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6. Computational Couture

Lecture on October 21st, 2025 Global Instructor: Julia Koerner

Local Instructor: Carlos Roque - 3D Print on textiles tutorial, 23rd October 2025

Assignment

-Document the concept, sketches, references also to artistic and scientific publications Design a parametric model using Grasshopper3D and uploadthe rhino file + grasshopper files

-Learn how to use 3D printing techniques to print the 3D model in/on the chosen materials

-Document the workflow for exporting your file and preparing the machine and gcode to be 3D printed

-Upload your stl file with pictures at oscircularfashion.com

-Submit some of your swatches to the analog material library of your lab. (20cm *20cm aprox)

Research skills: the participant has acquired knowledge through references and Concept development

Design skills: the participant has acquired 3D modeling skills and explored parametric skills

Fabrication skills: the participant is capable of executing from file to production workflow, from 3D modelling to 3D printing

Process skills: Anyone can go through the process, understand it and reproduce it

Final outcome: Create samples/swatches of 3D printing as fabric or on fabrics and a 3D/parametric model

Originality: Has the design been thought through and elaborated?

Student checklist Document the concept, sketches, references also to artistic or scientific articles on 3D printing and parametric modeling Design a parametric model using Grasshopper3D or Blender (or alternative parametric software) and upload the 3Ddesign file + required parametric files

Learn how to use a 3D printer and document the step-by-step process and settings

Document the workflow for exporting your file and preparing the machine, Gcode and settings to be 3D printed Print your file and document the outcomes

Upload your stl file

Submit some of your swatches to the analog material library of your lab. Size 20cm x 20cm approx (extra credit)

Research & Ideation

Inspiration

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weekly assignment

Check out the weekly assignment here or login to your NuEval progress and evaluation page.

about your images..delete the tip!!

  1. Remember to credit/reference all your images to their authors. Open source helps us create change faster together, but we all deserve recognition for what we make, design, think, develop.

  2. remember to resize and optimize all your images. You will run out of space and the more data, the more servers, the more cooling systems and energy wasted :) make a choice at every image :)

This image is optimised in size with resolution 72 and passed through tinypng for final optimisation. Remove tips when you don't need them anymore!

get inspired!

Check out and research alumni pages to better understand how to document and get inspired

Add your fav alumni's pages as references

References & Inspiration

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  • Two images side-by-side

describe what you see in this image describe what you see in this image


  • Image reference

centered image with credits/reference
  • Download reference

Links to reference files, PDF, booklets,

about your images..

  1. Remember to credit/reference all your images to their authors. Open source helps us create change faster together, but we all deserve recognition for what we make, design, think, develop.

  2. remember to resize and optimize all your images. You will run out of space and the more data, the more servers, the more cooling systems and energy wasted :) make a choice at every image :) This image is optimised in size with resolution 72 and passed through tinypng for final optimisation.

Tools

Process and workflow

Rhino and Grasshopper ... Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

describe what you see in this image

Step

This model 1 was obtained by..

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Step

The paramteric model 2 was created using.. it allows the user to follow, shape, adapt, increase, mimic..

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Step

...

My final model for printing is ...

The STL model 3 was obtained by..

Print with file [^4] was created using..

footnote fabrication files

Fabrication files are a necessary element for evaluation. You can add the fabrication files at the bottom of the page and simply link them as a footnote. This was your work stays organised and files will be all together at the bottom of the page. Footnotes are created using [ ^ 1 ] (without spaces, and referenced as you see at the last chapter of this page) You can reference the fabrication files to multiple places on your page as you see for footnote nr. 2 also present in the Gallery.

3D Models

upload the 3d models of MakeHuman, Final 3d modelled body, 3D Scans, etc use the fabrication files at the bottom of the page to link and upload models, referencing them with a footnote

Dita's Gown by Francis Bitonti Studio on Sketchfab

Videos

learn how to add video tutorials, inspirational videos and movies etc

From Vimeo

Sound Waves from George Gally (Radarboy) on Vimeo.

From Youtube

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Fabrication files

  1. File: 3d modelling of mannequin ↩

  2. File: Laser cut sheets ↩

  3. File: additional models ↩