CURVE TO SURFACE

• planarsrf
• patch
• edgesrf
• loft
• revolve
• sweep1
• sweep2
• networksrf

SUFACE TO SOLID

• offsetsrf
• extrudesrf

SURFACE TO CURVE

• dupborder

SURFACE TO MESH and MESH CHECK

• mesh
• dir
• flip
• checkmesh
• showedge

Download sample rhino file: curve-to-surf-to-mesh.zip

Reminder to meet at 8.30am sharp at the dFAB facilities in M Morrison for Zach Ali’s demonstrations of usage of the 3D printers.

• give some thought to your eventual 3d printing project (due in 3 weeks)
• choose a small object to model; make an attempt to relate the choice of this new object to the eventual needs and goals of your 3d printing project
• put 20-50 visible/colored points (colored stickers work well) on important structural points/features of your object (corners, edges, peaks, troughs)
• photograph the object from at 5 perspectives (Top, Left+Right, Front+Back); use ~50mm lens to minimize distortion
• import these images into Rhino as backgrounds and begin modeling the object in three dimensions first with lines and curves, and then with surfaces.

• Choose one of the two objects you fabricated for the last assignment, make it again and better.
• Use the CFA facilities to photo document then fabricated object from multiple perspectives, on a solid color back ground, with proper lighting; please contact our Graduate Assistant Luke (contacts in the syllabus) if you need help/guidance in the process

From Amazon:

Where does our current obsession for interactivity stem from? After the consumer society and the communication era, does art still contribute to the emergence of a rational society? Bourriaud attempts to renew our approach toward contemporary art by getting as close as possible to the artists works, and by revealing the principles that structure their thoughts: an aesthetic of the inter-human, of the encounter; of proximity, of resisting social formatting.

Find this book by following these direct links to the book on Amazon or in CMU’s Hunt Library 

1. Study all examples listed in the “Digital Fabrication and Art Practice” post; spend about 5 to 10 minutes with each work and its artist, and possibly more with the exhibitions. Be prepared to explain, discuss, analyze and critique each project and its relationship to the topics of this course;
2. Find another example of digital fabrication within the context of contemporary art practice (one that is not in the above post) and be prepared to explain, discuss, analyze and critique each project and its relationship to the topics of this course.  Post an entry to this blog with links, images and a description of the project (please choose the appropriate categories for the posting)

CONVERSATION STARTERS [for meditations on who how when and why contemporary art intersects with cnc/cad/cam/digital fabrication]

• Lost of Art by many different artists
• “Re-sampling Ornament“, 2008 exhibition at the Swiss Architecture Museum in Basel in  [see write-up by Régine Debatty]
• “Design and the Elastic Mind“, 2006 exhibition at New York’s MOMA  [see under “3D Printing”]
• TheVeryMany, including Skylar Tibbits (“Leaf Table“, “Passive Folder“, “n-Edge“, “Responsive Wall“)
• “Table Cloth for Courtyard” by Ball Nogues Studio
• “EyeWriter” by Zach Liberman, “EyeWriter Robot” by Liberman, Theo Watson and Golan Levin
• “Graffiti Analysis” by Evan Roth
• MakerBot Experiments by Marius Watz
• “Time Print Machine” by Paul Ferragut
• “Sculpture Motion” by Mathew Schwartz
• “Flight Assembled Architecture/Architectures volantes” (video) by Gramazio & Kohler and Rafaello D’Andrea
• “Animaris Ordis Parvus” by Theo Jansen
• “Piñata” by Artemio Rodriguez with the help of Robin Schwartzman
• “Tactile Photography” by James Patten
• “Growth Modeling Device” by David Bowen [see also his many drawing devices]
• “A Week in The Life” by Andreas Nicolas Fischer

Please refer to this document for hours and policies for the 2012 CMU Doherty Hall lasercutter: hours & policies.

dFAB LASER CUTTER TRAINING

• meet at Marge Morrison’s dFAB facilities at 8.30AM sharp
• bring your files for the first assignment (on flash memory or accessible online)

Design two boxes with the following design specifications:

ONE

• a single material with the following properties
• Length + Width + Height less then 18 inches
• no hardware necessary
• visually communicates its purpose

• made of two different materials
• Length + Width + Height less then 18 inches
• composed of “Skeleton” and “Skin”

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