More Printing and Learning OnShape (week 5)

This week I continued working on iterating through designs. I printed Design 4.0, which was a cylinder that had cross divots on each side. The design had potential, but I thought a hook on one end could make it better. I attended a workshop by the Digital Knowledge Center and learned some basics in 3D modeling in OnShape. I wasn’t sure how I was going to make the hook in TinkerCad, so I decided to make Design 5 in OnShape. There was a bit of a learning curve for OnShape, but luckily they have good documentation on their website and I was able to ask my friend AJ for some help. It has been tricky getting printing time with the 3D printer on campus, but I was able to print Design 5.0 over the weekend. My design in OnShape printed successfully, but was too thick, so next week I will have to modify the design. There are not a lot of big updates this week because a lot of it was spent trying to learn OnShape and making my model.

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