User:Nkim5706/ENES-100/Project 1

Week0 Task

 * Project Rube Goldberg requires very creative thoughts and imagination.
 * Think about a topic or theme.
 * Look up some Rube Goldberg projects and get some ideas.

Week1 Narrative

 * I've searched for Rube Goldberg projects on the Internet and chosen my top 5 creative projects and posted.
 * Here's my TEAM /CDIO1/ page.

My Second Task

 * My second Task is that analyze Coke Rube Goldberg project such as materials, designs, technique they've used.
 * There are so many creative projects and thoughts out there. I'll get some ideas from them and get started to design my machine.
 * Find a program which I can use to design a simple Rube Goldberg machine and learn it.

Week2 Narrative

 * For this week, I downloaded SketchUp and learned how to use it like basic tools. It's quite complicating to learn and to use but very useful, because I can draw images as 3-dimension and even make them moving by combined Sketchup with Sketchyphysics, and I can see how my machine is actually going to work.
 * I successfully built a solid ramp even though it took so long. I recorded a video to show how the solid ramp works with a ball and posted it to my CDIO page
 * Here's my ===/Personal CDIO/=== page.
 * For the other team mates, I uploaded the direction for creating a solid ramp, so that they can follow and design a machine over the weekend.
 * Analyzed Coke Rube Goldberg projects about what machines and materials are used.

My Third task

 * Design and build a simple Rube Goldberg machine using SketchUp.
 * Look up 3D-warehouse if there are useful designs or machines can be used.
 * Finish up the design and start to think real materials.

Week 3 Narrative

 * Following the professor's command, I documented tutorials for the installation of Sketchup and how to combined with Sketchy physics.
 * In addition, I've developed my simple Goldberg Machine using a couple of designs I downloaded from 3D-warehouse, and I recorded its movement using Camstudio but I had some kind of problem to upload this video so I just put some pictures to show how it moves. I'll upload this video next week.
 * Here's my ===/Personal CDIO/=== page.

My Fourth task

 * Make a tutorial for how to download 3D images which are already made by someone else from 3D warehouse.
 * Develop my design on SketchUp and upload it to my CDIO page.

Week4 Narrative

 * Following professor's command, I changed all the tutorials I've created so far as "Best practice tutorial format."
 * Also, I made one more tutorial for how to download designs from "3D warehouse," since it is a really useful website for Google Sketchup.
 * I put all of designs I made and downloaded together and uploaded its video and finished up this project.
 * Here's my ===/Personal CDIO/=== page.