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Here are two images that can be used to simulate a caned surface as was demonstrated in class.

A basic review of how to do this:

1. Assign the objects you want to have this texture with a “Matte Paint” material with any color (other materials will work as well, but this is a good start)
2. Find this material in the list of in-use materials from the materials inspector, double click on it
3. Click on the “Textures” Tab
4. Assign the black and tan image to the “Color” texture option
5. Assign the black and white image to the “Opacity” texture option
6. Make sure the option for “sync” is turned on from the bottom of the textures properties
7. Adjust the scale as needed with the slider or by entering a number in the field associated with the scale slider

And here are a few wood textures you can use.

1. Comment on Someone else’s project
A. Due March 2
In response to their work on the drinking glasses part of Assignment 1, write a very brief statement commenting on the work of the classmate whose last name follows your alphabetically (the last person in this order should comment on the first person). Describe at least one positive and one negative aspect of their design, but also make specific suggestions for how their renderings can be improved. This comment is required, but you are also welcome and encouraged to comment on anyone’s work. Use Google Doc’s commenting feature to do this.

2. Improve Your Post for Assignment 1
Due March 5
If your post from the first assignment had any problems, or if suggestions were made that could improve your design or rendering, you have the chance to go back and make improvements. Technically this is not required, but the improved submission will be considered for grading purposes, should you choose to revise. If you choose to improve your work, modify your document, adding the new content so we can see the improvements in relation to the original content. Don’t delete the original work.

3. 3D Print one of your glasses
Due March 12
Select one of your glasses to make a 3D print of. Save your this model as an STL and submit it for printing on one of the 3D printers in the Bank Building second floor.

4. Chair Study: Models and Rendering.
Due March 5
Working from the brief  for the Chair Study  project, you should create the following content:

Rhino File

• Build a model of each chair.
• Begin by drawing 3D curves that faithfully capture the proportions and scale of the chairs.
• Most of the bentwood components should be built with the pipe tool, with the majority of remaining surfaces built as extrusions or surfaces from planar curves (“planarsrf” command).
• Build all chairs in a single Rhino file.
• Place each chair on its own set of layers
• Use nesting layers to organize the parts of the chair
• Build each chair to have a consistent relationship with the origin (if one is centered over the origin, make all of them centered, for example)
• Keep all important curves on layers to facilitate organization, management, and editing

Put your Rhino folder in your personal Google Drive folder. Begin to organize your folder with sub folders for each project so faculty can easily navigate and find your work.

Rendering

• Build a scene in Rhino using basic “pedestal” elements (extrusions) as props for your chair models to provide an interesting backdrop to render within. Create at least three renderings using this scene: at least one that shows all three chairs in their entirety, and at least one that has the chair closest to the camera partially cropped.
• Choose at least two images from this post on Dezeen and use these images as backdrops to create renderings that show your chair models in the spaces. These renderings must include at least one of your chairs, but can also include more than one instance of each chair or chairs.
• Bonus: Create a surreal or fantastic scene using a backdrop image that places your chair in a setting that is somehow surreal, unexpected, or otherwise out of the ordinary
• All renderings should be submitted at 1,200 pixels wide, and at least one renderings from each series should use wood (without opaque finish, so the grain is visible) as the material

Put your renderings in your personal google drive folder and the “chair rendering folder”. Come up with a consistent, logical naming convention that begins with your first name and clearly differentiates between the three series of renderings. Use this for all of your renderings. For example: Specce_Chair_Scene1.jpg, Specce_Chair_Interior1.jpg, Specce_Chair_Surreal.jpg

5. Paper Model Selections
Select and bring in several objects for consideration to use in the next project, Paper Model.

Using this Rhino File, assemble the Lego figure in the poses indicated in this document.

Keep the original model, and make a new layer (or set of layers) for each pose. If you finish early, use Keyshot to create a rendering of the assembled and posed figures.

Fit a control point curve in the tubes included in this model. Use the exact number of points indicated by the layer name.

Use the image below to trace the figures shown in red.  When indicated, use the drawing tool called out. Two problems have specific instructions regarding the number of points allowed.

Keyshot is installed on the iMacs in the computer lab, for now I was only able to get it installed on one of the partitions (these computers are set up to run Windows and MacOS via Bootcamp):

• The one closest to the door has Keyshot installed on the Windows partition
• The others have Keyshot installed on the Mac partition

They all have Rhino installed on both partitions. I have also installed the Keyshot plugin for Rhino on the iMacs.

There is a plug-in available for Rhino that enables “Live Linking” from Rhino to Keyshot:

“With LiveLinking, your modeling application and KeyShot are connected (via the plugin). With it, you can continue to work in the 3D modeling application after the initial transfer to KeyShot. At any point in time you can update your designs in KeyShot with the simple push of a button. Only the changed parts and layers will be transferred to KeyShot, without the loss of any materials, animations, lighting nor camera setup.”

