I had the same idea on the start to finish. I always had a liking for circuit boards, since I was little. I think i always had a fondness for electrical things, and a circuit board was the perfect idea. I had some trouble turning the multiple sketches in fusion, and briefly considered changing my idea into something else, suck as a light bulb, or a lightning bolt. However, i found out that it was taking way too long to trace them into fusion, so i just went into my original plan. I also had a point of self reflection after completely finishing tracing the first design, and after Ms.Kim, my design teacher, told us about the laser width. This worried me, as I  had a very complex design that involved a lot of small spaces where the different parts were close together. However, as I thought through it, I realized that if I made my design bigger, the laser width wouldn’t be a problem. so i did. The first trial cut in cardboard wasn’t successful, as i made my design too small, but i hope that my final would be good enough.

 

I feel like I grew a lot during this class, now being able to do things i couldn’t even comprehend in the first class. Especially the tracing part, which i found the most difficult, is now so simple the more i look back at it. I first just used the fine point spline to trace. That was super complicated, as sometimes the lines would move even if i moved the thing next to it, so i had to create several lines to just solve one thing.  However, I found out that the lines can just be drawn instantly, and then I can draw the circles, and cut out the intersecting points. I think I improved a lot in light burn too, as the thing felt so complicated but once i figured it out the first time i was able to instantly do it in about a minute the second and third time.

 

Reflecting back, I think I could have thought through my decisions more quickly, and be more dependent on lines and circles not the fine point spline. Sadly, correcting and deleting the fine point spline over and over took up too much of my time, and I think I could stay a bit more focused when tracing, as I found many small errors in my work. However, I think that the class itself was great, Ms. Kim was a great teacher, and some tips I like to recommend are: 1. Don’t use the spline for circles. Just use the circle tool, and then trim the space you want out. 2. Always make your design much smaller than the outside fingers, ( say, at least 50-60%). 3. Don’t overcomplicate your design, I made that mistake and payed dearly for it. It took way too long to edit the designs, and it will crash fusion over and over.