Zapata: Pepakura

 Here is my Pepakura model used by the laser scan I did a while back with my partner, Julio Romero, with the laser scan. The software implemented for this project was Pepakura, Adobe Illustrator for the edge ids, and finally Rhino as the final format ready for laser engraving. The videos that Prof. Scott, along with his personal guidance was that made all this possible. As the Laser scan was imperfect and fortunately was resolved by his expertise and knowledge in Maya/Rhino

 The concept behind it was to create a turtle with a mechanical, industrial feel of it. Though unfortunately time was a factor and hasn't been too kind to me recently as perhaps I in turn may not have kind to it back. The way it was supposed to look like was a metallic, gray coat with some bolts and rust when it was finished.

The assembly of the pepakura itself was a task that was interesting and dare I say, almost fun in a puzzling manner. I could easily imagine my engineering cousin having fun in constructing a pepakura model someday as it's very straight-forward, logical and challenging. Just like Prof. Scott recommended, I used Loctite Pro as the main adhesive for this model along with many folds and time invested in it.

Simon Fields Week 16 Teddy Pepakura

• Me and my partner both decided that it would be a cool idea if we used my teddy bear model from the 3d printing assignment, for the the pepakura one. We both liked the idea of seeing a larger more simplistic version of the model for this piece. 
• First I had to go into Maya to fix some of the topology for the bear. I changed the positions of the arms, changed the legs a bit, and mad the ball tail smaller. I then went into Rhino to fix some of the mistakes with the bear. I used line segments to flatten out the feet so the model could stand on its own. Then I simplified the amount of polygons down to around 500 before sending it off to my partner to cut it up and format in the pepakura software and Rhino.
• In Keyshot I wanted to see what the bear would look like in a couple different materials, so I used a brown glass texture for the first one. Then I found a wooden texture for the second render. I like how the second render makes the bear look like it has been roughly carved by someone.

Darrius Williams Pepakura Skull

For my pepekura project i chose to do a skull based on the 3d scan data I had from the 3d scan project. I chose this because I was curious to see how the 3d data would transfer over to a real life object and the process itself was a learning experience I can apply to other things such as uv mapping.

In my method I did not break my model into strips primarily because i couldn't. the design has a very unsymmetrical mesh work making for  more difficult breakdown but still doable. the parts that I cut into were very unusual shapes and manipulating them into place was a challenge to say the least.another issue that occurred because of the shape was my glue type. I know loctite is the glue he specifies but i found that hot glue was a superior adhesive for this peculiar model.

I Enjoyed the project up until the I had to start folding. Its an interesting concept but if I ever did anything like this again id rather cut the parts out of steel or a ductile enough metal and use reclamed rebar and weld this as a metal exploded skull instead.

Darrius Williams 3d Sanning

For my 3dScan i chose to use an engraved skull as my base for scanning and later re purposing for the pepekura project.To start u used scan studio to test scan to see what materials,textures the scanning would work with.  try a key chain, small figures until I concluded the skull was the best option.

In scan studio I scanned my skull from an upright position and laying sideways to get every possible view I could for later aligning. I aligned the to view scans and trimmed waste material such as the stand and holding peg. From  scan studio I imported my model into rapid works for further polishing. using different tools to patch up mesh work and create the geometry that wasn't scanned , such as the inner jaw bone area.once its merged and polished I decimated it down from 600K plus polygons down to versions with 1K, 5k, and 20K counts.

I really enjoyed learning how to scan objects and thinking of the implications that i could us it for, not only in my future after graduation but in was that would have meaning now. maybe using the scanner and other 3d pakages to solve issues at home or small fabrication problems I see in my day to day life.

Victoria Tran: Week 11 - Laser Cut Hippo Box

Instead of using BoxMaker, I used a different box template from Obrary. After the laser engraving assignment, making this box was alot easier. I directly did my work in Rhino. This turned out to be the correct move, since the technicians found less errors than my Adobe Illustrator assignment. It was easier for them to pinpoint what I did in Rhino.

