ENGR 2192 Introduction to Making Spring 2026

  Process: I began this project by following the car tutorial in Fusion to learn how to use the Form tool. After learning the basics of the form tool, I brainstormed for my personal project and ended up deciding to create a red panda. I started with a quadball with vertical symmetry for the face and slowly added edges and subdivisions as I molded it. I pulled out the ears and the snout (mouth? muzzle? I'm not sure the official terminology for a red panda's face) then worked in depth to allow for eyes to sit within the head. I also carved out a mouth over multiple iterations to try and create some level of expression. After molding the head, I moved on to trying to create the body. Originally, I was attempting to create the body and legs as one solid piece, but that created a lot of impossible geometry and made my creature look like something out of a horror movie, so I abandoned that plan. I went back to the drawing board and decided to create a fairly simplistic body and legs...

Process My design was fairly simple, as I wanted a shape that would be easy to print. I was aiming for a classic sheet ghost with a little smile. I started with a simple box, rounded the edges, and made the bottom edges ripple like a cloth in motion.  To inset the eyes and mouth, I cut into the model using the extrude tool. I wanted to make the ghost appear happier, so I came back and changed the circular eyes to small crescents. I shortened the model slightly to reduce print time and adjust the proportions, and was finally ready to print.  Once it was done, I removed the supports and sanded the layer lines. It printed well, though as the top flattened out the layer lines became more obvious. This is pretty much unavoidable with this nozzle size and layer height though. To further smooth the exterior and add some color, I borrowed some primer paint from the maker space and applied it to the ghost. This was my favorite part of the process, as I was able to use some techniques I...

 Shumyla Lopez: Project 3 3D Printer  Process: For this test, I had a lot of learning curves in understanding the sculpting process for the fusion program. I initially wanted to create a chameleon that would be used as a jewelry holder, however, the original design had many errors, such that there was a lot of impossible geometry. I also realize that it is pretty difficult to create curved elements in the sculpting mode. Therefore, I had to problem-solve how I would give the original chameleon design a curved tail. I ultimately decided to give the model a straight tail, so that it could be used to hold the rings. I was also experiencing a bit of difficulty understanding the dimension/scale of the model, which ultimately resulted in a large-scale chameleon. After a few attempts at fixing the impossible geometry, I finally had a chameleon model that felt more natural and organic. I had downloaded the file as an ST file and sent it to one of the personal 3-D printers, as the bamb...

Process For this project, we were instructed to use the Create Form tool in Fusion 360 to fabricate an organic model to eventually print on the makerspace’s Bambu 3D Printers. Going into this project, I knew that I wanted to make a small-scale recreation of a Freddy Fazbear plush from the horror indie game, Five Nights at Freddy’s. I chose to make this project because one of my hobbies is crocheting and in the past, I had tried to create this very plush through the medium of yarn. As a result of this, I felt that I had a very good understanding of the overall form of the plush and what shapes I would need to best recreate it. I felt this project was something feasible for my first attempt at creating organic forms with Fusion 360. In the actual fabrication process of this project, I started by creating two spheres of the same size, one for the head and one for the body. This would help the project to be read more like a plush and make it cuter with its chibi-like shape. From there,...

Process I knew going into this that I wanted something to help me with modelling. I initially wanted to make a large folding toolbox similar to the one shown in Toy Story 2, but realized that it would be incredibly difficult and time-consuming. I also thought about making a tray for assembling midels, but that didn't really fit the requirements of the assignment. I ended up settling on a box with compartments to hold leftover parts from my kits that could be used in future projects. These are commonly known in the modelling community as "bits boxes." I initially sketched out a design with a hinged lid, but I thought it would be too difficult to design the hinge from scratch, so I shifted to a sliding lid design. I divided the interior into four small compartments and one large one in order to store bits of various sizes. I decided to go with a ramshackle theme for the box, inspired by the orks from Warhammer 40K. I love these guys, expecially because if they believe somet...

  Process:      I began this project in Fusion following the pencil holder tutorial. Once I finished learning how to design a laser cutting project through sketches, I started on my own design. I decided that I wanted my project to serve as a deck box for various types of cards, so when I was drafting my sketches I made sure to set the dimensions using parameters for the box thickness as well as a standard playing card's height and width. The box was designed to include two sections, which required me to add a central dividing section that would lock into the base. I really enjoyed the process of using sketches in Fusion as it allowed the overall project to come together much quicker than drafting each of the pieces individually. After extruding my sketches and designing the base of my box, I moved on to deciding how to incorporate a lid. I originally wanted to include a hinged lid similar to my tool tote, but after experimenting with a separating lid design I chose ...

Process For this project, we were instructed to cut out and engrave a storage box using the Epilog Fusion Edge and Rayjet R500laser cutters in the makerspace. In addition to the storage box, we also needed to use the xTool laser cutter to engrave a design into a coin and embed it into the box. Going into this project, I knew that I wanted to create a storage box that would fit under the monitor stand at my desk at home. Since I knew where I wanted my box to fit, I had a height constraint for my box of 3”. Another thing I wanted from the box was to hold various knick-knacks and trinkets that I had floating around my desk, such as crochet hooks, needles, stitch markers, flash drives, and whatever else managed to find its way to my desk. Because of this, I knew that the compartments of the box would need to be of various sizes so that they could actually store the items I had in mind for it. This resulted in my box having four major compartments, with two being 4” by 4” and two being 4” b...