For my laser cutting project I decided to use my flashlight, as Prof. Scott said it would work well. I chopped the engines off the sides because I was afraid they would be difficult to cut, so this Hyperspace Rocket Light isn't quite as Hyperspace. Funny enough, it's actually hard to tell the model is sliced when looking at the Keyshot renders.
I used wood materials when rendering these, as I felt they looked fairly close to cardboard.
My concerns are that the model might be too small for laser cutting (I have quite a bit of space left on my sheet, as you can see) and that my cores are incorrectly placed. The hollow design of the flashlight left me a bit confused as to where to place my cores, so I hope they'll work where they are.
Week 6 cont. (10/05/14): Resize and re-slice
I scaled up the flashlight and filled in the inside so it's no longer hollow. I cored it through the middle this time and redid the slice sheet.
It is now much easier to tell that the flashlight has been sliced - the button and rivets look much different now, for example.
Thank you Mr. Scott for getting back to me and telling me how to fix the problems. Please let me know if anything else needs fixing!
No, it won't work. Scale up you light. add the internal flashlight as a solid and use that to core your light. Use a slice distance of .23
ReplyDeleteI would say that for this project you should think about and focus more on the form as opposed to the functionality of the light. Much better!!
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