4/12/17

On Friday, April 7, I went with Kevin to the ME computer lab so we could continue our work on the wooden design for the architectural model. In the lab, since he doesn't know how to use SolidWorks, I had him measure out all the dimensions while I input them into SolidWorks to make a rough design of the existing model. Then, we brainstormed ideas for clamp designs to hold the wooden structure section to the interlocking column. As a reminder, due to the properties of the steel within the interlocking column, we are unable to weld or bolt to it. Therefore, we will use clamps, which we can bolt to itself.

This is what our first iteration of the model looks like. The wooden sections already exist, we just need to fabricate the clamps. We plan on having Professor Youssefi 3D print them. I emailed him on Friday, and now that it's the following Wednesday, I've sent him a reminder email. The clamps for the center and top are shown below. The center clamp picture is shown from the outside (visible to public), the top clamp picture is shown from the inside (invisible to public). There will be two of each clamp piece so that two will attach to each other.