Reflection

The first issues I ran into were when I was modelling the inner holder in fusion. Although the process was not totally complicated, it was difficult to get the exact shapes that I wanted and making them cohesive, since the I had to make heavy use of splines and editing the form in sculpt, two methods that aren't super precise. To make the pockets, I tried using holes and pipes before settling on extruding the shapes so it took some trial and error, and I had to be really careful with the dimensions since the whole shape was a little tricky to work with considering it was fully cylindrical. For a second prototype, I would be more precise in my planning and sketching so that the process could be shortened, but I was able to capture the general look I was going for. 

The exterior came out really well and even better than I had hoped, and I only ran into some small issues with gluing the sides together. I used masking tape, a glue gun, and krazy glue in three steps in order to secure the edges together. In a second iteration of this process I would come equipped with more tools and probably decide to make the edges a little wider to make this process easier. 

Lastly, my holder also ended up being really dense and took a very long time to print. I considered the density of the holder and how to make the holder lighter, but ultimately decided that the holder should have the holes be as deep as possible while retaining the general solid form of the holder. 

All in all, I am really happy with the finished product and I learned a lot about modelling organic shapes in fusion, 3D printing, and laser cutting intricate designs.