This week finally got around to playing with Solidworks. I was able to generate a basic rendering of what we had in mind for the chassis design. I am still working out how much wiggle room we have between solenoids, but otherwise, I should be set to 3D print soon. Unfortunately, I am not finished with the Solidworks rendering and would like to add some additional features to it, so I will focus on that tomorrow. Here is the 3D rendering that I am currently working on:
From my last status update, I am more or less on schedule. I was not able to get a copy of Solidworks until yesterday, and even then, I had to get a new license from the software catalog and sit through an hour of download times. Tomorrow, however, I will be cleaning up the rendering and adding some features to the design to hopefully improve the overall performance of the accompanyBot.
In addition to the work I will be doing tomorrow, I also hope to figure out how to 3D print, how expensive it is, and how to generate the files necessary to print it out. I also hope to help Nora and Rahul with the serial communication if they do not finish it before the week ends.