Michelle K OBDF Blog

Concept 1: Mushroom Picking This is a design is environmentally friendly, long-lived and aesthetic from the documentary. This product would potentially made from recycled plastic and it has a groove deep enough to hang a big coat or jacket.  Concept 2: Peek-a-boo Cat This design will fit under the innovative and long lived design. It is cute and it won't be an eye sore to look at. Plus, there is a cat that greets when you hang your coat/jacket or even your keys!  Concept 3: Abstract Points  I wanted this design to be functional for different things. There is room for coats, jackets and add your keys and your hat. This would fit under innovative and little design as possible.  Concept 4: Telephone Dial This would fit under innovative, honest and consistent in detail. I wanted this to be like a dial that you can turn and locks in place when each item is placed on a hook.  Concept 5: Sun and Moon  This would fit under purely aesthetic. I wanted it a theme that...

Step 1: My first step in the process to create my hollow form object was to create a circle with filleted edges to make it a more rounder shape. This was done by using the star point command and then using the fillet edges command.  Step 2: Next I proceeded to create a pointed edge on the top to make it a dome like figure. I used the rail revolve command to achieve this form. Then, I slightly stretched the object to elongate the form.  Step 3: I think mirrored the object in order to create a hourglass-like figure. This step I also used the Boolean Union command to join these two objects together and then the twist command to create its twist like pattern.  Step 4: Lastly, I used the taper command to taper just around the top to create a vase-like form.  Step 5: This is the final form on the Prusa Sli3er. In terms of the settings, I will use:  a) Spiral Toolpath  b) Single Perimeter  c) No solid layer for both top and bottom  Final Thoughts: From t...