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2. Digital bodies

Introduccion to Rhino and lasser cut

Paula, our local instructor propose us to desing a personal card on Rhino to start getting to know the program and printtin in the lasser cut machine on bioplastics :)

  • Rhinoceros is a 3D modeling software desing on Rhino wich was a little bit tricky at first, but it gets easier with practise. Our first assigment was to desing a personal card => good idea to sart with a 2D desing before trying 3D

  • Lasser cut: How Does it Work? by high-power laser which is directed through optics and computer control that direct the beam on material. The focused laser beam burns, melts, vaporises or is blown away by a jet of gas. The lasing material is amplified by being reflected internally in mirror until its energy is enough for it to escape as a stream of light. This light is focused at the work area by mirrors

=> important to check calibrate the parameters of the intensity and speed of the light => this takes a series of tests until you get the riht numbers

Final samples:

  • blue: samples made from bioplastic that was on the BDC
  • transparent & the fail orange were bioplastica samples that I brought from Argentina

First approach to digital bodies:

Inspiration for this assigment:

I decided to work on a breast model, thinking it could be useful as a mold for future creation. I wanted to start with a simple form cause all this dising softwares are complete new for me, so at this point I think less is more.

Makehuman: platform to create an avatar

RHINO: 2nd round

(hard day)

  • my RHINO is in spanish so _ is the way to write de commands in english

Slicer for fusion 360

Open the obj in this software to generate slices for laser cut

Laser cut

First thing is to writte the right parameters:

Laser cut : speed => 70 power (min) => 50 power (max) => 53

Laser scan : speed => 800 power (min) => 25 power (max) => 27

  • NOTE: when I sent the the parameters I noticed that the machine wasnt scanning cause numbers arent close figures, so I change scan to dot and it worked. :)

Once you have all the pieces I started to stick them following the numbers and the dots. I used glue and some needles for the process.

  • upload Breast 3D model to sketchfav

Teta by Ailin.Leonor on Sketchfab

Breast 3D model by Ailin.Leonor on Sketchfab

𖦹 Notes & thoughs 𖦹

  • This week was hard, Rhino stressed me out.
  • good desicion to work with simple form
  • Im happy with my result, i need to keep practising with Rhino :/