Week 5 Update

Week 5 Update

Team did not meet outside of lab between week 4 and 5. The 1st 15 minutes of lab in week 5 was reserved for a touchbase meeting with the entire group. The following was discussed.

Bill and Ilana experienced difficulties with the 3D chamfer and fillet options in Fusion 360. They consulted with a more knowledgeable TA who instructed them on how to execute the task. As of lab of week 4, the part is not ready to be printed. It was noted that there was open studio time on Saturdays from 12pm-4pm and on Mondays 9am-5pm. The prototype must be printed by week 6 lab. It was determined that a decision will be made in week 6 whether or not the team will have time to test the prototype load strength in the machine shop, revise the design and reprint before the final presentations.

Bill and Ilana utilizing Fusion360 to design Honeywalk piece prototype.

Due to scheduling conflicts and personal reasons, Spencer and Julia were unable to get to Hagerty library to investigate the books listed in previous update for scale blueprints of the Myers Hall Plot. They committed to meeting early at the library the morning following the Week 5 lab. Spencer updated the blog and took note of Dr. Ellis’ comments on the condition of the blog and components missing from certain pages.

Julia agreed to create a design flow chart to post on the project overview page of the blog during lab time while Spencer elected to finalize the walkway application proposal timeline and prospective budget, the actual budget for the entirety of the Honeywalk Project (creating the prototype, scale model of walkway, illustrations, materials, etc), and the week 5 update. Bill and Ilana continued to improve the Honeywalk piece design.

Julia designing the project flowchart using Lucidchart.

The meeting lasted 20 minutes; afterwards, the team split up to work on their assigned tasks.

Note: The group is approximately 1 week behind schedule as of week 5.