Introduction to Freehand Drawings
The definition of Freehand is "Sketching which is done manually without the aid of instruments such as rulers." Freehand drawing in Autodesk requires us to draw the 3D object in Autodesk Inventor without measuring the piece or recording them in Engineering notebook. This needs the student to visualize the object in their mind and approximate the length for the object accurately. We have to use the lessons we learned when we did the other basic Inventor works. We also needed to apply the skills in Inventor quickly since we need to model the much more sophisticated piece in about 1 week. We did the freehand drawing after we already learned every Inventor skills and this is the project that requires us to put in all we have learned.
Below is my Piece of desktop tape in Autodesk and actual life.
Below is my Piece of desktop tape in Autodesk and actual life.
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This is the Word Document I turned in for my Freehand Drawing project with the comparison of my autodesk piece and the actual picture of the desktop tape.
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Conclusions
The Freehand Drawing serves as a really good review for the Autodesk skills that is required to be a good designer in Engineering field. It applies to very thing we have learned in Autodesk, includes all the different functions such as extrusion, revolve, coil, emboss, sweep, decal, shell, fillet and different planes, etc. It's a good assessment for students to see how confident they are with Autodesk. This project is rather fun than being challenging. I enjoyed my time modeling pieces in this AutoCad software and this helped me strengthen these skills in my mind.