Assignment Three Final

During the process of laser cutting my waffle, i realised that i had made my slits 1mm too small!  Also after laser cutting my waffle i was made aware of some faults in my script and design!  

The great thing about laser cutting and the facilities at UNSW is that they are free and available to experimental modelling students.  Laser cutting is a great way of prototyping and through the mistakes made on this assignment, will help me with future assignments.

When I recut my waffle I found that box board was very flimsy and would break and was fraying!! So for the exhibition i will recut the waffle on ply wood

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Zaha Hadid Inspiration

Grasshopper Waffle Research

Waffle Fruit Bowl

I really like the concept of the simple waffle form that is used as an everyday household item.  The undulating surfaces create the perfect platform for fruit to rest.

Waffle Seat Decor

This cleaver use of a simple waffle 

ASSIGNMENT Two Final

Assignment Two Final

Wall Testing

Assignment Two Research

Assignment two requires us to create a GH 3D surface with parametric features. Construct a physical model of this geometry using 3D laser printing as a manufacturing process.  The task of constructing a physical model of geometry using a 3D printer places a huge limitation on what can be created,  Due to this i have decided to do some research to determine what type of geometry i can and cannot make.

Geometry One

This design would be a very interesting design to create as their is a lot of undulating surfaces with a unique pattern. The manufacturing side of this geometry would be fairly easy without much hassle.  For the purposes of the second assignment a similar type of geometry could be created using GH and the 3D printers.

Geometry Two 

Whilst this would be a very interesting and fablous design for a roof like structure, for the purposes of the second assignment such a formation would be almost impossible to create.  The amount of supports needed to print the geometry as well as the lack of thickness would cause the 3D print to fail

 Geometry Three

out of all three pieces of geometry this is my favourite.  This geometry is so simple yet expolres complex shapes and forms within GH.  In terms of trying to print this geometry, i believe it could be done.  A simple extrusion of the shape would give the geometry a solid planar basis on which to 3D print.