For our group i was given the task of CAD designer as it gave me basic skills i could possibly use for 3D modelling, also i was the person in the group that had the best grip around the SolidWorks program we would be using in designing for the fabrication process. Our apparatus was going to take the shape of an observatory, fitting in the way that we were observing the stars but also relevant to the idea of astronomy in general.
I found designing the pieces to be quite easy as the majority of the shapes needed for our apparatus were fairly simple shapes like cylinders or domes etc. The part that took the longest was figuring out with the group what dimensions we wanted for the apparatus. The general opinion was that bigger was definitely going to be better in terms of appearance, I was just slightly worried about transporting the apparatus to each location because of this but i'm sure we will figure it out.
Jared has spent the week working out a max patch using the downloaded youtube video as footage, and was working on getting the stars to create sound.
Overall it has been a productive week.
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