Week 4: Segmented Food Tray

Now that the cake pan (feeder container) has arrived, the next step is to design the inner compartments that will be used to separate set food amounts. The most ideal method would include the use of the Creo Parametric 2.0 CAD program to design one tray that has 8 distinct compartments for pet food (See Fig 1.).

Each compartment would be of equal size and volume and walls between compartments would be sufficiently thick enough to prevent pet from accessing the next compartment's food supply.

Use of a CAD program and the 3-D printer ensures that the tray (that has specifically been designed for this model) will fit into the cake pan perfectly, leaving no room for food to escape or move around once pet feeder has been activated.

Fig 1. CAD Tray Design in 3-D

Specific details that relate to measurements needed for the CAD design process can be found on the Tutorial page