3D hybrid printing

For our second to last project we are designing a vessel in Rhino 6 and then combing our designs with a partner in our class to create a single object "marriage of ideas".

For my six objects I wanted to create objects with interesting texture, self supporting and no steep angles.

 

 

After I was done my six designs I was partnered up with Mary and we shared our designs. 

   

        


Here are some idea sketches that I came up with our combination design.

  

                                       

 

After sharing our hybrids Mary came up with the idea of an altered design similar to my third sketch, where she flipped my design upside down.

Following this design we wanted to incorporate each others features on to each other so for the bottom three legs we incorporated the star shaped opening and also the twist loft with abit of more angular. For the top design we smoothed the angles like the bottom to create a coherent uniform design.

               

 

Finally we exported to Slicer to size and configure the file correctly to be 3D printed. 

                         

Papercraft Objects: Final Revision

I got some helpful feed back during our peer critique time. One being that the points on the fins could be gotten rid of because the points were messy and the paper was not able to be folded to such a fine point. Another was the possibility of reinforcing the hook and the hole so they wouldn't rip and possibly adding a few more ribs to make the fish longer. I agree with all those ideas and went back to Rhino 6 to make the adjustments for my model.

I simply chopped off the points off of the ribs and made a flat end. Then I made more copies of the ribs to extend the length of the fish. My plan for the reinforcement of the hook and hole was to cut out clear plastic sheets to glue on the hooks and the out rim of the slot. Unfortunately the plastic did not stick well to the paper and also made the hook very difficult to insert into the back slots so I decided to just be careful when inserting the hook and not reinforce them. I also made some small changes in the tail fin to adjust some folds that didn't work very well in the prototype.

After all the adjustments were made I unfolded it, made tabs, and assigned where the cut and score lines were for the laser cutter.

prototype

adjusted new design

template

I didn't save a copy of the final design before unfolding it so for my renders I had to use a design of the rib that is not exactly the same as the paper craft one.