Week 2

Inkscape is a free and open-source vector graphics editor and is quite easy to use. During my time in fab lab Vestmannaeyjar i think i have used inkscape by far the most. It does not take that of a long time to get good control over it and it is fairly user friendly.

Gimp is a free and open-source raster graphics editor. I have almost no experience with gimp ( i have maybe used it two or three times before) and those times i tried using it, i personally did not like it so much. But i decided to give it another go and giving it a chance. I looked at some of the tutorials on the Gimp site and after spending a little time there i got a better understanding of have gimp work and was able to use it more efficiently.

Tinkercad is a browser based 3D design tool, that is a part of the 123D family from autodesk. It’s a really simple tool and a good starting point for people with no experience in 3D modeling. Having been an intern at the fablab for the last few months and helping people around the lab, i have had some experience with tinkercad and done most of the tutorials before. Here are a few photos of my model in tinkercad

Autodesk Fusion 360 This week was my first time using Fusion 360, but i have used Solidworks a little bit before and found this software very similar to it, and there for making the learning curve a bit easier. The first thing i did after getting the software was going through a quite a bit of tutorials on the Autodesk site and after some time getting more familiar with it, i decided to have a try drawing the lightsaber. My first try was definitely not the prettiest saber but at least it was a start.

My second try look much better and more like a lightsaber. Instead of sketching a circle and extruding him (like in my first try) i drew the outlines of one-half of the saber and revolved it.

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