Project 1.
The first project is a dog tag. The cylinder is created according to the process discussed in class. Freestanding lines were made toward the inside to form a heart shape. For this purpose, I made another heart-shaped cylinder inside. When it reaches the inside cylinder, the inside lines will stop. A traditional slicer cannot generate this shape since the lines are freestanding. Each layer is designed by starting with a square hole as a startign point, then following the edge of the cylinder with freestanding lines.
Project 2.
The prototype shown here is from hw2. I traced the pot’s outline. The pot was decorated with vine-shaped decorations that you could adjust the round number of. The colling line is formed by applying random changes to a section of each layer. Length is calculated by (pot height)/(number of rounds). Each iteration’s start position and end position will be recorded, and the end position will be used as the start position for the next iteration. Due to the vine-shaped lines, this shape can’t be generated by a traditional slicer.
Project 3.
The prototype shown here is from HW2 as well. I traced the pot’s outline. Compared to project 2, I made two changes. Firstly, I changed the path to oscillating, which I did by following the class process. This project has 3 oscillations. Next, I add leaves to the vine. The leaf shape is different. In order to find the leaves, I recorded their positions in each layer to decide where they should go. Every leaf position gets a random number, so the leaves aren’t the same shape. The oscillating path and vine-shaped decoration make this shape impossible to slice with a traditional slicer.
In general, the printing experiments went smoothly. My only problem was that I couldn’t tell how big my designs were. The sizes of my designs vary a lot on Cura and can’t be rescaled. Therefore, I had to rescale them on Rhino and test them on Cura again and again.
Codes are here.
You made such fun playful designs. I specifically love the dog tag. I would figget with that thing all day long if I had it in my hands. I would have never thought about being able to make playful objects not only for kids but for adults as well. Wonderful job on all your designs.
Thank you Christopher, I like your second shape, which looks like a flower with petals and carpel.
Your dog tag came out really cool. I like how flexible it was in class, but hopefully, all that flexing doesn’t break the dog tag unless, of course, you used a different type of filament. I’m happy to hear everything went smoothly for you, great job!
Thank you Nathaniel, I really like your snowflake. I would like to use this as my school bag pendant.
Hi Jingbo, thank you so much for sharing your wonderful creations. Your heart shape was so unique and I really really enjoyed the movement of it. What a neat design! Great job executing it too!