Assignment 4: Raster Image

First off, I hate how this one looks, on both materials. The image I chose is a microscopic close up of some cells. I thought I had enough contrast in my bitmap, but I guess not. It was very difficult to choose an image I could see looking interesting. This one seemed to have the…

Assignment 3: Stacked Slices

For this assignment I chose to make a seated figure without a torso where the upper half of the body would be held up by the arms resting on the knees. I decided to make the slices diagonal to the ground which started at the top of her head. Shane already printed my piece before…

Assignment 2: Flat-Fold

For my flat-fold assignment I found a 3D scan of a crab. For very large files like the crab, I found it helpful to bring the object into Meshmixer first and reduce the vertices by a lot. Usually even around ~80% less kept most of the details. Otherwise Slicer would just freeze or crash on…

Assignment 1: Interior Anatomy 3D Print

For my 3D print, I found a house I split into two halves and the inside reveals a little alien fetus. When trying to come up with an idea, I thought of the different ways I could show the inside of an object while keeping it printable and readable as the interior of the object….