J RUNDQUIST

Sheet Metal

2012-02-02T13:14:00.001-05:00

Oh sheet metal... so useful but so tedious
After going through the inventor tutorials for sheet metal, I was assigned to a piece of sheet metal to model in Inventor. the lucky piece of scrap happened to be a Simpson Strong-Tie! A piece so over looked in every building (mainly because it is covered up) is actually really complicated and ingenious. I chose to model it in metric because I tested out a few basic measurements and they all came out to be closer to an easy millimeter more often than a happy inch (cough cough USA).

Above is the fancy not-so-fancy rendering now available in Inventor 2012 with it's crazy power sucking Ray Tracing. Looks cool for a quick print screen eh? Took maybe 2 classes (one of my days) to do the actual model of it yet the drawing was much more complicated.

When I first started to make the flat patter, it froze, then when it finally loaded it was set at a 45deg angle. I had to quickly learn how to instantly adjust the 'definition' of the flat pattern to make it level, straight, square, and plum and stuff. After a few minutes of tricking Inventor, it all came true. The next hard part was fitting all those dimension in the B size sheet. I know I'm probably going to have a good bit of them missing but after a few minutes of staring at it, I don't think I can actually fit any more in there. So instead of taking another day of staring, I figure I should just move on and draw something else.
... So that's what I plan to do...

BACK IN CLASS

2012-01-18T13:14:00.002-05:00

HEY LOOK! I AM BACK IN CLASS! IMAGINE THAT.

THIS YEAR I AM IN TECHNICAL MANUFACTURING AND 3D MODELING (YES INVENTOR IS ALREADY MY STRONG SUIT BUT THAT'S OK, DON'T ASK).

SO, EVEN THOUGH IT IS MY AREA OF "EXPERTISE", I AM STILL LEARNING A LOT IN INVENTOR. THESE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS I HAVE BEEN DOING WELDS. AUTODESK INVENTOR MAKES THEM A BIT EASIER THAN IN AUTOCAD EXCEPT FOR THE PART THAT THERE IS NOT A STRAIGHT FORWARD WAY TO DO A PLUG WELD. YOU HAVE TO SPLIT THE FACES AND MAKE IT A FUNKY GROOVE WELD. HERE IS A LINK TO A QUICK TUTORIAL MY TEACHER (J REECE) MADE FOR HIS BLOG.

AFTER A FEW DRAWINGS THAT SPECIALIZED IN DIFFERENT KINDS OF WELDS, THIS DRAWING HAS ALL OF THE BASICS. ITS GOT A FEW GROOVE WELDS, A FILLET WELD, AND THE CRAZY PLUG WELD. EACH WELD ALSO VARIES IN SPECIAL FINISHES AND WHETHER IT IS ANNOTATED TO BE ON BOTH SIDES OR NOT.

Out of the Dust - Tool Posters

2011-09-03T21:13:00.001-04:00

SO I HAVE NOT TOUCHED THIS IN A WHILE, BUT I HAVE MADE SOMETHING THAT COULD ACTUALLY BE USEFUL TO OTHER PEOPLE! THESE ARE POSTERS MADE FOR TOOL SAFETY AND USE FOR THE CIRCUITRUNNERS SAM EISEN WORKSHOP. SO FAR, I HAVE JUST MADE THEM FOR THE LARGE STATIONARY POWER TOOLS IN THE SHOP. THEY INCLUDE GENERAL TIPS OF USE AND ICONS DISPLAYING GENERAL SAFETY PRACTICE SUCH AS TO WHERE SAFETY GLASSES, EAR PLUGS, ETC. OF COURSE, THEY ARE GREEN (GO CIRCUITRUNNERS!) AND HAVE SOME NICK-NAMES OF THINGS SUCH AS THE SLAVE, A HORIZONTAL BAND SAW. I GIVE YOU ALL RIGHTS TO COPY THESE FILES AND DO WITH THEM AS YOU MAY.

SKYVENTURE

2010-04-06T23:26:00.000-04:00

OK SO IF YOU ARE EVER IN ORLANDO FLORIDA, ALL YOU EVER HEAR ABOUT IS DISNEY AND UNIVERSAL AND OTHER TOURIST TRAPS BUT SKY DIVING IS PROBABLY THE BEST TRAP TO EVER FALL INTO! IT IS ACTUALLY COSTS ABOUT THE SAME IF NOT LOWER THAN A PARK TICKET, BUT THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN ANY COASTER OR RIDE IN ANY OF THE DISNEY/UNIVERSAL PARK! AFTER GETTING SUITED UP, YOU JUMP INTO A VERTICAL WIND TUNNEL THAT SIMULATES FREE-FALL! EACH RUN IS THE SAME AS ONE ACTUAL JUMP AND YOU GET TWO RUNS! AND THE GREAT THING IS THAT IT REALLY IS NOT ALL THAT MUCH TOURISTY! YOU DO NEED TO CALL FOR RESERVATIONS IN THE HOLIDAY SEASONS THOUGH. THIS PLACE IS COMPLETELY LEGIT THOUGH, PROFESSIONAL SKY DIVE TEAMS AND EVEN THE MILITARY USE THIS PLACE TO PRACTICE BECAUSE IT IS A WHOLE LOT CHEAPER THAN GOING UP IN PLANES HUNDREDS OF TIMES! I HAVE RIDDEN EVERY RIDE AT BOTH UNIVERSAL AND DISNEY PARKS IN ORLANDO AND THIS IS THE ALL-TIME BEST THING TO DO EVER!

