Three Takeaways

A takeaway I have from the video is that a lot of these new technologies are inspired by nature, for example the sound absorbing chair. I thought using the 2 bacterias to grow clothes was really interesting idea.

Human Vs Machine

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19KldJ8f5FHGQkSDfFaulkEMyOlS926K3Vum_8icOt2o/edit?usp=sharing

We did research into how press fit works and how we can create our own piece. We ultimently came to the conclusion to make a alligator type piece using parts that snapped together.

3D Printing Challenge

Day 1

Ideation and Brainstorming, we were researching what object what object we could make using the press fitted method.

Day 2

Started to design alligator and different styles of joints.

Day 3

Designing Joint

First Prototype of Joint in Rhino Software

Slicing Joint

Final Design for Joint in Prusa Slicer

Day 4 - Final

Final design in Rhino, separate pieces, and final connected alligator.

Grasshopper Basics/Cylinders

This tutorial was pretty easy to understand and I feel like I have a good knowledge of how to create simple shapes.

Simple Design of Cylinder

I used different components to make a double cylinder shape

Tessellations Basics

I learned how to create a 2d grid in different planes and overall I understand this tutorial pretty well

For creating my own design Instead used the XY Plane with the rectangle component to get a flat grid.

Grasshopper/Torus

This tutorial I was able to learn how to use the polar array and lodt components to form a 3d shape from a 2d object. This tutorial was pretty easy to understand but I did have a couple questions.

Used a rectangle shape

I used a rectangle for my initial shape.

Used a polygonal shape

I used a polygon for my initial shape.

Used arc for shape

I used a arc for my initial shape.

Voronoi on 2D Surface

This tutorial was pretty confusing but I think I understood it in the end. It was pretty cool to learn how to turn a shape into something that was able to be 3d printed.

I decided to do the 3d printing option for this design and was able to get all the pieces by extruding and baking the components.

Grasshopper table

This tutorial was pretty confusing and I wasn't sure how to center the circular top when making my own design, but after getting help I was able to figure it out.

Multi-legged round table

I was able to do this using the area and discontinuity components.

Single leg round table

I was able to do this using the area and discontinuity components but this time attaching centroid to point.

Curves and Surfaces

For this tutorial I learned how curve parameters work. I found this tutorial kind of confusing but after getting clarification on specific parts I was able to get a better understanding of it. The first 5 photos are of my progress on the tutorial and the last is my own design

Graph Mapper

For this tutorial I learned how graph mapper works, and what other components. I found this tutorial pretty straight forward, and I liked how easy it was to change the shape. Each of these 3 photos used a different type of graph to the create the shape.

Grasshopper | Paneling with Surface Morph

In this tutorial I was able to learn how to take a 3d object and use the command surface morph to change it. This tutorial was pretty straight forward and pretty interesting.

2D Illusion Pattern

In this tutoial I was able learm hpw to use maelstrom, bezier span, and a couple other componnets in order to make differnt 2d patterns. For my other 2 designs I adjusted the number sliders on the polar array input as well on the shift list input.

Sphere_Voronoi

In this tutorial I learned how to use voronoi and weaverbird to create a 3D holed sphere. This tutorial was pretty confusing because of the multitude of components, but I think I was able to understand it pretty well.

Voronoi_Cell

In this tutorial l I learned how to use to use voronoi cell and weaverbird to create a few 3d cells. This tutorial was also a little confusing but I was able to bake a couple different objects by adjusting the neighbor points and slider.