Design 603: 3D Computer Aided Design

This course is focused more on product design using Solidworks. Since I am an engineer this has been another really good course that correlates my Design Minor to my Engineering Major. It's good to get the perspective of a designer and to think like one also. Our first major project was to modify an existing power tool and model it using Solidworks. I chose an angle grinder, which we just finished this week.

Our last project will be a product of our choice, which we will have the rest of the quarter to complete (which ends in 3 weeks). So I will post later about that when the time comes.

-amorgan

Design 571: 3D Modeling Visualization

This course is 3D design in Autodesk Maya, which is a really good modeling software for textures using bump and normal mapping and animations.

For our first project, we were to model a chair. My inspiration came from multiple sources so I'll just go ahead and show the results:

Next we were to design an exterior or interior space, which I chose an exterior space. My idea was kind of a modern castle house. In this one I used some bump mapping for the stones, concrete and pool tiles and the built in ocean shader for the water. Maya also has some neat paint effect that I used to create the mist and waterfall.

We are currently working on our third project, which is a revision of one of the first two, where I chose the second project. I'll be completing the landscape and more detail of the house and then have animation of a flyby of the house for the final project, which will come soon.

-amorgan

It's time for more design

So this quarter has been really busy, but with reason. This is my last quarter for my major and I'm taking two modeling classes, which I would like to share with you my work.

I'm gonna break it up into two sections, Design 571: 3D Design Visualization and Design 603: 3D Computer Aided Design. So next post!

-amorgan