Late in October 2020, I attended a design workshop on Generative Design in Fusion 360. I found this to be a really cool process, and wanted to add it to my designers toolkit, so I began trying it out on a variety of things around my house. I think it's a really powerful tool to optimize designs, and am grateful for the opportunity provided by
MIT Pi Tau Sigma to attend this workshop.
MIT Pi Tau Sigma to attend this workshop.
During the workshop, we worked on creating a generative design for a simple caster wheel.
After the workshop ended, I kept playing around with the shapes, loading conditions, and manufacturing types to get a good understanding of how each one would affect the design produced by the algorithm. Good thing I have an educational license right now, because this process would have been cost intensive without it.
I didn't look too far for my next project, which I attempted on the same day. I CADed up my monitor arm and base, hoping to learn a little about what Dell does to design these guys. They've been using the same design for a while, which I can tell because every monitor in my house has the same base and arm design, with only slight variations to the screen and bezels.
Part of attending university online is the monitor, but a large part is also the headset. I spent a lot of time choosing a headset, not only for comfort, but also for mic and audio quality (because I spend time playing video games at my desk too). A headset that I spent so much time selecting deserves a good place to rest. Right now, I have a command hook attached to my wall, but I think I can do a little better.