I made this box with the intentions of giving it away as a Christmas/birthday present to my boyfriend. "Ghippo" is based on this hippo plush that I won with my boyfriend at Dave & Buster's last year. We took a liking to it and named it "Ghippo" because it looks like a grumpy hippo. Afterwards, we would portray him with multiple character personalities like Grumpy Cat or Plusheen. "Ghippo" has an obsession for chocolate. Thus, the engraving of a bitten chocolate bar on top of his head. As a finishing touch, "Ghippo" wears a necktie, so I engraved it right beneath his face.

"Think about it!" is what we will tell each other when we have to make a decision. I found it amusing, so I thought about it and decided to have the quote laser cut there. 

My boyfriend likes anchors, so as a surprise I cut and glued a piece of fabric of it onto the bottom of the box inside. 

The box has been sandpapered down, conditioned, then stained with Red Oak 215 (all from Walmart). The wood I used was the black chalkboard from Home Depot. I was curious to see how it would perform under the laser cutter. In the end, as you can see, I ended up not using any of the black chalkboard side. 

Amanda, the fabrication technician, suggested that I could have painted the box with chalkboard paint and it would have been cheaper and more effective than an actual chalkboard. The plastic from the chalkboard did slightly melt and made some tears, but Amanda was able to prevent that by handling it quickly. Therefore, laser cutting a chalkboard would work. However, it might not be worth it.  

Now that I really looked into it, the chalkboard was definitely an impulse buy. 

It was still a fun process. I appreciate woodwork alot more and I plan to laser cut a few more as presents for other folks. 

Chun-Yi Wu: Zodiac Constellation - Leo

    Leo is one of the constellations of the zodiac, lying between Cancer to the west and Virgo to the east. Its name is Latin for lion, and to the ancient Greeks represented the Nemean Lion killed by the mythical Greek hero Heracles  as one of his twelve labors.
    By the Greek mythology, Leo was identified as the Nemean  Lion, which killed and torn off its skin by Heracles. On mythology Heracles wore Nemean Lion's leather as a armor since the lion was impervious to any weaponry when it was alive.

    On my design for Leo this time, no more focus on the character but focus on the part of lion leather cover on a dummy character. Which present as Heracles's lion leather and the Weapon dummy is holding is a symbol of the constellation star of Leo.



After the modeling, again I handing my low resolution model to the rigger David Chiu for set up the rig for Leo






















The result just like the image below

 

For now, the character is on the Pepakura program for laying down, to be continue 

Brian Hou: Week 10 Box Maker

This box is by far the most personal thing I have shared. I chose to design the box as a reflection of what it holds: a book. This book is reflective of my desires, my goals, dreams and personal progress. Years ago, I met a life coach who would change the way I see life. He gifted me this book and has become something that holds lots of sentimental value. This box is a case and features quotes from Buddha and Einstein. There are only circles and lines in my design because it is reflective of a thought and an atom. Circle's represent flow, karma and the rule that what goes out, must come back. I also intended for it to occasionally be put on a shelf, so I made a spine for the box that has my last name and title. The dimensions are 1.75" by 5.70" by 8.55" and I had to take in account the thickness of the wood so the book would fit.

I took the PDF from the BoxMaker file and put it into Rhino. I used text to cover covers a large portion of the box. I used offset to make the different circles as well as line up the texts. Because the texts initially start as a line of text, I have to align them perfectly into the circles by splitting the sentences apart. After cutting the box out, I sanded them down and washed them. I should have quick dried them instead of letting it air dry because the wood started to change shape. I was afraid it would not fit afterwards, but I used the glue to force it to stay, so everything worked out.

I had to cut the box 3 times because my first attempt was not big enough to make the box fix, so after remeasuring the book and the material thickness, I remade the box and now it fits perfectly. I had ordered 2 small hinges online and they fit very proportionally on my box. It came with screws, but because it would risk damaging the box, I decided to use Loctite glue to keep the hinges on.