The first project of the individual rotations for me was the 3D printing Inventor project. For this project we have a large selection to chose from of what we want to make. With some though and research, I decided that the most useful thing that I could make would be a tooth brush holder. I was somewhat unsure of where to start so i did dome research on the internet and found a design that I could create and call my own.
Now that I had an idea of what I would be making, I went to Inventor to begin my project. I started by creating a 5 by 3 inch cylinder, and went from there.
Through the multiple steps of 2D sketches and Extrusion I made my project. Along with the extrusions, I added some extra essentials to it such as using the fillet tool, and using arcs to create the holes that would keep the tooth brush in place.
Now that I had finished the project on Inventor, it was now time to set up my Toothbrush on Makerbot, so I could print. I exported the file on Makerbot and set it to a relevant size.
The makerbot set up for the project was relatively similar to the widgets, however, due to the way my project was built I had to turn on the support so the object would not fall apart when printing. I was now able to see how the object would print along with how the support works.
I then saved to my flash drive and went to print. unfortunately I was unable to get a further in the process photo due to the large amount of time the object would need to print.
What I had learned from this project was independence. The part the I enjoyed about it was that I was not restricted with my creation, When doing the widgets there was a specific way to make then, but with this project I was allowed to freely create my own toothbrush holder with the personal design that I chose. Although it was a difficult and long procedure, my creating is both good looking and fully functional.