Quinn Baldacci: Week 4 Flash Drive

I decided to model my flash drive after one I really liked and happened to lose.  I particularly liked that it had a swivel cover and a loop to attach a key ring to.  I didn't like the five cut outs in the tutorial so I lengthened it and made it a single cut out.  I also rounded the overall form and added a cap.  Finally I added my initial in the swivel hinge.

I used the ExtrudeCrv and Sweep2 tools for the main structures.  Project, loft, and fillet for the details.  The fillets gave me some difficulty because of the curves but they worked out eventually.  I learned a lot about the Offset tool.  I figured out it doesn't work quite the way I would like it but it can be useful.

In Keyshot I used a number of textures to play and show different ways these product could be made.  The first is rough plastics and a metal cover similar to the flash drive I lost.  The second I took the cap off and swiveled the cover over.  I used just plastics on this one.  The cover is a clouded plastic and the cap is a clear one.  The main body is a rough plastic.  The final one I played a lot more.  The body and cap are the same clear blue plastic.  The cover is wood.  The engraving I decided to make a light source.  It is refracting through the body of the flash drive.  I imagine if I were to actually produce this, the initial would illuminate when the flash drive is plugged in and working.