Kylew-7B

Assignment P: In this assignment I had to work on understanding the views that the book gives you. The book does give you some weird views later in the book, but this is probably the hardest on to understand. I guess that some more complex objects like machine parts would have complex views like these. The only problem I ran into was understanding the sides and it helped when I gave each side a specific label. I was very successful with this assignment and labeling sides might help me in the future. Assignment Q: This assignment focused on learning how to make the middle of the pipe and using the create blends tool. Blending is when you round off the sharp edges. I haven't used the tool to make the curved part of the pipe anywhere else, but I use blends in a lot of projects.Assignment R: this Project was mainly about learning to make part of the object at a different angle from the rest of the object. I haven't really used this apart from this assignment. You could use this in making some things that have to stick out from the rest of the object. The only problem I had was using the mirror copy command (mirror copy copies the object across a line of symmetry) to copy everything except for the cylinder, but I easily figured out what I was doing wrong. I also had a little bit of trouble using the blend commands, but I just clicked to many lines at once. I figured out how to use blend and I also figured out how to not copy the whole project with the mirror copy command.Assignment S: In this drawing I worked on making different layers. Each layer is a separate thing and you could turn it off and make it invisible when you need to work on something when it is in the way. I've never used any layers in of the other projects that I've finished. This would be helpful in designing the inside of objects after you've already made the outside because you could make the outside invisible while you work. I didn't really run into any problems with this and I think I did really well. Assignment T:In this assignment I was working on using the subtract command to make a mold of the Yo-Yo that I made previously. Some of the more intricate objects can be made easily by using the subtract command. The only real problem I had with this project was getting the basic block for the mold in because I didn't put my Yo-Yo in the exact center when I made it. Assignment U: In this assignment I learned how to make metal bends. Metal bends are used almost every time that you do something with sheet metal. I really didn't run into any problems with this assignment because the book told me exactly what to do. I had a little trouble with the next assignment, but not much.Assignment V:This assignment was also working on metal bends. Since this project was working on the exact same thing as the previous one there isn't much to say about metal bends that I already haven't said. I did have a little bit of trouble on this assignment. I had to try a lot of different orders to get the metal to bend the way I wanted it to, but after I played with it a little bit I got it to work.Assignment X: In this assignment I worked on making a bottle by using a bunch of different circles to make the basic shape of a bottle. Using circle to build the shape of a solid could be useful in making things such as: handles, car parts, and containers. I didn't really have any problems with this assignment as the book told me exactly what to do, but it would be difficult to figure out what circles you need to make the basic shape if nobody told you how.Assignment Y: For my reverse engineering project I chose to create a key. I outlined the key on graph paper before I started the project. I enlarged the key on a 3:1 scale so that i could see the smaller detail easier. In order to make the key, I will draw out the key on the program and use the extrude command in order to make the basic shape. Then I will blend the rough edges into rounded edges. I will make a block and extend it with an arc to make some of the grooves in the key. I will draw an outline of some of the other finer details and use extrude to place them in the correct position. My plan mostly worked for this project. One of the problems that I had was making the grooves on the key. I Originally planned to make a block and then use the trim command with an arc to change the block into the right shape. Instead I drew out the shape of the groove and used the extrude command to change the shape into a block. The other main problem that I had was that I ran out of time while working on this project. I got permission from Mr. Bailey and skipped rounding off the sharp edges of the key.
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