This is the final presentation for my Galaxy Buds case. To start, there were a few challenges that I ran into while making the presentation. One, sometimes the render would end up looking different from how the in-canvas render looked. For instance, the lighting would mess up the model somehow and so some of the renders looked less clean or realistic compared to others (as seen in the last slide). Additionally, I kept rerendering and repositioning the model that my project struggled to load the last time I tried to open it. I actually wanted to do a few more renders to replace some of the images I already have, but the final didn’t open.
Positioning and matching the lighting to an image was also quite difficult to do without using Photoshop, but in the end it managed to look not too bad (the keychain contextual image still looks off though). Finally, a challenge I faced outside of the presentation was definitely remembering to ground or unground, and then there was the issue where the lid somehow become bigger after moving it.
I decided to create this product because I was thinking about how to accurately model a real life object. I also noticed that there aren’t many options for Samsung Galaxy Buds case/cover compared to AirPods, and if there were cases they were often quite expensive for a case. For the actual buds case, it’s not super accurate, but I’m pretty satisfied with how it turned out. As for the silicone case cover, if I had to change one thing it would be to add a back cover because dust and other unwanted debris collects in the crevices.
I based my slides on the case advertisements that I’ve seen on Amazon, so this particular slide was inspired by that. While I don’t really think the case is exactly dust proof or shock resistant, I do think that if I were to work on this product further that I would add maybe more materials or layers to ensure protection, and maybe used a different material for the case.
I wish I had a screenshot of the previous renders I did for the contextual images to compare, but the final product ended up pretty decent. The hardest one to work with was the “on the go” image (right) because of the lighting and the shadows. In the end, I just added oval shapes for the shadow and used the eyedropper to match the color of already existing shadows in the image. I did a similar process for the desk. As for the wireless charging image, that was super straightforward and easy to match in Fusion with very little post processing because there was already a Galaxy Buds case in the image.
Overall, I really enjoyed learning the basics of Fusion 360 and I will definitely try more 3d modeling in the future. I kind of wish that I created something more original, but I still am quite satisfied with how the case turned out (and maybe I can 3D print it in the future to use). Making the presentation was super fun as well because it’s interesting to bring something you made into a real life context.
It’s been great semester despite being online. I had a lot of fun learning different techniques of prototyping and I will definitely keep them in mind for future endeavors~