Week 3 3D Printing and 3D Scanning

For the first time, I made a 3D model in Rhino and learned a few very effective commands. Here's a pedant model that I made primarily with "Pipe." And I printed it using MakerBot.

It took 25 minutes in high quality since it's very small. I believe high quality is necessary due to the shape of pipes that I'm experimenting with.





As you can see, the output has interesting differences from the original model. Since the size of the model is so small and the high temperature of the operating environment, the printer crated subtle linkages when the head moves between different pipes. So 3D printing may not work for my original design from the perspective of precise modeling, but personally I liked the variance. The original design is too symmetric from jewelry design perspective and now the element of subtle unpredictability makes it more beautiful.

I also tried 3D scan, which proves to be more difficult than I thought. I wonder if it will work better if we set up a single color background in the lab to help the scanner track the object easier.