1 Due for STL File Submission: 2pm, Monday 13

th December.

DSDN104 EXP3:

GROW

DUE Thursday 16th December at 07:00am1

30% of Course Grade

Introduction

Additive fabrication offers new possibilities for form creation that are more akin to processes

found in nature, than to traditional ways of making. 3D Printing comprises of layers of UV

cured resin only a few microns thick, allowing form to be grown very slowly from the ground

up.

Much like a 3D print is fabricated layer by layer, a “pattern” is a complexity that emerges

from a process of repeating or consecutive elements. Patterns are everywhere, and can

provide insights into the foundations of phenomena both natural and synthetic.

Design challenge

Your goal is to conceptualize a theme that responds to some mode of “pattern”, and then

use this theme to develop a 3D printed form.

Your challenge is to build complexity into your designs in a way that exploits the nature of 3d

printing. You will use your theme to explore the possibilities of various tools and methods for

3d form generation. You are to produce 3 [three] refined digital models that each fit within

the dimensions of a 30mm cube, and select one of these to be printed on the school’s Objet

3d printer.

Procedure

Visit 104 Blog at the start of each class for the studio session plan.

1. Choose an aspect of the term Pattern.

2. Find precedent images that relate to this mode of pattern, and begin sketching details

from these images. Use your sketches to identify motifs or methods in these patterns, and

refine these into a theme.

3. Use your theme to develop 3D compositions, first in sketching, then by creating/tracing

designs in Illustrator and importing these into Solidworks. You may also want to use sketch

modelling to help generate your ideas.

4. Refine 3 (three) final models that are no bigger than 30×30×30 mm and with help from

your tutor choose one to be printed. The final model must be saved as an .STL file; and

submitted to the R Drive for printing by 2pm on Monday 13th December.

5. After carefully cleaning the support material from your 3D print, consider any further

surface treatment.

6. Create a rendered composition of your three models, and photograph your 3D print.

7. Document the entire process on your blog, the whole time considering your graphic

presentation.

8. Present you work in class, on your session Due date: 16th December

REMEMBER to back up your work at the start and end of each studio session.

Software

• Autodesk 3ds Max / Design 2010

• Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator CS3

• Solidworks 2009

Submission Requirements

• One 3D printed form.

• One blog containing:

• Images of design precedents (minimum 6).

• Development images including sketches (minimum 4).

• One image showing your three 3d models.

• One photograph of your 3d print.

Assessment Criteria

1. Evidence of research into design precedents.

2. Effective transformation from concept to final design.

3. Ability to utilize computing technology to create 3D form.

4. Ability to capture the poetics of form through photography and rendering.

5. Quality and craft in drawings, images, presentations, computer models, renders and 3d

print.