Tuesday, 29 March 2011

1st 3D MAX Project

We have received a new project for computers. The requirement for this project is to produce interior 3D rendering of 4 rooms with different types of lighting. Its been a bit difficult starting to use 3D Max because its unfamiliar and different. the renderings that are produced by 3D Max are meant to be of very high quality so it should be worth the effort learning how to use it.

Btech & second year Project

All the Btech students have been given a group of five 2nd year students. We have been given a 2 story house and us as the Btechs need to manage the project and assign drawing to the 2nd years. This project has been a huge learning curve for us because we now see how difficult to get students to produce good work.

Tuesday, 22 March 2011

DKD Assignment 3

We have received Assignment 3 for DKD. All the Btech students have been given five or six 2nd year students as our Drawing team. We have had to split the drawings up between them and manage the progress of the project. This is quite a difficult project because we do not have much experience managing a team but its been going quite well so far so hopefully it will keep going smoothly.

Tuesday, 15 March 2011

KTM SC-DUKE SCOOTER STAND HAND IN

This is my 3D hand in for Construction and detailing, It’s made for the KTM SC-DUKE maxi scooter. KTM design generally has a lot of square angles shapes and that is what i tried to incorporate in my design of the scooter stand. I tried to make the stand one that folds up so the advertising team does not have to deal with a lot of loose peaces of the stand. The canopy of the stand folds up on a hinge when you want to display and has advertisement’s on the inside of it. Two wings slide out of the main base of the stand to create a larger platform to walk on. The ramp scooter and pedestrian access unclips and is placed on top of the main platform. Finally is finished with orange and black the colours used by KTM and has KTM signage placed around it to attract people to the stand  

Tuesday, 8 March 2011

Computer Project 1 : Interior Replication





This is the inter picture I am going to attempt to replicate in Auto Cad 3d, its been about one and a half years since the last time i used Auto Cad 3D so I am just hoping I can remember how to use all the tools. 

Sunday, 6 March 2011

AndCad For Android


I have a Samsung I9000 Galaxy S Smart phone running Adroid OS v2.1. at least once a month i go on the android market and see if any new and interesting apps have been developed and today i found an app called AndCad. It is described as a vector based CAD drafting application and is still in developing stage. The demo i downloaded is v1.8. 2D has the dimensioning tools feature but at this stage the demo can only import DXF files under 100kb in size. I have not rely had time to test it out yet but it will be interesting to see how well its been developed so far. I rely like the idea of being able to got to site and be able to have your full set of plans on your mobile phone but i think its still going to be a little while before they get that right.

Saturday, 5 March 2011

KTM SC-DUKE Maxi Scooter


The KTM SC-DUKE Maxi Scooter is the scooter iv finally chosen for our scooter trailer project after changing my mind a couple of times. Iv always liked KTM and the way they design there KTM motorcycles. The SC - DUKE is a concept scooter at the moment but  is said to have a 1000 cc engine and it would apply the chassis made combined from steel bars and aluminum. The bike will use an automatic transmission with generating power 98 hp with max torque 90 Nm. The scooter predicted would cost about 10,000 Euro. So its not cheap and I'm still trying to understand the fact that a scooter has a 1000cc engine ! but we will have to wait and see if the concept becomes a reality......