📐 WEEK 1: COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN
Learning to dream in CAD
[ MISSION OBJECTIVE ]
This week is all about mastering the digital blueprint phase. We explore design tools, CAD workflows, and the fundamentals of translating ideas into digital prototypes.
[ PROJECT IDEAS ]
- Automated ecosystem with hydroponic plants and small insects
- Liquid air generator
- Bone-induction "musical chairs"
- Cheap, highly portable IoT weather measuring station
- A book which writes itself in real time
Design Inspiration: NuPrint 210 Thermal Printer Housing
As a long-term goal for my final project, I aim to retrofit and redesign the housing of a scavenged NuPrint 210 thermal printer. The following is a 3D rendering of the printer that I will eventually work toward emulating in my fabrication project.
