{"id":15327,"date":"2024-11-13T22:19:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T05:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/?p=15327"},"modified":"2024-11-20T17:51:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T00:51:20","slug":"large-assignment-5-tiling-ian-kahn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/2024\/11\/13\/large-assignment-5-tiling-ian-kahn\/","title":{"rendered":"Large Assignment 5 : Tiling \u2013 Ian Kahn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Part 1 \u2013 2D Tiles:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A) For the initial 2d tiling section, I went ahead and attempted to implement the in class code with my own a and b shape lines on the y and x axis respectively. To be honest for this initial portion, I struggled greatly to get my code to compile properly because I kept running into lots of very frustrating and time consuming bugs. I decided to go with a sine wave style line on both the x and y axis , to me which resembled a heart \/ pulse wave. Everything for the most part went pretty smoothly once I figured our my bugs in my python code compilation. I liked the way that everything fit together and rendered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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B) hexagonal<\/strong> or triangular<\/strong> 2D tiling:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Base Tile (Two base Triangles)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Colored Tiles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Part 2: 3D Printed 3D Tiles<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Design Process<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For my design process, I decided to utilize essentially the same custom lines for for my custom Escher tiles and extruded it in the z direction to make the 3 dimensional shape. In order to fulfill the assignment portion to add variation in the z direction instead of it just being a simple extrusion, I experimented with combing the z and y inputs in the extrude block in hopes of adding some interesting artifacting \/ divets on the walls of each tile. Once I got the coloring code properly working (provided in lecture), I really enjoyed implemented and experimenting with different color combinations with my tiles patterns . I included my two favorite color combinations below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I went ahead and extruded my surface using the tile pattern with my custom lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I made two variations on color patterns .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is another interesting more complex variation I made with some different input curves, but I decided to go with the simpler one to put less strain on the printer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3D Print:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To begin my 3d printing process, I first baked a singular STL model in Rhino , imported it into my slicer of choice: bambuu, and then sliced and exported the singular model to be used by the bambuu printers in the 3d printing lab in the mechanical engineering building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thankfully, as seen above the first print at a 1″ by 1″ scale (as directed by the assignment instructions) came out really nicely, so I then moved on to printing multiple copies of the STL file across the bambuu print plane at the same scale. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These came out nicely as well and I was really happy with how well everything everything came out and how well the pieces fit together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I went ahead and printed another batch of tiles as well to create a more composite collection with alternating colors, I was really happy with how this came out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Part 3: Surface Morph<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For my surface morph, I continued to use my escher-esque tile pattern I made to decorate the 3d shape. To keep things simple, I utilized a cylinder shape like in the lecture slides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here is the surface without tiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here is the surface decorated with my tiles. I am not sure and kind of struggled with how to convert this to the 2.5 or 3 dimensional tiling, but I was really happy that my computer was able to render this. Interestingly,( and as add the slide indicated) this surface morphing process froze up my computer a few times, but thankfully I had everything saved. I think if I continued this process, I would go ahead and try to extrude the tiles to give the walls 3 dimensionality after they have been morphed to the cylinder surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As far as coloring, I was able to apply the same color scheme as before but I am not sure why it didn’t fill in the surfaces like on my other tiling, I think it is because I was not able to extrude on the surface tiling , but I think it looks cool as a transparent wireframe, so I kept it as is for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Code<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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All my code for all 3 components of this project are contained in this zip file:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IanKahnTiling<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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