Nit Picking

HELLO wildkats, this week was so stale.. and I am a little frustrated. I managed to finish 80% of the instructions for the CNC Milling Machine, and I might need to get 10000 more books to finish the entire instructional guide. :( I am left with the execution of the machine - AND IT IS TIME FOR SOME SWEET ACTION!!!!

This book will be my bedtime story book for the next 17 weeks!! ;') There were lots of precaution that I have to take note of as one tiny mistake could lead to a grave accident. And therefore, I have to re-read to double check if my instructions was clear enough for the end user to comprehend.

As we were unable detect the machine's control panel, we decided to make it 2D instead & animations would be done with After Effects - Somehow when we import from Creo to Vuforia it doesn't show the animation. There is also another minor issue we have encountered - the orientation of the tablet that we have yet to solve...

To end this of, I'll update you about how our FIRST presentation went. Overall, Mr David was satisfied with our slides but there is still a big room for improvement. I was flabbergasted on his feedback as there were so many important points to take note of - font size, consistent background, colors, etc. And hence, we would be having our improved presentation on Wednesday, 9th October 2018 to our Co Supervisor, Ms Wong Kwee Yin. Hopefully, it would meet their expectations! *fingers crossed*

See you next week! :D

Ashley

Week 04: First Mini-Presentation

Updates for the week:

This week has been quite a frustrating one from what I can recall. Well, to start things off, I've been working on that new idea I mentioned in my previous blog post which is to display a 2D animation/rendering of the CNC control panel. The purpose of the 2D animations of the panel is to guide users on how to operate the CNC machine without any help from lecturers and lab's technical supervisor officer (TSO).

Although the idea seems simple and doable if I were to compare it to the old idea, creating the 2D animations themselves was no easy task. Before I could start with creating the animations, I had to learn a whole new set of software and to make things worse, I have no idea if they can produce the end product that I have in mind.

Knowing the challenges that I would face, I went ahead and started learning the different software with a positive mindset

Well, this was the week when we had our first mini-presentation to our project supervisor and all things considered, it actually went better than I expected. My team mates and I were pretty fortunate to only start presenting in the 4th week of our MDP as compared to other groups which had it rougher since they needed to present as early as the 2nd week.

That will be all for this week's post.

-Khai

The First Inventor

With Presentation fast approaching, I thought I'd throw a couple of things I did the past week. I honestly feel as though I've been clicking my days away. This week, I wanted to document the process of creating a couple of 3D models in a software, sharing the challenges and progress I've faced.

The last time I used AutoCAD Inventor was during my internship, 6 months ago. Since then, I've lost touch with my Inventor skills. That being said, I'm definitely a CAD girl, whereas my other team members are better at Vuforia Studios, as I got the hang of it in a jiffy.

The tedious part of this process was measuring the dimensions of the parts needed. We were unable to bring the workpieces up, hence, I had to continuously run up and down from the workshop back to the class if I missed out any measurements. Regardless, I managed to get all the

required dimensions.

Not to mention, thanks to Mr. Poh, he provided me with some of the completed workpieces in a CAD file. With his great help, it helped lessen my workload. Nevertheless, there were a couple of parts I had to create to make the workpiece complete.

For the most part, I have yet to complete many models such as the drill tips and gauges, but I'm determined to get it completed so the team can progress faster. I have created a playlist filled with inventor tutorials I used when I needed to recap or if you're interested in trying out a new

software: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWLXZdBT3tCW44ZPYmyQ14Z0_5bzNdH3K

All the best & See you soon!