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.