To create the flute, we decided to split it up into 3 different parts for the modeling. I would model the mouthpiece, Khoi would model the tubes, and Eric would model the last connecting piece that holds it together. We all modeled and sliced our individual parts, and then sent them to Khoi to print (so they would all be in one place, and easier to assemble).

For my piece, I used this cross section reference to create the mouthpiece, and could not find any super specific measurements needed to produce the tone, so I was just hoping that what I sculpted would work.

The place we ran into issues was the printing. For Eric's piece, there were some issues with the normals that caused it to slice incorrectly a few times, and be denied printing at Hayden. For my piece, the supports became trapped inside one of the chambers. We also submitted a request to reprint that one, at an angle so supports didn't generate in the inner chambers, but the queue was very full of prints by the time in the semester that we submitted it.

Results

Overall, I think this project could have gone better given more time. Working with the constraints of the Hayden 3d printers, and not being able to make multiple iterations of the models hindered our prototyping abilities, and I think we would have had much more success if we were able to start this project earlier and create more iterations of the parts. I think it was a good learning experience though, and I believe we could have created a working version given more time.