Computer-Aided Design
For the 2D design I decided to go with Inkscape
I started off with a square 50x50 mm
Next I added a rectangle and a curved line to look like a button.
Finally I added a circle and duplicated it, making what would be a cutout for the sound to travel through.
For the 3D drawing I used Fusion 360.
I have never used Fusion before but having used programs such as Solidworks I found it rather easy to get the hang of Fusion for they seem pretty similar and there wasn’t a huge learning curve.
Starting off with the same size 50x50 mm square,
I then extruded it upwards by 50mm and rounded the edges using the fillet feature.
With the top view selected I drew a circle with a 10mm radius and extruded. Using fillet again I rounded the edges getting it shaped like a button.
Next I added the cutout for the sound and made it go 2mm invards.
Final step, adding some texture and a background for the render.
Since I had some spare time I decided to try designing my project in Tinkercad, a free online 3D design tool.
My first problem was how I was going to make the edges round when tinkercad is lacking a fillet feature.
I cut a hole from a rectangle with a quadrant of a cylinder getting the 90 degrees. I then used that shape to cut out from a square.
Finally adding basic shapes to make the button and some recolor.
Tinkercad’s pros in my opinion is the cloud based storage system and the ease of use having it run in the browser, also it doesn’t require a lot of horsepower to run. However it does lack many features and it can make the progress slow and frustrating. If you have the chance to run programs like fusion 360 or Solidworks I would definitely recommend that instead.