Form Finding
Form Finding
Embedded Files
Our Forms
Our Forms
To find these different forms, my team and I didn't really know where to start, so we just decided to grab some colorful items from the table. We started off by hot gluing some colorful straws to the wood, and then we thought that because every shape was kind of a straight shape, we added in the actual hot glue sticks because they are able to be bent. After doing this, we wrapped some colorful yarn through the structures we made, but after finding out we were to render it in Rhino, we decided to make some less complex shapes. We actually dismantled the whole board and then went in a different direction by using a bunch of wooden dowels at different heights. We then went back to our color theme and put some rubber bands across the top of the wooden dowels and this was a pretty interesting bridge-like shape that I thought was cool. We also found the other wooden object that looked like the roof of the house and because they already had ridges on them, they were easy to incorporate.
My Form and Rhino
My Form and Rhino
For my final form, I chose a shape that I thought looked a lot like a bridge. I also liked how it looked different depending on what angle you saw it from. Also admittedly, I chose a form with a less abstract shape as my first project because I wanted an opportunity to kind of refamiliarize myself with Rhino. My biggest challenge in the Rhino process was remembering to join all the shapes together and close the open points. I had a lot of trouble trying to export my file into Ultimaker, but it wouldn't print because there was a tiny open shape.
My First Print
My First Print
I made the rubber bands too thin and they melted into the base :(
My first Print was kind of miserable-looking. The error that I made is that the Pipes I made that were supposed to represent the rubber bands were extremely thin with no supports, and the shape was unable to print. Also, because the project was so small-scale, it was too fragile and one of the dowels snapped off.
My Updated Rhino File
My Updated Rhino File
To print this again, I made it larger, added supports, and also increased the radius of the pipes.
There are supports in the this new attempt as well as a much larger scale.
New Print
New Print
I am super happy with my reprint! Everything came out how it was in my Rhino file and nothing really melted. I learned from this process that I need to make my shapes thick enough to support itself and increase scale to make my projects more sturdy.
Grasshopper Tutorials
Grasshopper Tutorials
Grasshopper Basics
Grasshopper Basics
I learned how to make arrays of different shapes. I want to learn how to use the different arrays now, like the curve array to make different patterns, and also if these functions can be used to make solids as well as these polylines.
Grasshopper Cylinders
Grasshopper Cylinders
I used multiple cylinders and the array component to make this pattern. I want to know how to change the middle of the lines so that its like a tent looking thing.
Grasshopper Torus
Grasshopper Torus
This tutorial was much easier for me and answered my question of how to make solids instead of just polylines.
Grasshopper Tessellation
Grasshopper Tessellation
I made a diamond shape using this tutorial and also the torus tutorial from before.
Grasshopper Voronoi
Grasshopper Voronoi
I liked this one the best because it looks like a water or stone pattern and a challenge was figuring out how to make the Y-Axis 3D instead of just lines.
Illusion Pattern
Illusion Pattern
I think it is cool how different the shape is depending on the number sliders. The pipe function also made the design really cool you just need to use a really small integer for the radius
Manipulating Patterns
Manipulating Patterns
Grasshopper
Grasshopper
This is the Grasshopper code that I used to create my Rhino design!
First Rhino
First Rhino
I created this rhino pattern by using the 2D illusion tutorial and adding the Pipe parameter to make it a solid and also playing around with the number sliders until I got a design that I liked.
Failed Printing Attempt
Failed Printing Attempt
I then went to print it and it was not sticking to the PRUSA, so I had to check the design, but we came to the conclusion that it was something wrong with the machine.
Final Print
Final Print
After about 3 times of printing, we finally got my file to work with the machine, and I got a pretty accurate final result!
More Grasshopper Tutorials
More Grasshopper Tutorials
Grasshopper Curves and Surfaces
Grasshopper Curves and Surfaces
I had some trouble with the Evaluate Surface Component at first because it was adding in a lot of busy shapes and I forgot to turn off its preview. After I turned it off though the tutorial was straight-forward and I played around with changing the shapes.
Grasshopper Graph Mapper
Grasshopper Graph Mapper
I used the Parabola Graph to make a shape I thought looked like a dress, then I used the Perlin graph to make a water fountain-like shape, and lastly used the Bezier graph to make a bell shape. I think this function would be cool to brainstorm different shapes because just out of the graph I got ideas for concrete items.
Grasshopper Paneling with Surface Morph
Grasshopper Paneling with Surface Morph
I found this tutorial pretty easy and I thought it was cool how different the cylinder would look based on the integers I chose.
Grasshopper Sphere Voronoi
Grasshopper Sphere Voronoi
This one was fun to do, but one thing I am wondering now is if I can change the colors in grasshopper and if so, how do I do that?
Grasshopper Voronoi Cell
Grasshopper Voronoi Cell
This tutorial was very difficult for me because the number slider values were so sensitive, only a small range of numbers would make it work. I also used a curve component instead of a mesh which did not make it run, so I had to fix that as well.
elk
elk
I had a lot of trouble with this tutorial because my computer doesn't support elk and i had to use a school computer. On top of this, I couldn't figure out how to get rid of this black mesh and it was covering the actual texture of the structure.
Creating 3D Objects with Grasshopper
Creating 3D Objects with Grasshopper
Graph Mapper Tutorial you can put something in
Graph Mapper Tutorial you can put something in
First Design
First Design
the first design we made worked as a vase, but it was really boring and we wanted to spice it up. We knew though that because we got graph mapper container, we had to make a vase.
Second Design
Second Design
This design is alot more complicated and gave us a maliable code depending on the number slider values. This was the next design that we made.
Final Design
Final Design
this is made of the same code as the second grasshopper, but I changed the value to make a less conventional looking vase to get this final design.
First Print
First Print
For our first print, it kept coming off of the Prusa because the bottom wouldn't stick. I then thought to add a rectangle to the bottom for the next print.
Second Print
Second Print
This looked exactly how we wanted it to look besides the rectangle on the bottom. Unfortunately it was too thick to remove, but we ultimately left it because it also allows it to stand. We also tried printing it without the square after this and it fell off the machine again.
Final Result
Final Result
I am very happy with how the final product turned out. The purple UV filament really made it special and the design is something that I am proud to have created. It is air tight enough to hold water, which means it can actually be a vase as well! I think if i were to do this again, I would make the base wider so that it could stick without the square, but I think that this project was a good learning experience for me.
Shapeways Project
Shapeways Project
Ideation Phase
Ideation Phase
I knew that I wanted to make some type of jewelry and I was thinking about first doing an earring but then decided not to becuase I thought it would be too small. I then decided that I wanted to make a necklace because I could make a pendant on the bigger side. I landed on a snowflake just because I wanted to make something Christmas themed.
Grasshopper Script
Grasshopper Script
I went to make my grasshopper script by looking up some tutorials on now to make the base shape of the snowflake and then I used polar array to make it into a circle. I also played around with the number values until I got something that I liked.
Rhino File
Rhino File
This was the final design for my prototype. After my Grasshopper file I also decided to go in and put an E for my name and also make a hole for the chain to go through because it is a necklace pendant.
Prototype
Prototype
This was my first print and luckily came out exactly how I wanted it to. I make it a bit smaller than its actually going to be but other than that everything is acturate. For my Shapeways file I am making it about an inch long and using antique silver.
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