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Castle Monument Surface Design: Final Engraving: Reverse Engineer Object: Chess Pieces:

 Due to my personal health issues and my packed scheduling, I will have to update this post once I finally get to my appointment with a prusa mini! Here are my final renders of my design on a chess board, as well as in a rendered view showing its full form! I chose to go for the smaller size of boxes making the squares on 1.95 inches by 1.95 inches. Whish me luck on the 3D printing, may I or others NOT break a printer! 3D Print

When I first got started on this project I had decided to make a whimsical themed set. I first thought about how a chess board is a king's court. And then it was to figure out the most pretentious thing about royalty I could think of. This led to my thought on excessive and useless tableware! 5 forks, 12 spoons, 15 knives, you name it, so I came up with initial selections based on the actual uses of each piece on a chess board.  The king would be a :"fish fork" which is just a fork with 2 pikes instead of 3 or 4. Useless, just like the king in the game.  The queen would be a steak knife as she cuts through the board like crazy. The knight does some strange movements in the game making it a weird utensil, I chose the spork. The bishop is a bit useless and it used more as a last resort, thus a desert spoon works well as it is used at the end of a meal only. The rook is more useful, making it a great fit as a dinner spoon. The pawns always go first, thus I felt the mini fork...

The final renders are here! This project was a long one and one where I had many outside factors that made it more challenging then it needed to be. From getting sick to my own program and computer glitching, I am happy to say that the many crises I had were overcome in the end! This water bottle is definitely one I can confidently donate to goodwill now that I have reverse engineered its components and rebuilt it in Rhino!  I still have much to learn and many things I most likely forgot, but this milestone was one well worked for and I am ready to move on to the next one!  Wish me luck!  

 Hello, I am coming at you late as I have been sick this week. I was sick before as well recently, however what I got this time was much worse. It cycled through my family and somehow I ended up as the last one to get the flu and am now under the weather and behind on all of my school work, including this project. The only thing I was able to do was connect the bottom halves of the bottle before I was too sick to get out of bed. Luckily for me, reading week will be where I can work work work on this project and get it done! I made sure to get all of my other classes things done so that I can focus on this and really prepare a solid and well crafted reverse engineered project.  Wish me luck once again, I hope everyone stays healthy in this snowy weather as well!

 For my engraving I chose to use the provided birch wood that was set aside in the io lab for the classes! I felt that the light tone of the wood would really help show the different layers of my design in a more clear and beautiful way!  These are the results: The only problem I have with this is the little cracks as well as the uneven tone of the black. However on that same note, I actually think those things give my design character! Not only that, nut these imperfections match the Tajik embroidery style I emulated and bring out the nostalgia for me of the many copious amounts of imperfect yet beautiful pieces of hand done decor I have seen at home and from many family friends from Tajikistan as well!  Original Engraving I think this project was a success and I am proud of how well my design translated through the wood engraving!

  For my first update I decided to tackle the bottom lid and the bottle itself. I was unable to finish the bottle but the bottom lid came to become very polished! The lid: The bottom lid has an inner metal cylinder in it that I thought would give me problems, but my caliper fit perfectly into it so I was able to get all the measurements.  The inner cylinder. Final without spiral for the twist. The bottle: The bottle is tricky for me. So While I was able to create the 3 components of the top small opening, the body and the bottom opening, putting them together was something I couldn't figure out how to do. The bottle has a big curve connecting the top opening and a more subtle one on the bottom. I have no clue where to start to measure or how to create said connecting curves.  Things I will need to make still: - the textured rubber - The top lid -The rubber band - the spirals on the inside and outside - the curves connecting the body of the bottle togeter

  For this week we are progressing in the creation of our reverse engineered objects. Last class I ended up sick and not attending, this as well as a blend of my other class loads has caused me to delay my progress and I have unfortunately ran into some precarious things!  Allow me to set the scene! I had started with the inner tea strainer of the water bottle I chose to do for this project and the base was going smoothly.  First I created circles for the base and the overhang. Then it was just an extrude for the base and an extrude for the top.  With a bit of boolean split and a little rotation I had the skeleton of the tea strainer ready!  And so, the problems began!  I realized something very very anxiety and fear inducing on this endeavor there are a billion holes in this thing! And then I looked at the other components and found that there were parts of it I could not reach with the digital caliper and that I could not take apart from the pieces themse...

For this week we are selecting the objects we plan in reverse engineering and recreating in Rhino 3D! I found myself lost with this selection as it turns out, simple but complex objects were very uncommon in my household. I did however find some I think will workout for this milestone project!  The first item I found was this paper towel holder: I found however that this object is too simple for this 3 week project.  My next choice was this pen: I did find that measuring it would be hard though due to its small size and tiny parts, like the spring. For my final object, I chose a water bottle with a tea strainer in it! This is my choice for this project as the pieces are a comfortable size and it is complex enough due to its shape to be a worth while object to create in Rhino 3D. I think this will also help me to expand on my skills and rendering capabilities within the program as well!  Wish me luck!

Final first draft  For my surface design study I was inspired by my family's traditional Tajik embroidery and wood carving! I blended the square shapes with the curve of the flower motifs used in the wall décor embroidery. Initial Sketch Idea I started with the center piece of the traditional bar design and then rotated and copied it. Then I got onto the edges which I arrayed squares on to create the flower shape that encompasses the centerpiece. I then trimmed the parts I didn't want and placed it over the geometric design, overlapping the edges. The next part was the outside where I arrayed some circles to create the flower petals. The last thing I added was small ovals which I also arrayed after putting in an extra circle as a guide. I added colours I found are the most commonly used for Tajik embroidery and textile and then changed the background to black as that is the main base fabric used when making wall textiles. It was and still is a challenge to use 2D surfacing in R...