EARLY MORNINGS

2010-04-06T11:29:00.004-04:00

SO ON MONDAY APRIL 5TH, WE WOKE UP AT 12AM TO DRIVE FROM ORLANDO TO TITUSVILLE, FL TO GO TO SPACE VIEW PARK TO SEE THE SHUTTLE LAUNCH! IT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST EPIC THING I HAVE EVER SEEN! THE ENGINES LIGHT UP THE SKY ENOUGH TO WHERE YOU COULD READ A NEWSPAPER IF YOU WANTED TO! A SHORT WHILE AFTER YOU SEE IT, YOU HEAR AND FEEL IT. THE RUMBLE IS HEARD AND YOU CAN FEEL THE AIR PULSING AROUND YOU! ONCE IT IS HIGHER, THE BOOSTERS FALL OFF, AND THEY ARE OFF TO SPACE AND AN AWESOME GLOW APPEARS AROUND THE SHUTTLE WHEN IT IS EXITING THE ATMOSPHERE. THE LAUNCH WAS AT 6, BUT WE HAD TO BE THERE AT 3 TO EVEN GET A PARKING SPACE! AFTER SOME CAMERA TROUBLES, THESE ARE THE BEST PICTURES I HAVE.

SHAFT BEARING

2010-03-31T10:33:00.000-04:00

THIS WAS... FUN! VERY COMPLICATED WITH TONS OF BOOK ERRORS. THIS DRAWING INCLUDES A FULL SIDE VIEW, PARTIAL FRONT, SIDE AUXILARY AND A BREAK VIEW! GLAD WHOEVER'S SHAFT NOW HAS A BEARING BRAKET!

SLOT BRACKET

2010-03-31T10:25:00.000-04:00

THIS IS ANOTHER FUN DRAWING TO PRACTICE AUXILARY VIEWS. I ACTUALLY MESSED UP AND MISS-READ THE INSTRUCTIONS AND THE TOP VIEW WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A PARTIAL BUT I MADE IT FULL. DEFINATLY HAD FUN WITH THE COUNTER-SUNK HOLES IN THAT VIEW!

AUXILARY VIEW

2010-03-31T10:21:00.001-04:00

THIS IS THE FIRST AUTO CAD DRAWING OF THE AUXILARY VIEW SECTION.

VANCOUVER 2010

2010-02-28T19:37:00.003-05:00

THESE ARE THE TOP MEDAL COUNTS FOR THE WINTER OLYMPICS AS OF THE CLOSING CEREMONIES!

<a href="http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-medals/" title="Vancouver 2010 Medals">View the vancouver2010.com medals' table</a>

MAPS

2010-02-05T11:29:00.001-05:00

TODAY WE TESTED OUT ESRI'S MAPPING TOOL. WE USED IT TO FIND THE GENRAL DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE SCHOOLS OUR BASKETBALL TEAM PLAYED.

10-49

2010-02-04T11:27:00.000-05:00

THIS IS A FUN DRAWING. IT IS A GENERAL DRAWING OF AN EYE HOOK THAT DISPLAYS FOUR DIFFERENT SIZE OF EYE HOOKS, EACH HAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS. MR. REECE WANTED US TO PUT THE TABLE IN AS AN AUTOCAD TABLE BUT I DID IT IN EXCEL ANYWAYS THEN LATER EXPIREMENTED WITH THE IMPORT LINKS WITHIN AUTOCAD. EVENTUALLY I GOT IT FIGURED OUT AND THERE IT IS! I PREFER EXCEL BECAUSE IT IS MORE USER FRIENDLY THAN AUTOCAD'S REPLICA OF IT.

10-47

2010-01-29T11:24:00.003-05:00

THIS IS THE DRAWING OF THE WEEK. I HAD SOME PROBLEMS EXPORTING THE IMAGE, SO I DID IT IN MODEL SPACE INSTEAD OF THE SHEET. THIS ONE HAD A LOT OF HOLES SO A TABLE WAS USED TO DIMENSION IT. I WAS JUST GLAD I KNOW ABOUT THE MIRROR COMMAND SO I ONLY DREW THE TOP HALF AND MIRRORED IT DOWN.

FIRE AND WATER

2010-01-28T21:51:00.011-05:00

I MAINLY JUST THOUGHT THIS PICTURE WAS REALLY COOL AND WANTED EVERYONE ELSE TO SEE IT!

EC2-3

2010-01-26T10:29:00.001-05:00

THE LAST DRAWING I POSTED WAS NOT VERY VISIBLE SO NOW THIS IS BETTER.

FIRST POST

2010-01-25T10:38:00.002-05:00

THIS SEMESTER AT WHEELER HIGH SCHOOL, I AM IN ENGINEERING GRAPHICS, THE SECOND OF MY DRAFTING CLASSES WITH MR. REECE! IN THIS CLASS I EXPECT TO LEARN HOW TO DEVELOP SKILLES IN DIMESIONING, TOLERANCEING, PICTORIALS, AUXILIARY VIEWS, INTERSECTIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS. THIS CLASS FITS IN TO MY EDUCATION PLANS BECAUSE SOME TIME LATER IN LIFE, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PROPERLY DRAW OUT AND DESIGN MECHANICAL PARTS USED IN THE WORLD.