[Wall section - Architecture final]

Made as collaborative project with a student in USC Architecture. The final project calls for section model utilizing realistic building techniques. They designed the structure mes, generating it with Grasshopper. I exported and cleaned it up with Solidworks, while making many changes to intersection geometry. I designed the welding jigs using Fusion.

3d Sketch made in Solidworks

Pipes made from weldiments tool

Windows added. Will be lasercut acrylic pressfit into each triangle section. Pipes were also filled in using a custom weldiment profile for the sake of a 3d printed model.

Initial welding jig design using fusion360. Would've been 3d printed, but ultimately proved to be too expensive.

I realized this project would be way too ambitious for a novice welder, after consulting with a professional. They reccomended just doing a section, if it had to be welded, or 3d printing and spray painting. Architecture professor was very insistent on using realistic building techniques (no such thing as a pla wall). Compromised by 3d printing the main wall section, and welding a demo OD1'' steel pipe.

Very messy welds while inside the welding jig. Still glad that it sayed in one piece. Makerspace staff insisted that the plastic would just melt.

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