Tutorial series: Design for manufacturing
What you'll learn
Make a template to carve out the outside shape of the lamp. You’ll extend the interior template sketch framework using parallel construction lines and offsetting them to create a basis for the outer template. Customize the offset to fit your router bit’s bearing lines and length.
Transcript
00:00
So once this is completed, I actually want to make a new template that's going to help us carve out the outside shape of this lamp to the appropriate dimensions and also to cut these grooves and things into the part. So I'm going to make an exterior template now and we're going to go back to our original sketch.
00:30
I'm gonna hide this body.
00:35
And we can go back to this sketch here.
00:41
and we're going to start building a template on the outside. So again,
00:52
I'm going to make an extra line out here just to be able to have something to clamp to. Like that.
01:04
I can make this a vertical line.
01:17
So we're going to make these parallel.
01:22
And I'm also going to do a very similar thing over here where I take another line and just extend this out. I'm going to make this a vertical line and I'm going to make these two lines parallel.
01:42
And then I'm going to select this line.
01:48
and all of the associated edges here, and I'm gonna also make an offset. And that's gonna be the basis of our template.
01:59
So this goes all the way around. I can select these. We're just gonna make a simple offset here like that. And we'll call this 10 millimeters. This is gonna vary based on where your bearing location is gonna be on your router bit and how long the router bit is and things like that. But this is gonna be adjustable. So as your tools change, you can change out what those dimensions actually are. So we're gonna get the rough tool built.
02:29
this. Just make this a vertical line.
02:35
and I'm going to...
02:39
just to cap off this sketch area. And that gives us something that we can extrude.
02:51
So with that, we now have a new body, or we can start to make a new body for making a template to make these parts. So I'm going to make this the same as the original body that we were working on. So we're just going to say 50.
03:17
and it should line up with our previous body. So we can look at it together.
03:26
So we can use this template as a clamping piece or we can add this after the fact.
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About the instructor
Andrew Camardella is an Industrial Design Consultant and Faculty member at DePaul University, with a diverse background stemming from his passion for creation, tinkering, hacking, and experimentation. His expertise in the product development process and proficiency with various digital tools enable him to seamlessly translate concepts, 3D models, prototypes, and products between physical and digital realms, enabling clients to address user needs and tackle complex design and manufacturing challenges. His extensive design and fabrication experience spans multiple industries, including consumer and commercial products, large-scale art, digital imaging, packaging, environment design, green design, and instructional content development for a wide range of clients including tech startups, consumer goods companies, artists, and inventors.