3.3 Design

Design

PART 1 | CONCEPT AND ITERATION

3.3 Through the Looking Glass

• Through the Looking Glass 3D printing is our version of jumping through your monitor past the frame into the view port software. Where we connect what we see on the screen into an object that has a new layer of life in the real world.
  • • Technical specifications While working on the designs I started using these formats for the very first time. OBJ and STL’s which are basically the standard for most 3D Modeling software. During this process it also made me aware of a term called Faces, which essentially are tiny triangles that make of every aspect of the designs creation. Kind of like puzzle pieces. For the MakerBot in the Abington Maker Space we had about a maximum faces that could be printed, which was around 10,000. Not saying we can not surpass that but to have the most efficient workflow we stay under or around there as the limit.
    • Enter the Glass …  (Links below set a guidelines for anyone following me during this process)
      • Resources 
        • Mesh Choices 
        • Modeling from scratch 
    • … And make a choice
      • DIY  The do it yourself aspect: As stated before I have never been the biggest Star Wars fan however I have always appreciated the artistry. During this assignment I combined a simplified Elephant three dimensional model provided by meshmixer, and the beautiful Yoda design grabbed from the thingiverse (pleaser refer to the previous blog post 3.2 Exercise for more information.)
  • Advanced modelers only! 
• Options if you get stuck… 
  • Checkmate 
  • Tea Time 
  • Project workflow

Concept sketch ideas 

I have never been the biggest sketchers of my artistry pre determined to casting the design. I usually just use my creative as an element in my work flow. How with this project It just came to me. It felt too good to pass. Yodaphant, I knew I wanted a face and another Object and but not a lifeless one with no character or an unrecognizable one. For me Yoda was that, that perfect fit where we intertwined it all.  Below is a sketch designer in photoshop to give you an idea of the finial project and direction I was going for.

3.3.1 Through the Looking Glass

 

PART 2 | FINAL

Iteration ideas

Above we have screen grabs of the workflow / progression of the Yodaphant. It started off as the faceless elephant and with combing cleaning and figuring out a way to stabilize the planes and flatten the bottom. The design ended up a beautiful Yodaphant.

Scan Library

3D Digital Scan Library | Share meshes

Depending on much you love the design, maybe you want to enhance or just modify the design well good news you can. It has been uploaded the the 3D scan library linked above!

 FINAL VERSION.