Week 1

This week I focused on brainstorming potential interior designs. The interior designs have to be able to fit 4-6 people. I focused on implementing the open concept so that traveling can be more luxurious, and comfortable. In addition, our team decided we could use foldable seating so that we could have space to possibly fit two bikes per pod car (Figure1). Victor and I decided to prototype by forming a cardboard diorama (Figure2). I also drew several sketches of what the pod car could potentially look like, as well as making a digital sketch using SketchUp (Figure3). We all researched requirements for seating and space for a mass transit bus so that our pod car can be comfortable for people to travel in. Ben, Victor, and I took measurements of the full scale model of the pod car to correctly model the small scale pod car. We made adjustments to the general shape of the car, now being hexagonal to represent a gondola. Victor tested the 3D printer to see how parts will be produced so we can anticipate some margin of error in the real printing. Victor and Daniel completed a CAD design for the chairs that we are planning to install in the cabin, as well as CAD for the outer shell of the cabin. Daniel worked on ways to separate the model into several parts so that we can 3D print them without exhausting the printer itself.

Figure 1                                        Figure 2                                           Figure 3
 

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