PROJECT ONE: TRAINING OBJECT
In pairs, you have been assigned an object to model: a pre-cast concrete module used in one of the early campus buildings.
Ivette and Isabella: Krieger Hall
Alex and Rebecca: Langson Library (and/or Gateway Study Center)
Madison and Nina: Information and Computer Science (and/or Engineering Tower)
Jillian and Faiza: Schneiderman Hall (a vestige of Steinhaus Hall)
Sharon and Claudia: Rowland Hall
Timmy and Patrick: Crawford Hall
Joshua and Sam: Aldrich Hall
Jackie and Makayla: the railings around Engineering Tower and Information and Computer Science
(Graduate students: model something of interest to your practice that you would like to 3D print. Alternatively, pick one of the above.)
Visit your module and document it thoroughly, with a sketchbook, camera, and measuring device. You may also be able to find drawings of and dimensional information about your module at the UCI Archives.
Using Rhinoceros, create an accurate free-form 3-D NURBS model of your object in as much detail as is reasonable, and output the model as a set of line drawings, as a rendering, and as a file capable of being 3-D printed.
The purpose of this project is become familiar with the Computer Aided Design operations required to generate simple three-dimensional computer models and output basic two-dimensional representations.
The Rhinoceros User’s Guide and Level 1 Training Manual are your primary external resources for this project. The first step in the project is to complete all of the Level 1 Training Manual exercises.
(If you’ve taken an interest in early campus architecture, I recommend starting with Erasing Pereira by Alan Hess. Founding faculty member Spencer Olin presents the early campus in greater length in Designing UC Irvine and The Three Phases of UC Irvine’s Architectural History.)
STEP-BY STEP BREAKDOWN
Generate a three-dimensional computer model and output basic two-dimensional representations of your model, as per the following instructions.
- Using Rhinoceros, create an accurate free-form 3-D NURBS model of
your object. Use as much detail as is reasonable: any geometry you can measure is a good rule of thumb. If the object contains internal parts, you must model these internal parts. Your model must be managed so as to distinguish between different parts and materials. - Create an appropriate set of dimensioned orthographic line drawings of your object, as well as an appropriate perspectival or paraline line drawing. These drawings must be derived from your 3-D model using the appropriate commands, and should be enhanced in Illustrator.
- Create a single rendering of your object, using the same view as your perspectival or paraline line drawing. This rendering must be derived from your 3-D model using one of the available Rhino renderers, and should be enhanced in Photoshop.
- Make any modifications and perform any analyses required to permit your model to be soundly 3-D printed. Export this revised model as the appropriate filetype. As 3-D printing is expensive, you will not be required to print this model, but it will be evaluated for printability.
Definitions of “appropriate” for each step will be covered in class.
SUBMISSION
Please submit:
- Your line drawings and rendering, prepared on two 11” x 17” landscape pages. These are presentation drawings: format them as appropriate. You are not required to print these pages.
- Your line drawings and rendering, posted to the blog. The blog is a distinctly different medium from the printed page: format your post as appropriate. Augment your post with links to and documentation of your object.
- Your project files, uploaded to EEE in a single folder. Note that there should be three files only: a 3DM file, an STL file, and a single two-page 11” x 17” PDF.
Everything is due at 11:55PM on Monday, February 19. No late submissions will be accepted.
EVALUATION
Accuracy, detail and management of Rhinoceros 3-D model: /40
Quality and clarity of orthographic and isometric line drawings: /20
Quality and clarity of rendering: /20
Soundness of printable 3-D model: /10
Formatting of submission and post: /10
TOTAL: /100