2. Computer Aided design¶

This week I learned how to use 2 software for 2D designs and 2 software for 3D designs:

2D designs¶

Vectr¶

Creating rectangle for the hook:

Drawing a line for the string:

Drawing a circle for the ball:

Repeating the circle hanged on the string with less opacity:

Pendulum Design¶

Final Design in .svg extension:

I see Vectr is very basic, in opposite to Inkscape which is more professional and has more advanced functions.

inkscape¶

Tutorial 1¶

Tutorial 1

I learned from this tutorial how to:

learn the basics how to move zoom.
Draw square, ellipse and star.
Change size, rotate and skew an object.

Tutorial 2¶

Tutorial 2

In this tutorial, I applied what I learned from tutorial 1 and how to make a logo:

Changing Document size:

There is two important menus: fill and stroke, align and distribute:

Drawing the logo:

Path effects:

a- Corners:

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b- Offset:

Applying the Difference between two objects:

Applying the union between two objects:

Adding a logo from website (https://iconape.com/)

Adding some stars:

Logo desing¶

I see Inkscape is more professional and has more advanced functions than vectr.

3D designs¶

Openscad¶

Cheatsheet

I learned from it how to:

learn simple codes of cylinder, cube, circle.
learn some functions like translate, rotate, difference, color.

Cup Design¶

Creating two cylinders, and taking the difference:

Creating two cylinders, and taking the difference:

Taking the difference between the ring with a cuboid:

Final cup:

Cup design¶

Cup by sayed_ali31 on Sketchfab

I see Openscad is nice, as it is just using coding, which I’m familiar with.

Fusion360¶

Add feedback about every program.

Tutorial

I learned from this tutorial the basics of the Fusion360, and applying them to design a stamp:

Components: I made a component for each part of my design.

The browser contains all components and parts:

(a) Plate part¶

Line: I Selected one of the origin planes to sketch 2D design on it. I used the view cube in the upper right to change the angle of view of the design.

I can draw lines by dragging from some point to a final point, and I can write the length and angle of each line. I press Esc to exit line command. I click right click and then repeat line to reopen the command.

From Solid tab, I open drop-down list named create, and then choose Extrude, and choose the shape to be extruded, and write the thickness.

I can Insert .svg file from Solid tab, or write a text using Sketch from Solid tab, then create a text to be in the stamp. I inverted it horizontally to be correct when using stamp:

I can extrude the text (or .svg file), and choose thickness of extrude:

(a) Handle part¶

I made first a new component for it, after deactivating the plate component.
Project command: is used to project a 3D object in a 2D plane. I used it to project the plate, and then made the handle shape around it.
Offset: duplicates a geometric object with changing its size. I can Flip to choose the shape outside or inside the original shape. I used it to make the size of the handle little larger than the plate.

Construction option in drawing line, is used to draw lines that will be used only for guidance. Traingle tells you that you’re in the middle of the line. I used Construction line to make a circle in the middle of the bottom of the handle: