My ADST and Drafting Projects
First Up: Cricuit Projects
In ADST we learned how to use the Cricuit machines. A Cricuit is a high accuracy cutting machine that can be used with an app to make many different creative projects. After you have cut your creation, you can put it on a t-shirt, put it on a mug, or many other things. One thing that can be made is stickers, which is what I did for my projects.
This is the first project I made:
Very simple … just my name and a smiley face!
This is the second project I made:
I created this logo to represent our team in the STEAM program. The Thunderbirds! It was complicated to design this, and I was pleased with the result.
This is the third project I made:
This is a logo I made for my science safety infographic. It shows a glass beaker tipped over with liquid spilling out and a circle with a cross over top to represent this is not a good situation. Unfortunately, I was unable to add colour to this design at the time, so it is a little hard to interpret. The liquid spilling out would ideally be green and the circle around with the cross out would be red.
Next Up: 3D Printing Projects
The next thing we did in ADST was 3D printing of balloon cars. Learning how to make the models was not too complicated as I have used Tinkercad many times before. I found learning how to use the 3D printers interesting.
Here is the first balloon car I printed:
Everybody in the class made at least one of these cars by following a tutorial. This model design could not move as it had too small of a hole for the air to come out.
This is the second balloon car I printed:
This car was much improved over the first one. I made the hole much bigger, so that the air would come out fast enough to move the car. The only issue was that the air came out of the balloon too fast, sometimes causing the car to spin wildly about.
| Test 1 | Test 2 |
Test 3 |
Test 4 |
Average |
| 2.4 m | 2.5 m | 1.9 m | 2.7 m | 2.4 m |
This is the third balloon car I printed:
This was my third and final car which produced the best results out of all the cars. I made the hole slightly smaller than the second car, so the air did not come out as fast, allowing the car to travel straighter.
| Test 1 |
Test 2 |
Test 3 |
Test 4 |
Average |
| 3.1 m | 3.5 m | 3.5 m | 2.8 m | 3.2 m |
Overall:
My ADST projects so far have helped me to learn how to use the Cricut and 3D printers. The next project that we will be doing is making a windmill. I think this project will be more challenging as I will need to learn how to use things like supports on the 3D printers.
Online sources I used to help me format my page:
https://surferseo.com/blog/how-to-design-blog/#maintain-an-easy-to-navigate-blog-layout
https://www.canva.com/learn/20-web-design-principles-follow/