And we’re back, bringing you some more of that good good Emerging Tech blog posts. Don’t worry, this ones on me. On this weeks menu is Fusion360, another 3D modeling software but is thankfully much more user friendly than freeCAD. And what better way to begin working with a new 3D modeling software than to test it out with the hello-world equivalent to modeling projects, the cube with hole in middle:
Ain’t she perty? Fusion360 let’s you make some pretty good looking objects right in the program with it’s render function. This allows for some nice reflections and gives some texture to parts of your objects in order for it to look, well, more realistic.
Not so impressive, but the first object never is, so without further ado, let’s move on to the lamp shade:
This was pretty interesting to make, actually. I started by making a little squiggly line in MS Paint, and importing it into the project so that I could make the general shape of the lamp shade:
It’s so beautiful, I could put it in a museum. After copying the the squiggle, I used the rotation tool to spin it on it’s y axis and wabam! A pretty awesome lamp shade was obtained. It seriously only took five minutes, and looks pretty nice.
Now for a returning guest star! The bowler hat:
I put a fresh spot of polish on this sucker just for you guys! Look how it shines! How it gleams! A beautiful hat to perfectly top any ensemble.
It’s even shiny on the inside! A polished dome for your dome!
Last, but certainly not least, the aviators are back!
I actually took a pretty similar approach to how I did it in tinkerCAD. I started with the lenses again, made a slight cut in order to better get the shape of a lens, and then copied the shape and made it a little large, cut out the center, and boom, a lens with a frame.
I also did that little trick with the nose pads where I took the lenses and reshaped them to fit. Hey, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
I actually kind of prefer how to aviators came out in tinkerCAD, but then again, that software was for elementary schoolers, so of course it’s gonna be easier to use.
Another Emerging Tech blog in the books. I hope you enjoyed more 3D modeling stuff as much as I did, and until next time…
Cheers, Taylor Lundy
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