The Desk Expander

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  Desk Expander 3D Model

Inspiration

After numerous uncomfortable lectures and exams in those small university desk chairs, we are inspired to create The Desk Extender to make our (and all other university students) lives easier.

What it does

• Extends the infamously small university desk chair, to give you more space for all your stationery, books, exam papers, and other stuff you might need
• Includes a secondary adjustable platform for even more stuff
• Built in adjustable supporter to accommodate for varying desk chair heights and sizes
• Foldable design allows for portability
• Clamps that resemble binder clips allow for securing to the original desk to prevent sliding movement

How we built it

• We started by brainstorming all the mechanisms of the movable parts, and also the general design of our product
• We then start to create sketches, model the parts, and assemble them together
• We continue to define movable mates such as limit distance and angle to allow for animation
• Finally, we apply materials and do a mass and volume evaluation

Challenges we ran into

• Due to time constraints, we resort to using SolidWorks which we are more proficient in, to design the product, and then importing it into Fusion for rendering
• Brainstorming the mechanisms of the clamping, locking of retractable desk, and locking of supporter takes a lot of brain juice (lol)

Accomplishments that we're proud of

• We are, in the end, able to successfully create a 3D model of our vision of the product that we are very proud of
• We are happy to design a product that solves a commonly faced problem in university students which make up a large portion of the population

What we learned

• We got the chance to refine our 3D modeling skills
• We gained valuable experience in collaborating as a team and distributing work
• We learned the important lesson of always documenting our work for future reference

What's next for The Desk Expander

• A better clamping and locking mechanism fulfilling industry standards
• A better way of reducing the size

Built With

• autodesk-fusion-360
• blender
• google-docs
• powerpoint
• solidworks