Class 3 Notes & Week 4 Assignment.
Class 3 Lecture Notes (assignment at bottom)
Digital Shoplifting Recap
(screen grab -> Illustrator (live) image trace -> import dxf into rhino -> block instance -> explode -> extrude curve with solid option checked).
Designing for Laser Cutters (revisited)
Finger joints, T-splines, Dovetail, etc
Boxmaker http://boxmaker.connectionlab.org/
Takeout Box http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:508
Graffiti Creator http://www.graffiticreator.net/
Fe Wearables by Noah Waxman
Advanced Rhino Topics
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Loft
all open or all closed curves
keep # ctrl pts consistent
Revolve
Arrays
Polar
Wirecut
Curve + Solid, Then depth
Chamfer/Fillet Edges
Different from Fillet and
Booleans
Extrude Curve along Curve
1 & 2 Rail Sweep
TextObject
Solids (native)
Linear Dimension
Scale (did we do last time)
Make2D
UnrollSrf
Designing for 3D Printers
Shrinkage, Density, Tolerances, Overhangs
Meshes VS Nurbs
Sometimes just mesh boolean
Prep for Output
Mesh from NURBs
Check Volume
Show Edges -> Naked Edges
Repair Edges
Cap
Sometimes a Mesh
IN-CLASS: DESIGN A LOGO FOR P-GRAFF
Time-permitting:
Easy mesh repair tool?
https://modelrepair.azurewebsites.net/
http://www.vrmesh.com/
Mashups – Meshmixer
Grasshopper install :
Backup CPU
Make 50 – 80GB free for a partition (win10 is another 40GB install)
Run Bootcamp to install Windows7 (you can upgrade to Win10 for free later)
Install Rhino demo for PC (90 days) -> install trial later in the week to last all semester!
Mac drive http://www.mediafour.com/software/macdrive/
IN TWO WEEKS
Install: Bootcamp / Rhino / Grasshopper
Watch: Print the Legend
Read: Underbelly Project: http://nyti.ms/1Vx5JsY
2nd reading TBD (next week’s hw)
Create: Using calipers, recreate an object and dimension out in multiple views
Create: Two-Week Project: Object with Twist
Take an object and give it a twist (Example: Blow Away Vase by FRONT)
{Bonus: Replace an object from the street/apartment with your modified one}