2. Digital Bodies¶
Research¶
This week we learned how to use different softwares; Rhino, MakeHuman and Slicer 360. To make the avatar and customize its measures I used Clo3D, then I exported it as an obj to Rhino and played with different grasshopper commands to convert the mesh into a surface in order to use the Contour component. (Parametric House Tutorial)
INSPIRATION¶
Softwares¶
Clo3d¶
I am quite familiarized with Clo3d, mainly because of my fashion design background, this is why I ended up editing my avatar in this software insted of in MakeHuman. I also used Daz3d, since this software is quite useful to move the avatar´s body and generate shapes.
Rhinoceros¶
It was quite usefull to learn how to work properly with the commands. My knowledge of Rhino is quite basic and every time I have some kind of complication I end up using Blender, since for modeling and rendering it's a bit simpler.
- SelDup command -> if we want to delete duplicated lines
- Unroll command (cornvert a 3d in a 2d)
- Intersect command - if we want all the lines closed
- ZS (zoom onto selected object)
- Meshtrim command
- Countour command
- Hatch command
- Bounding box command
Control+p for exporting file for laser cutting (we need to define the size, select the material, minimize the job size (if our project is smaller than the bedsize))
Command + Shift if u want to select a specific part of a solid
I tried to slice the avatar by using the basic rhino commands, and also through some grasshopper nodes (in this case i had to convert a mesh into a surface)
I was also experimenting with blender by adding shapes to the avatar using the sculpt mode and making different poses to see how the avatar would look like in Slicer 360. To see the final result before making the model, I made some renders in Blender. (PHOTO RENDERS)
SCANNING¶
What we did this week¶
We learnt to scan objects, people and rooms using the Skanect software (Set the size, Texture, Close holes, Save and export as an STL)
Slicer360
This software slices and converts 3D models into 2D patterns that you can cut out of any flat material. Before slicing your obj you need to define the measurement of the laser cutter as well as the thicknes of the material. You can chose betwen interlocked slices, radial slices, folded panels and stacked slices. I chose interlocked slices and eded up cutting a total of 54 pieces.
3 GOLDEN RULES BEFORE LASER CUTTING = parameters set, laser focous and vaccum on!
Laser cutting software used; TrotecJobControl X
Useful links¶
FINAL RESULT¶
