It’s been good. It’s been fun. But now it’s done… for now

The final render of my elegoo robot is finally complete. From my last post, I have added small details to the model including more detailed tyres, more additions to the motherboard, wiring and the addition of screws.

By far the most difficult task was creating the wires. I created the wires using a 3D sketch to draw splines wrapping and curving in all directions. Looking back, it would have been much easier to guide these splines with less parts in the assembly but that would just be too easy! After creating my splines, I used the sweep feature to create a circular shape to follow the path and create my lovely wires connecting the battery source to the motherboard and the motherboard to the two motors.

Adding details to my mother board involved many extruded bases and use of linear patterns repeatedly to create a realistic model. The additional detail added to my tyres was an interesting task. From my research online I found the most efficient approach was to create a plane slightly above the surface of the outer side of the tire, and extrude a base down towards the surface. Once I was happy with my drawings and design, I used the circular pattern function to create a very similar pattern to that found on the real life elegoo.

The screws were simply inserted using the toolbox function. 20 odd clicks later my model was looking better than ever. I plan to submit this as my final render for my CAD assignment and in the near future will design an optional attachment for the robot to help it balance without the use of sensors.