3D Printing & Parametric Design

Sources of Inspiration, sketches.

Inspiration

Ideation

Inspiration

Oliver ideation

Sammy Ideation

Just sort-of played around with different shapes

At the beginning of the design process, we each drew sketches of what we thought would make a good mesh. We came up with multiple ideas and decided to render them in rhino to see what would work best.

Gavins Rhino Rendering

only two pieces, would create more if printed more with more stability. Idea was for hooks on top and a wire running through the entire print.

Failed Sammy Rhino Creation

tried working with different shapes and iseas to make a weave, especially the one with triangles, but it ended up being slightly too complicated and was not going to end up being very bendable/felxible.

Oliver second idea Rhino

square loops connected by other square loops. because of the many connected loops the weave moved around too much and didn't sit nicely.

loops are 1mm thick

Oliver Final Rhino

4 joined hoops that interlock with another group of 4 loops

loops are 3mm thick

Gavin Prusa Slicing

Gavin 3d printed settings

on prusa, required support for hook. Used a bright red-ish pla.

Gavin Failed Print

hooks fell apart, they were not strong enough to support the whole body of the cells

Oliver test print

loops are to thin and algae material was a bad choice (too brittle)

Oliver test #3 print

material didn't print well

3d print in Water

Final 3d Rendering/Slicing

not finished printing yet.

Challenges and Successes

challenges:

-Supports, making sure our objects held together when being bend and moved around

-Rhino rendering

-Finding the correct materails

-finding the righrt thickness to print with so that the weave printed well

successes:

-making multiple test prints

-creating a weave that moved well

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