Field Trip for Metals: 27-29 March 2015

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ASU CVS Assignment 01: Maze in Rhino

Used polyline and lines to draw a maze.

 

 It is a solvable maze

Rounding Error: One Day Late For ∏ Day

I also used Rhino to design a pattern for a chocolate bar wrapper. I finished the wrapper in Adobe Illustrator. However, in observing ∏ day, I thought the geometric precision of Rhino would be apropos

Three patterns drawn in Rhino, exported as an Adobe Illustrator File. Opened in Illustrator. There I imparted color schemes.

The chocolate box as I sent it to the printer

Expanding Horizons: Visualize New Setting and Exercise in CAD

So with the debacle that came of my setting. I decided that I should redesign it using rhino for at least two reasons.

1) My professor was not in the building, so I wanted to be able to send him a digital file that I hoped would be intelligible

2) I need the practice in Rhino software. It helps me if I can connect class learning to an actual project of mine. From this point, I can go back and approach the Crafting in Virtual Space assignments with a fuller appreciation. Essentially, this was getting my hands dirty with brute force methodology. Now, I can learn the finesse.

001: Drawing the basic shape of my setting using OSNAP and TRIM

 002: At this point, I extruded the shape from IMG001, laid out tabs on top, and trimmed them.

 003: Adding the sides of the tabs

 004: Extending with Gumball, the sides and faces of the tabs to ensure that they went to the bottom edge of the backing, and both to the top and edge of the faceplate.

 005: At this point, the backing and the face plate have been treated as one form. Whereas in reality they are two.

006: Employing some redundant surfaces and solids for backing and faceplate construction.

007: I extruded, offset, or trimmend shapes and forms by 1/32" to create the roughed final shapes

 008: Changed the render and print color to assist in visual construction at this point. (Still need to figure out how I will print the two, and unite them once that is done.)

009: Seeing the object in colors other than gray has enabled me to see where geometries are superfluous or inadequate. I found many places where I simply had a nest of surfaces in lieu of a singular solid structure. In others, such as the image following, the form had excess volume which needed to be trimmed.

This piece is still under design. But I am happy with the progress thus far. Working on it has definitely opened my eyes to the need for more elegant means of modeling. I will be able to go back to better utilize the new commands that I have learnt in class, because I can now better appreciate the the extent of their application

Final Steps Not Yet

Soldering wire tabs to the back piece. These will fold over the front

 Tabs folded over the front. The piece is in the setting. Now it's Liver of Sulfur

 Enameled piece submerged in liver of sulfur. At first I was worried about the solution staining my piece. Then I remembered that enamel is glass. It is not affected as copper is when submerged in liver of sulfur

 After removing the piece. I love the color of the frame. However, the metal was too thin, and it bends easily because it lacks rigidity. Back to the bench

Setting: Pierce and File

Piercework: Sawed out the front and back frames of this setting. Clamped them together in a vise for the next step

 Filing the two pieces in tandem in order to achieve a uniform appearance

 Sanding them clean

An idea of what they look like in the frame
One side

 The other side

Brute Force: Crafting a Setting in Virtual Space

Designing my setting in 3D in Rhinoceros. I have made a prototype designed by hand. However, I wanted use the attributes of Rhino, which would allow a more architectonic form.