Here’s a vase I printed out using my Parametric Vase Suite. Bre Pettis was instrumental in getting this one to print. He fooled around a bit with Skeinforge and found that the intersecting shapes generated by the Suite could be printed using a single strand wall thickness. I’m mightily impressed with the results.
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The second day of the Interactive Parametrics seminar has concluded, and I’ve got some things to share. I made an interactive suite for modeling simple revolved shapes with Processing. You should check it out on Thingiverse.
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Today has been a busy, busy day. It will probably be the baseline for what’s shaping up to be an incredibly busy week.
I’ve spent the day Makerbotting, programming, and enjoying the company of some truly brilliant people at the Interactive Parametrics workshop. Once things are settled and the dust has cleared I’ll be documenting some of the fruits of my labor. I’ve even gotten to document the MakerBots Bre was kind enough to bring along to modeLab in time lapse.
I’ve learned a few important things. Firstly, Processing has a lot more functionality for 3d modeling and array based modeling that I’d figured. Second, Marius Watz is an excellent teacher and has built some beautiful libraries for 3d modeling in processing. And thirdly, the Thing-O-Matic is a damn impressive piece of hardware.
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