07. Computational Couture¶
This week was full of challenges, as i am very new to the software and I am still learning to get a hang of it. This week is all about paremetric design, textile and 3D printing. Each step consists of different components: Functions. Working with rhino and grasshopper is pretty tough for me, but it is quite simple once you understand the basic components.
Research¶
When i first heard the name 3-D printing, all i could think about was the work of Iris Van Herpen, She is my biggest inspiration for 3D printing and laser cutting, and i wanted to make a small sample inspired from her collection. My inspiration majorly comes from-
Theory¶
A machine allowing the creation of a physical object from a three-dimensional digital model, typically by laying down many thin layers of a material in succession.
Filaments that can work with 3D Printers-
- PLA (easy to print with, biodegradable- under industrial environment)
- TPU
- PVA (Water soluble, biodegradable)
- HIPS
- Lignin (bioFila)
- etc
3D Printing¶
Types of 3D Printers-
For this week's assignment, I tried to design a 3D structure, which i need to work more on..
We need to download some plugins for rhino, grasshopper is already in-built, which we can find in command section. Rest we can find it on Food4Rhino, almost all plugins are compatible with mac, we just need to put the files in component folder of grasshopper like this-
Plug-ins¶
List of Plugins we need to download
- Flexhopper
- Bifocals
- Bowerbird
- Chromodoris
- Kangaroo
- Anemone
- Weaverbird
- Cocoon
- Marching Cubes
- Mesh Edit
- Mesh+
- Mesh tools
- Lunchbox
- VR-Edge
- Mesh analysis
Some of the tutorials that I followed for above model:
But as we had to do a small sample to just understand the basics, I focused on learning grasshopper and work on more simpler structure. So I started following a simple youtube video on how to create voronoi patterns.
We can easily change the dynamics by changing the shape, triangle, circle, square or changing the curve graph. We can also change the shape of the curve to change the pattern of voronoi.
- Manipulating curve to change pattern.
- Manipulating graph mapper to change the pattern.
- Final rendered view of desired pattern.
- At first I wanted to print on scuba with transparent PLA but the fabric was not suitable and it was moving with the extruder even after fixing the edges.
Final sample¶
- Final printing on chiffon fabric, even this fabric was very light weight but we used hair spray to make the fabric a little stiffer so that it doesn't moves.