Week 06. Computational Couture

Patterns manipulations Box Morphing Loops and iterations Recursive subdivision / localized subdivision Physics and simulations Wrapping Foldable patterns Unrolls and mesh planarization VR representations

Rhinoceros 3d Grasshopper

3d printer

PLA plastic, ninjaflex, ABS, SLA , SLS

Kangaroo Anemone Weaverbird Cocoon Marching Cubes Mesh Edit Mesh+ Mesh tools Lunchbox VR-Edge Mesh analysis

Develop or use an existing parametric model in order to design and rapid prototype your geometries using a digital fabrication method of your choice.

I have never used Rhinoceros before. My previous contacts with the program was in the Grasshopper, in some projects for constructing structures like LAT Pavillion in Fab 13, but it was only seeing people doing it, and sometimes asking for the functions to understand how it works.

In Fab13 I attended the workshop “Digital Organisms”, where Aldo Sollazo has given some information in the Grasshopper functions, and in that ocasion I downloaded the Rhino Trial version to try to get in contact with the program. But at the end I used it only a few times and my trial version has expirated. I really liked the program and the instructions and tutorials Aldo gave us in the class and in the Recitation, but only on Sunday night I finally get a new license to use the Rhino, so, today I spend all day reviewing and studying the tutorials, and I'm very happy that I finally begin to understand something in this very rich process.

01. Creating a grid of geometries, Hezagons. 02. Stablishing the center of each form and not in the x / y axes. 03. Introducing the extractor point. 04. Calculating the distance from each center point to the extracting point. 05. Changing the dimensions from each piece acording to the distance from the extracting points. 06. Introducing Color according with the distance.

I've reproduce this tutorial , but decided follow another to construct my pattern to 3D printing in the Fabric.

01. Creating a grid of geometries, Squares.In the first ine of the image can be seen how to change the number of sides from the geometry. In the second line creating the grid with 15 columns and 15 lines.

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