Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Day 6 - Attaching the video camera

I attached a video camera to the Kraken today using zip ties along the length of the tether cable. The camera is connected to an LCD monitor, which will hopefully give me a clear view underwater once we take the Sea Perches to the Charles.

In the OETL, we learned how to use Solidworks by going through different tutorials that the program offered. A couple of the tutorials were unclear, especially at the step to specify the depth of an extrusion. I learned to always click EXTRUDE before searching the Property Manager for a tab to modify the depth of an extrusion. Clearly, there needs to be an extrusion before one can specify a depth! I gradually familiarized myself with the tools in Solidworks and, though I am far from mastering the program, I am looking forward to experimenting with it more and learning to create my own designs.

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