Computer Aided design¶
This weeks main objective was to design a 2D and 3D models using at least two software’s
We were given software’s to choose between :
For the 2D design I personally chose:
1-Vectr¶
For this simple pump design i started by using a big box as th electrical power source and hen addedthe buttons/screen and two lines that represents wires, also i used a cylinder as my pump and two houreglass as cups that contains liquids.
2-GIMP¶
step 1: download GIMP
step2: open new file and change the template to what’s in your favor, I personally changed my x and y resolution to 300 just in case I want to print my design in the future and my precision to 32-bi floating-point.
step3: add guides to make it easy to center your design, and that’s by clicking of image -> guides –> new guide (by percent) –> set the horizontal and vertical to 50 (position)
step4: Start designing
step5:select ellipse tool
step 6:click ctrl shift to have you circle in the center
step 7:go to the edit menu bar and select (FG color)
step8:you’ll have your circle looking like this
step9:then go to select –> none
step 10:repeat steps 5 to 6 again but make the circle smaller
step11:press delete
step12:then go to select –> none
step13:press the creat new layer icon down on the right and then press ok
step14:select the rectangle tool
step15:press crlt shift to have in in the center
step16:dreag you square from the center then click crlt shift
step17: go to edit menu up left choose FG colors
step18:then go to select –> none
step19: draw another square
step20:press delete
step21: then go to select –> none
step22: select the rotate tool
step23:click on the square amd press shift
step24: press enter
step25: create new layer
step26:add text
step27:Add your name or anything you want
For the 3d design i chose
1-tinker CAD¶
step1: open Tinkercad
step2: click create to start a new design
step3:click on 3D
step4: display a cube
step5:expand the base to 50x50
step6: reduce the height to 10
step7: display a traiangle
step8: rotate 90 degrees around the y axis
step9: reduce the height to 6
step10:move it to the center
step11:display a frame
step11: change the dimentions to 50x50
step11:reduce the height to 3
2-Fusion360
Review vecter and Tinker CAD were super simple to the point i felt they will not help in any way if you want a profitional design where both fusion 360 and GIMP are exellent and there are alot of tutirials online using them.