to view the object from different viewpoints simultaneously. Afterwards, we used our newfound knowledge to save, name our prototype, and edit the size of our shapes. In addition, we played with the four screen display, and grid options to see which one we liked the most. This is possible by going to the bottom bar, and clicking on the "display setting" icon , the "grids and snaps" icon, or the "viewports" icon.

 Finally, we finished by using the step process and editing and redoing shapes that we weren't happy with.


Overall, today got us one step closer to prototyping and designing our product to help people with a certain disability.

9/22

Today in class we first finished up our slides and blogs, before starting to work in fusion 360. Our first task was to create an "L" looking shape, then fix the angles to 90 degrees and make the sides equal in length. Everyone, including Mr. Neale, had problems with the program but we were able to find the solution to most of them. We learned several techniques, such as clicking the desktop and hitting "S" on the keyboard to open up a small search menu or Ctrl clicking the desktop to open a menu that helped with the sketching. Our final task of the day was to create an organic looking shape using the spline tool, then make it 3D by using the "Press Pull" tool.

9/16

Today in class we had to write our design brief and design spec.
The design brief was a short summary of the idea you have for your design. You would introduce your idea, who you're designing it for, and why it is important to design a product that will solve this solution. The design spec was more specific to your idea. You had to answer and think about the specific aspects of your product such as aesthetic and safety requirements, function, properties and size constraints. This is where you really start to go into detail about your design. These two steps are really important so that we have a clear view of what our original intents for our idea was later on in this semester.
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9/14

Today in class we started research on different products for our immersion project. We are almost done filling out the table with questions, our justification and our answers. Today was mostly about research rather than adding to our portfolio's. As Mr. Neale said in class we want to finish our research and really think about what we want to produce before we add to our portfolio's. The homework for tonight was finish our research and finish the table for our portfolio's.

9/12

           In class today we did some of the final steps of our immersion. We re-watched our interviews that we did for homework and recorded the answers to our questions. After that we had to think of possible solutions to our specific problem for an impaired person. For the rest of the period we did research. We had to see if our idea has already been done before, and if not how we were going to accomplish it, if not too unrealistic. The homework for that day was just to finish up the research and our portfolios so that we can start to finish up the immersion process and move on to the next step. 

9/8

Today in class our main focus was choosing the task we wanted to address and working on our interviews. After we had all decided on the task we want to make easier for the people with the disability we've chosen, we started talking about the next step in our process. We're each going to interview a person who experiences or has experienced the disability we're working with in order to gain some useful information and better understand the needs of people with our disability.

We watched a few videos about what makes a good interview to help us come up with five good questions we can ask the person we are interviewing.

Finally one student did a practice interview in front of the class to help us prepare for our real interviews.

9/6

In today's class we took the CAD Design Principles Quiz, where we learned about the rules and requirements of Design and Fabrication class. After that, we started working on our portfolios on Google slides. We had to describe three tasks difficult for people with specific impairments.