Book Organizer

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The challenge I am trying to solve is, recently, most students are doing their school work and assignments online. Meaning most students are using laptops, tablets, or even their phones. Many of them are working on either their desk or a makeshift desk, which with everything they use on daily basis might make their desk crowded. Especially if they have multiple textbooks, notebooks, or even books on their desk as well. The intended purpose of my design is to help users create more free space on their desks or makeshift desk. The design is multi-usable, meaning that it can store textbooks, books, notebooks, sheets of paper, and maybe a laptop. On the side of the storage unit, it has a separate storage unit that can easily store certain writing utensils like pencils, pens, and highlighters. The 3D design can help my classmates with virtual learning by, keeping all of their materials together specifically books, textbooks, and notebooks. This would result in creating more free space at your desk/makeshift desk. 1.What issues did you come up against? Some issues that I came up against were when creating my design in TinkerCad, certain measurements did not truly represent the measurements I had written down in my engineering notebook. Resulting in me to re-adjust certain measurements like the slot sizes and their depths to fit the size of the organizer itself. Another issue that occurred was how I was to connect my accessories to the organizer. I used existing connector pieces that were provided on Tinker CAD which worked out well in the end. Also when it came to creating the accessories, I had to finalize on what type of accessories I were to make. My original plan was to make only a writing tool storage unit, but after I completed that accessory, I decided to create more. I had to decide on what other accessories people might like as well, which resulted in me creating a basket storage and a phone holder. After creating the book organizer I realized that if someone were to put in a small book into the slots they would have a hard time grabbing it out. My solution to it was to create a mini tray that can fit in all of the slots. So that if you were to put a small book into the slot, you can easily take it out by sliding the tray out. 2.If you could redesign this again what would you change? If I could redesign this again I would change the slot sizes and the number of slots that are available on the organizer. If the slot sizes were different then it would be easier to not only just store textbooks/books but other things like tablets or laptops. I would also redesign the whole organizer shelf by making each slot detachable so that the user is able to move each slot around and create different versions of the organizer that fits their preference. 3.How would 3D printing help strengthen your design? 3D printing can help strengthen my design because since the 3D design will be printed out of plastic, the weight of the whole design would be light and easy to move around on someone’s desk. The time it would take to manufacture this design would be quick. If the design needed any modification it will not affect the time or speed of printing it. This step of the engineering design process is extremely important because when you are able to test your design, then it is easier to see what improvements need to be made before the finalized version. This step is easy to achieve when 3D printing. By 3D printing my design it will also help strengthen the quality and consistency of the product for all buyers.