My Fountain Design

For this project, I used TinkerCAD to create a fountain. It has been a while since I have used TinkerCAD so I started by exploring some learning projects. In fact, the inspiration for this project was the learning project: Build a Fountain Using the Align Tool. While I was a bit disappointed in the simplicity of the tutorial, all the parts were there and all you need to do was use the align tool, I did gain a better understanding of the align tool. I also completed the Build a Roman Dome with Columns learning project. This one was a bit confusing at times, but I was able to complete it by looking at the pictures and figuring out my own way to do something when I did not understand the steps in the directions.

My Process

For my fountain, the first thing I focused on was the bowl, then I created the flower decoration that would be on the side of the bowl. I searched the web for tutorials on how to make flowers in TinkerCAD because I was struggling how to make a petal. I found a short video that was very useful: I learned how to make petals, got better at rotation & duplication, and learned how to make the thin streams I used for water. I actually used the technique from the tutorial on making flower stems. Then I drilled a hole through one of the flowers so I could put a pipe in it. Finally I duplicated the bowl and worked on the base part.

Over all, I am quite pleased with my design. It includes 3 identical bowls sitting at different heights on a base of 3 attached columns. It has flowers at the 4 compass points on the outside of each bowl. I used radial symmetry in the design of the flower decoration and the placement of the flower decoration on the bowls. I have included a close up of the flower decoration so you can see the radial symmetry (symmetry around a point). Unfortunately, TinkerCAD seems to render it with extra lines in between the petals. I think if I were to do it again, I would make every other petal a little bit (0.1mm?) higher than the one on either side. This might provide a little bit better definition in the petals.

Specific info on how I created certain parts.

Let me know if you would like me to add pictures to these descriptions (or create a short vid) and be specific about which one.

Bowl:

1. I started with a dome and flipped it over.
2. Then I used a cube (hole) to cut off the bottom of the bowl.
3. Finally, I duplicated the bowl and made the duplicate a bit (1mm) smaller. I made it a hole and grouped it with the original which hollowed it out.

Flower:

1. A circle became an oval and was used to create 1 petal.
2. One petal was duplicated into 2. The second was placed at the end of the first.
3. Both petals were selected, then duplicated, then rotated (22.5°).
   This sets up a duplication pattern that is automatically repeated each time you press duplicate.
4. The duplication + rotation was repeated to create the 16 petals. A different initial rotation would result in a different number of petals. This was a similar technique to duplicating the columns on the Roman Dome tutorial (linked above)

Water flowing out the pipe:

1. Starting with the squiggle tool, i created the curved shape.
2. I flattened it to a similar looking height as the width.
3. Then I rotated it.
4. I finished by carefully placing and resizing (with a very low snap to grid setting) the squiggle so that it looked like water coming out the pipe.

Click here to see my animation

Animation Reflection

Mr. Potato Head Project

For the Mr. Potato Head Project, first upload you published .swf to the wiki. NOTE: The .swf is the white file that is created when you test or publish your project. Then insert an image of your MPH Project here and create a link back to the animation on the wiki. Use this URL - http://multimedia-fall2010.wikispaces.com/file/view/MPHFinal-YourName.swf

See example below.

Click here to see this animation

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My favorite Alice Project is the Valentine I made.

Transformation Lab Animation

For this assignment I was asked to create an animation explaining the general concepts of the Transformation Lab. Click here to see the animation

I did the Transformation Lab in my BioTech class several months ago (sometime before Winter Break) so I had some difficulty remembering what it was. But after some reminders from my STAR teacher, it all started coming back to me.

In the transformation lab we start with...

Blah Blah Blah

Then we do a transformation. After the transformation we ...

The image to the right illustrates the end results.

Prototype of UI for SciAnim2

This is prototype of the user interface I have designed for the SciAnim2 Project. You can view the finished SciAnim2 projects on the STAR Wiki. The large white area is where the graphics and animation will be. As the teacher, I did not create any graphics or animation, that is the students' job.

Each scene (or page) of this project will have animation. This image is for scene 4 - Streaking the Bacteria. When you first arrive on the page, the animation will be stopped. Clicking the Play Button will play the animation. The animation on Scene 4 will end with the image of a streaked plate. Clicking the Play button again will replay the animation. When the animation is playing, audio of the text will play. The Previous button goes to the previous scene, the Next button goes to the next scene. Clicking any of the buttons will also Stop and previously playing sounds.

For this design I tried to incorporate the following:

• A strong visual framework. - I wanted to locate the various elements on each page so I chose to use shades of gray for each section. A border and title of dark gray, the text on a light gray section, and a white window for the images and animation.
• Repetition - I repeated the Font in the title, text, and buttons... this would also be repeated on every card. Also, the design of the buttons is repeated.
• Alignment - The text, the buttons, and the titles were all carefully aligned with each other and the edges of the page.