Changes

This semester, I learned that the process of designing the Tagger box is entirely experimental. Overall as a lab group, we have a general idea of how the box should be constructed, although this is subject to slight revisions on a weekly basis. Some of the main revisions integrated into the design this semester include the “skeleton” support structure versus a solid box to reduce weight, and the idea of using foil to form the sides of the box to access the fibers and motors inside. As each of these revisions was discussed and sketched out, it was my job to draft the new design in TurboCad – a process that became a great learning experience for me on many levels.  In this same vein, I would characterize the entire Fall 2008 semester as a “great learning experience” for my design project. The presentable TurboCad files that I have created are indexed below. While they are not many in number, I believe that they accurately represent my growing confidence and comfort level with using the program. The majority of the Tagger’s skeleton is rendered, and I hope to work with our lab group and the Physics machine shop to expand on all of these designs in the coming weeks and months. For this semester, however, I feel that my greatest victory was learning the TurboCad program, which will be an invaluable tool for me to use in the future.

This semester, I learned that the process of designing the Tagger box is entirely experimental. Overall as a lab group, we have a general idea of how the box should be constructed, although this is subject to slight revisions on a weekly basis. Some of the main revisions integrated into the design this semester include the “skeleton” support structure versus a solid box to reduce weight, and the idea of using foil to form the sides of the box to access the fibers and motors inside. As each of these revisions was discussed and sketched out, it was my job to draft the new design in TurboCad – a process that became a great learning experience for me on many levels.  In this same vein, I would characterize the entire Fall 2008 semester as a “great learning experience” for my design project. The presentable TurboCad files that I have created are indexed below. While they are not many in number, I believe that they accurately represent my growing confidence and comfort level with using the program. The majority of the Tagger’s skeleton is rendered, and I hope to work with our lab group and the Physics machine shop to expand on all of these designs in the coming weeks and months. For this semester, however, I feel that my greatest victory was learning the TurboCad program, which will be an invaluable tool for me to use in the future.

==Fall 2008 Annotated Index of TurboCad Files==

==Fall 2008 Annotated Index of TurboCad Files==

# [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/tagger/fp-prototype/Tagger_Custom_Skeleton_Corner.tcw Tagger Custom Skeleton Corner]<br>This is the one corner piece of the Tagger skeleton that will be machined at UConn, because one side is slightly longer to allow for holes to be cut so that important cables can pass through. The other three corners will be cut from angled aluminum stock which will be purchased by our lab / the machine shop.  

# [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/tagger/fp-prototype/Tagger_Custom_Skeleton_Corner.tcw Tagger Custom Skeleton Corner]<br>This is the one corner piece of the Tagger skeleton that will be machined at UConn, because one side is slightly longer to allow for holes to be cut so that important cables can pass through. The other three corners will be cut from angled aluminum stock which will be purchased by our lab / the machine shop.  

# [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/tagger/fp-prototype/Tagger_Skeleton_A+E.tcw Tagger Skeleton Assembly/Exploded View]<br>This is a view of all of the previously described parts as they come together to form the Tagger skeleton.  Only parts that will be manufactured in the Physics department machine shop are shown.

# [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/tagger/fp-prototype/Tagger_Skeleton_A+E.tcw Tagger Skeleton Assembly/Exploded View]<br>This is a view of all of the previously described parts as they come together to form the Tagger skeleton.  Only parts that will be manufactured in the Physics department machine shop are shown.