Part of a Camaro created in SolidWorks using surface modeling

To gain familiarity with the Rhino modeling software, we were asked to model both a ducky and a racecar. Here are a few renderings of the final models:

Although, modeling more organic shapes are much easier in Rhino than in Inventor or SolidWorks, I was disappointed with the rendering capabilities of Rhino. I imported both the racecar and ducky into Autodesk Inventor, joined them in an assembly and then made some crazy renderings.

Just the ducky:

Just the racecar:

This was the second drawing assignment for the course, and is not related to the previous eight sketches. The prompt for this assignment was to design an exercise room that made everything look as awesome as possible. I decided to pursue a mechanical/industrial design for my room. Since exercise involves the mechanics of the human body, I thought that it would be interesting to create a room that highlights and dramatizes mechanical movement. On the page I have sketches of human-size hamster wheels that move along threaded rods, rings hanging from the ceiling with a net attached far below, exercise bikes on the movable grids (like those in driving simulators) to mimic their natural motion, and Portal-inspired obstacle courses that continuously update.

These sketches were for my first assignment. I was asked to put any ideas I had for the project down on paper, no matter how ridiculous or how ambitious they seemed. Some sketches are of the water mark while others illustrate the contraption to hold the infrared LEDs and connect them to the mesh. One particular idea that I really liked was combining the Giving Tree with the water mark. I know it is a separate project by I believe it would very powerful, both symbolically and for eliciting donations to the school, for the Giving Tree to be placed on a Cooper building.

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