Maker Coin

Lesson Plan

We were assigned to design a maker coin on Solidworks, that will carry a meaning behind its design. The maker coin would have the following features. 

• The top must slope downwards to the center.
• It should have a radius of 6cm, and a thickness of 1.25cm. 

Design choices

• My initial design was quite different from the final product, as I made many changes along the way. 

• I wanted to have a design that would represent me in some way, so I decided to go with my initials. I extruded my initials from the design. 

• The corners of the maker coin are were sharp in my initial design, but while I was designing on Solidworks, I decided to add fillet on the corners, which made the coin look more aesthetically pleasing. 

• While working on Solidworks, I reduced the number of mountains (see Fig. 1.0) from 9 to 6. The reason behind it was to have quality over quantity, less mountains looked more aesthetically pleasing. 

• I also changed the design of the letters “M” “U” “A” on Solidworks, to make it look more cooler, instead of formal. If you look at “M” on solidworks, the left hand is more slanted, “U” which is not completely consistent on the bottom, and “A” which is U shaped on the top. 

• On my initial sketch, the mountains were plain, which looked extremely dry. So, I decided to add lightning, to extract the fiery nature of the coin. 

• At this point, I was done with my coin. However, I still had sometime left to make changes. I asked Mr T. for any suggestions to make this coin look even better, and he came up with the idea of adding a cylindrical revolve around the coin. The design is followed.

• I then added fillet to the edges of the coin and the revolve to make it look more smooth, and aesthically pleasing. 

• The final product on Solidworks looked like this: