Sebastian Vargas- Clarke November 29th, 2018 Personal CAD Project For my personal CAD project I chose to make a Playstation 3 controller because when I was young, videogames was a huge part of my life and especially my Playstation 3. I used to come back home from school and all of my friends from school would start playing on the Playstation 3. To give an idea of how long I used to play on the Playstation and how long I had the console for, I probably have held my Playstation 3 controller more than I have held my phone throughout my lifetime. So when we were assigned the topic in class, the PS3 controller instantly popped in my head and after it was approved by a T.A. I was ecstatic to get started. It was great a great item to make because it was a complicated project to put together but it was good for me because I know the shape, features and everything for the controller. I would say that the most difficult part of the project was just simply getting started because I couldn’t imagine the shape and making it on Solidworks because the controller is an odd shape. So I eventually found what to do by mixing circles together with a block and from there the rest came naturally to me. One feature that I learned from a T.A. was using the spline feature because when I tried making the top of the controller, I couldn’t find a shape that would be compatible with what I was trying to make so when I described what I was trying to make, I was taught how to use spline and it was perfect for what I was trying to make. The PS3 controller is officially named a Sony DualShock 3 and there are tons of remodels of these controllers but the most common model of these controllers are the black Sony DualShock 3. Credit: https://www.gamestop.com/ps3/accessories/ps3-dualshock-3-wireless-controller/69638 ​ While making the Solidworks model, I got really comfortable with making shapes and dimensioning them to fit. But I got most comfortable with extruding and lofting because they were two features that I used frequently. I think that without having any guidance making this project benefited me the most because it gave me a lot of self-confidence with Solidworks. .