DIGITAL BODIES

PROJECT OF THE WEEK

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FILES to cut.
Parameters to cut it on wood board 4mm,
- POWER 60 SPEED 1.5 HZ 1000 - POWER 100 SPEED 1 HZ 100

FILES to see how is gonna be ;)

Old Age by agnesco on Sketchfab

Thanks Gab for your help!!

VOCABULARY

  • .STL, an abbreviation of stereolithography, is a file format. It is widely used for rapid prototyping, 3D printing and computer-aided manufacturing.
  • .OBJ, an abbreviation of object, is a fil format. Used to store and exchange 3D data, geometric objects composed of lines, polygons, and free-form curves and surfaces.
  • Mesh, the geometry to know the points trought from a volume.
  • Polyline, is a connected sequence of line segments created as a single object.

MAKING PROCESS

CREATE A 3D BODY

We learned three ways to create a 3D body to work with.

MAKEHUMAN

Make human is a free and open source 3D computer graphics middleware designed for the prototyping of photorealistic humanoids. To down load click here and chhose the best options according to your computer. It's a free source and some times fails, so I recommend to be patient! But have also and easy and intuitive interface so, try to enjoy! Once you have it installed, le's begin with the creative part! Open all different folders you find on top and choose from all the options there are. I especially like and think can be useful for me, the option to introduce the body measurements. On this tutorial you canfind many ideas may can be useful at the biginning.
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To improve and go foward with Makehuman options, you can check here and here Once we maked the body we gonna save it and export to STL and OBJ.

SCAN

Kinect is a web cam from XBox we gona use it to scan our bodies. With infrared rays, Kinect can measure the distance at which the object is, and thus decipher its volumes.
Skanect is the software used to recording the information Kinect takes.
We use an ABB robot to rotate our bodies and move the camera to scan us in a stable and constant way.
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To see how it ended

DOWNLOAD

You can find 3D objects to download they are already made. - Turbosquid - Tingiverse
- Sketchfab

MODIFY THE MESH

We gonna use Rhino to remove the unuseful parts of the body to create our design. I download the spanish version. I had to write _ before the english tool name to be understood for the program the order I was guiving. rhino
Extra tips
Ignore thinkness when we import the plans from slicer.

SLICE IT!

Slicer for Fusion 360 is the tool we gonna use to slice the design This tutorial was so helpful to do the first steps

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CUT AND ASSEMBLE IT

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To use the laser cutter we have to be supervised by someone from the Lab or from Fabricademy. When we have passed the exam to assess if we learned all the steps, then we can use it alone.

To know how the laser cutter works, check the the gift I have done for the next week documentation.

Export selected as DXF to imterport to the software for the Multicamm laser cutter

On the laser cutter we can calibrate the velocity and the power, depending the design and the material. More velocity cuts less and more power cuts more. Enroute is the software translates the Rhino information to the laser cutter language.

FOTOS PARAMETRES PENENTS E PUJAR

To Know more about how to use the laser cutter, check my week 3 documentation

To improve its appearance, I sanded it. First I use a sandpaper with a larger grain and then for the finish, a smaller grain. I wiped the sawdust with the compressed air gun. To finish, I applie a wax with a cotton cloth, that will protect the wood.

FOTOS ACABATS PENENTS E PUJAR

VISUAL INSPIRATION

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Pierre Gonnord | Egon Schiele | Pablo Gargallo | Unknow | Winde Rienstra | Unkonw

DIARY

THOUGHTS

  • I ask to myself witch kind of bodies our society use to reproduce and show and tried to observe the values their transmit to us. I chose an old woman and non symmetrical body on my week project. My intention was search for a path to find the things are happening inside the body the history their keep, to make visible the value of that. Showing the body beyond the strength of youth that we usually see on mass media.
  • Digital bodies are images that may seem very real and it is easy to take them as such. But they aren’t and it’s important to be careful to not create a stereotype can enslave us in an unreal idea about what human being is. I feel it’s important to create varied images they show the reality of life and bodies.

INPIRING CONCEPTS

  • Standard sizes helps to mass produce.
  • When you try to push the limits, it’s when innovation happens.
  • Imperfect parts or distorted ones put it together, can make an harmony

MONDAY RECITATION

CONCURRENTES

  • Difference between colonization, resistance and an alternative that benefits all sides
  • Technology is a world language as sew language can be. That means trough them, people from many parts of the world can speak to each others.
  • How we can show the work there are behind and object?
  • Digital craft. How we can transform the crafts without loosing the essence and the benefits work with the hands gives us and don’t forget the ancient knowledge.
  • Use the technology as a new tool we can combine with the old ones. How Hands tools and tech tools can share knowledge and analogue language and digital one can exchanges resources.
  • To Know more, Walter González boom about digital craft
  • FabLab Maya