Get the plugin here:
https://www.keyshot.com/resources/downloads/plugins/

scroll down until you see the Rhino logo, click on the logo, then choose the appropriate operating system. Once you have the plugin installed, you can read the instruction below for how to use it (windows and mac have differences in how to use it).

See this page for details on how to use it:
https://luxion.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/KP/pages/38414838/Rhinoceros

You can download Keyshot from the link below. Select the “Full Installer” for your operating system:
https://www.keyshot.com/resources/downloads/

You will need to get a license from me in person, but it will work in demo mode in the meantime. I will be distributing licenses at 1:30 pm on Friday (2/21) in Prov Wash.

There is a great fellowship opportunity available to sophomores and juniors, offered by Be Original (an organization that promotes authentic, as opposed to “knock-off” furniture and lighting design). From the website:

“Be Original Americas’ 7-week Summer Design Fellowship program will introduce two college students to all facets of creating innovative, high-quality products, from research, design, and manufacturing to marketing and distribution through hands-on, in-the-field learning.”

The deadline is March 12, but all you need to apply is:

• Resume or CV that emphasizes relevant experience and achievements
• Letter of Recommendation from a college professor
• Short Essay (500-700 words). Please answer all of the below questions in one MLA-formatted document
  • What does original design mean to you?
  • What is your favorite design and why?
  • What do you see as the future of original design?

To be eligible you must meet the following requirements:

• enrolled as an undergraduate student, in 2nd or 3rd year of study at an accredited college or university in the United States
• 3.0 GPA or higher
• United States citizenship or legal resident alien status who reside in the United States
• 18 years of age or older

Be Original Americas will provide travel and lodging accommodations as this program will require travel to New York City and member company sites throughout the United States. Participants can expect to incur some costs for food and incidentals. A $3,500 grant will be awarded to each student at the successful conclusion of the program.

I’m happy to offer any help or advice to anyone wishing to apply.

From Wallpaper:
Sverre Uhnger’s glasses are lovingly shaped to make individual brews taste and look their best

From Dezeen:

Sempli aims to provide “ultimate beer glasses” with Monti collection

Different glasses stack together in Ding3000’s La Famiglia set

Some of the the videos I will post are sped up to compensate for how slowly I typically speak, but not all of them are. If you find a video is too fast or slow, you can get a browser extension that will let you speed up or slow down the videos as you like.

Chrome:
Playback speed for embedded vimeo
Playback Rate

FireFox:
Faster Video

I’m sure there are similar options for Safari and other browsers, but I can’t seem to find a free one.

In both the Windows and Mac versions of Rhino you can customize the pop-up menu that appears when you click on the middle mouse button. You’ll see me do this often when I’m working in Rhino – it’s a huge productivity booster.

To customize in Windows:
Click the middle mouse button
click on the small gray bar at the top of the menu – this will “dock” the menu
remove items from the menu by holding shift as you drag them off the menu and into the workspace
add items by holding CTRL as you drag from an existing toolbar into the menu

To customize on the Mac:
http://discourse.mcneel.com/t/cant-customize-middle-mouse-button-popup-toolbar/4044

If you have the Apple Magic Mouse and are using it with Rhino, you might find there are some things about it that are not ideal. There are a couple of tricks that might improve the behavior the mouse that you can try setting up.

If the virtual “scroll” is too fast, go to Rhino > Preferences > View > Zoom, and change to Scale factor value to a value closer to 1 to slow down the zooming speed.

You can also try the third party mouse control application called Magic Prefs that allows you to make more detailed adjustments to the mouse settings than the System Preferences panel allows.

If you need a refresher, here is a review of the Rhino interface.

And here is a review of the various kinds of geometry you can work with in Rhino.

The drinking glass assignment requires that you take a screen shot of your revolve curves. Here’s how to do this:

Windows and mac:
Make sure the viewport you want to capture is active, then run the command – ViewCaptureToFile.

Also FYI:
the Mac OS has an easy to use screen capture tool built in. Press Shift+Command+4  and a cursor will appear that allows you drag an area to capture as a screen shot. You should hear a shutter sound, this means that the image is saved to your desktop.

Windows has a built in app called “Snipping Tool” that can be used for screen shots.

If you’ve seen Part 1 of the Drinking Glasses Demo videos, then you’ve gotten a taste of what the PictureFrame command can do. This is a great tool and I use it all of the time if I need to bring in an image to use as an underlay for tracing, modeling, reverse engineering, etc, etc. Here is a more in-depth look at how it works.

The commands covered in this video are:
Trim
Split
Join
Explode
Cap
Fillet (with radius set to a value of 0)

Part 3: This Video demonstrates how to do a basic rendering with Keyshot, including how to set up the kinds of materials you may want to use for this project.

Part 2: How to measure the volume of your glass.

Commands used in this video:

• box
• booleansplit
• volume