Task 10 -

The main consideration for the type of material that I want to use for laser cutting is the final form in my assignment 3 design. The main focus of the my design centers around the exterior layer which covers the geometric form. As a modelling exercise, putting all the laser cut pieces together of a "weave" or "diagrid" pattern seems too problematic and time consuming, so I decided (with consultation with Melody) that it was going to be a lot easier and a lot less painfully to just using the base geometric form for the laser cut model. The intention of using acrylic was to give the finish model a "see through: look but still retain a sense of the edge of the model, as the edges of the acrylic has a different colour compared to the "faces" when placed on another surface.

Task 9 -

The above description defines the geometry to be laser cut.

The above description is a waffle description that was created by Victor Leung and posted on Grasshopper3d.com's forum. the post title is "A solid waffle for laser cutting."

What I try to emulate with this Grasshopper description is the form of a fish. Base on the sculpture in Barcelona (1992) by Frank Gehry and his Fish Dance building in Kobe, Japan.

The base for this description is the parametric tower I used for the 1st assignment. By removing the last few components and adding addition rotating and scale components I can manipulate the shape and size of the geometry. Using number sliders in Grasshopper is rather restrictive in terms of controlling the overall shape and the way scaling works, so I have opted to use the graphmapper component to achieve the curves.
This geometry will serve as the base for further experiments for the 3rd assignment. The experiments will mainly focus on the facade/cladding that will be applied to the geometry.

Week 7 -

Place holder, will update later.