Computer Aided Design
I used Adobe Photoshop for my 2D sketch. I have been using GIMP for almost 6 years now, but I used photoshop for this assignment because I wanted to get more familiar with it. Also, another challenge I dealt with was getting use to the new shortcut keys specially with the Mac. But, I like the workspace that photoshop has to offer which doesn't reflect on to my design masterpiece.
By having an architecture influence thanks to my high school classes, the only 3D CAD software I was fairly avid in was sketchUP. But I was kind of rusty when I hopped into it.
I took my architecture class in high school 5 years ago so I was ecstatic when using the tools were muscle memory. I started making the base for my platform, but I difficulty on the next path. I was trying to create wheels by using the cylinder tool on the circular platform and I was getting an error that I couldn't extrude from a round surface. At this point in time, I got flashbacks of when I would sit for hours during class to draw every small line to create an extrudable cylinder. However, I easily made smaller cylindrical wheels and just attached them to the platform.
I was still nostalgic, so I challenged my self to create a knight chess piece on top of my platform. I had alot of difficult creating angled planes because I had to create many lines just to create something I wanted. But, I loved my end result.
