For this lab, I chose to model a frying pan. As someone who is not a huge fan of the dining hall, cooking has become a hobby that I have continuously improved on throughout the past 3 years. Overall, this design was pretty straightforward and easy. Although this design initially seemed pretty straightforward, I encountered several challenges. I began by extruding a circle to a certain length for the main body. I then proceeded to design the handle, which imposed some difficulty. First, learning how to make an offset plane was difficult, as it was hard to imagine how long the handle should be for scale and what axis the plane should be offset on. Once I figured out how to construct an offset plane, I was able to create a smaller circle on the right plane and extrude it into the body of the pan. This process imposed an additional challenge, as I had to research how to join these parts together. I found that in order to extrude the handle to the body, I had to change “Extent Type” from Distance to “To Object.” Furthermore, I had to change the operation from “Cut” to “Join.” Once I figured this step out, I just had to create an offset and extrude the main body of the pain to create the hole. One compromise I had to make was to have the handle be connected toward the lower half of the body, instead of the center. This was because the handle looked improper if positioned at the center or near the top.
I believe Fushion 360 has a promising future in the field of research and teaching, particularly in research. Since constant ideas are continuously coming into discussions, the ability to quickly design an accurate model can help significantly in the field. Furthermore, Fushion 360 is a great tool to use in teaching to promote creativity and intellectual ideas.
One tip of advice I would give to new users of this software is to try to research as many keyboard shortcuts as you can find. The interface of this software can be quite overwhelming, especially if this is your first-time 3D modeling. Moreover, the shortcuts can help you create models at a faster and more efficient pace.
5 thoughts on “Lab 1 – Frying Pan”
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Cooking rather than going to the dining hall is such an relatable experience. I myself also prefer cooking much more LDC’s overcooked seasonless chicken. A frying pan is actually quite difficult to make because its actually more organic than you would think it is- so it’s really cool that you choose this object and I think you did a great job! And yes I do agree keyboard shortcuts make 3D modeling so much easier especially if you’re using a trackpad.
Great job on the frying pan—it is 100 percent recognizable at first glance. I hadn’t thought to look at any of the keyboard shortcuts for Fusion, but from now on, as we continue to use the program, I will definitely keep that in mind. I think even with the compromise you made to handle the project’s outcome, it still looks realistic.
I think you did an amazing job with this. As soon as I saw that you made a frying pan I knew I had to leave a comment, because similarly to you I am not a big fan of dining hall food, and this year living in a house I have been cooking a lot. I think it is admirable how you didn’t give up and overcame the challenges you faced instead of switching projects to something simpler.
I agree that Fusion 360 has a promising future in the field. Especially when it comes to visualizing potential projects and things of that nature. I also agree that learning the shortcuts would have made things 10x easier to work with the site rather than just using just the keypad to navigate. I would say having to spend extra time on learning the shortcuts is one of the downsides of Fusion 360.
I think this was a great job with fusion for this project! I think that you did a great job explaining the process you went through making the pan. I feel like getting a little bit more experience with fusion would really make this process easier because then we could easily use the shortcuts to make a more pan looking pan.