Final on May 23rd from 10:00 - 5:00 at Point Street

What you should have for the final

• Neck it project (in final form)
• ...like a rolling stone (in final form)
• Selfie/Cameo (in final form)
• Any support material (renders, blueprints, photomontage etc.)

• 50 posts on your blog
• All final Rhino files uploaded to your blogs

Just as a reminder, I pulled the project descriptions from our syllabus and pasted them below. 

NECK-IT. 

Using Rhino, Shapeways and Adobe Creative suite to design and 3D print a fully articulated necklace. Take advantage of the format of a necklace to tell a story. Your neck piece must include a 3D printed clasp, hook or snap.

Outcomes: 

Students will learn advanced modeling techniques in Rhino, file formatting for outsourcing 3D printing and be exposed to new materials by designing a wearable neck piece using 3D printing. This process will better inform future design decisions using this workflow.  

...like a rolling stone

Using Rhino and our in house ASIGA 3D printers to model a wearable piece that will accept a stone or multiple stones. Try to push the advantages that 3D printing offers that might be hard to do with traditional hand skills. The "stone" element should be a focal point /conceptually relevant in the piece.

Outcomes: 
Students will learn advanced modeling techniques in Rhino for output on the Form2, ASIGA and Shapeways in order to design, 3D print, cast and finish a wearable piece that will accept precious/semi precious stones.  

Is the selfie just a Digital Cameo 

  

Using the 3D systems Sense scanners, Rhino and Sculptris capture geometry and edit it to fit a supplied brooch back.  The subject matter can be narrative or self-reflective but must use a portion of your body.  Parts will be printed using the Form 2, ASIGA, Dimension printers or outsourced via Shapeways / Quality Casting.

Outcomes: 
Students will learn advanced organic modeling techniques using Sculptris and Zbrush to edit 3D scan data in order to make a self portrait style brooch.

Final will be on May 23rd from 10:00 - 5:00

at Point Street 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Point+St,+Providence,+RI+02903/@41.8160627,-71.408467,3a,75y,172.47h,75.97t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7uYl3W2U57mg6rxJ-Iu8wQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x89e4456a563a541b:0x4f100a2e6ca8d913!8m2!3d41.8156623!4d-71.4094979

TO-DO list!!!

Things that need to be done now:

Neck-it:  ordered or in hand, renders completed
Rolling stone: Stones obtained, print ready to be cast OR ordered in metal OR ready to be molded
Selfie brooch:  Scans collected, brooch back digitized, brooch back polished, finished, setting strategized, Type of print figured out
Blog: 50 posts! 

From the syllabus
"Technically, each project is equal to 20% of your grade (three projects and sketchbook/Blog, four total =80%). The last 20% is determined by your commitment to in-class work, your demonstrated interest in the subject, enthusiasm, and degree of artistic experimentation. Other factors include the quality of your samples and sketchbook, timely completion of projects, and attendance record."


Things that need to be done:

Finishing all projects
Renders of all projects
3D printing (final day to print in house is MAY 18th 5PM)
Sculpting in Zbrush
Coloring parts
Final designs
Research on the blogs




ZBRUSH

Mask extrusion
Mask>CTRL+W>CTRL+CLICK on masking or model>TRANSPOSE TOOLS (MOVE ROTATE SCALE ETC)


Slice tool
Ctrl>shift>SliceCruve> (hold down shift to reposition or alt to change to curve)CRTL+SHIFT click on object to select>Geometry>Modify topology>del hidden>close holes

OR

Ctrl>shift>SliceCruve> (hold down shift to reposition or alt to change to curve)CRTL+SHIFT click on object to select>Geometry>Dynamesh>Groups> delhidden>


Insertbrush
Lay down geometry.  Make dynamesh
Hold down ALT to insert submesh>Click and drag, before releasing the mouse button let go of ALT and press the space bar to move the submesh.
Go to DYNAMESH>CREATESHELL Use shell thickness to create a wall thickness

Zbrush

Move, Rotate, Scale

Making an insert brush, Stroke, Curve mode, 

Reconstruct Sub-divisions

Re-mesh

Z Remesher

Decimation Master

Insert brush, making an insert brush

Extract from masking

Array mesh

Surface>Alpha insertNanomesh (Zmodeler>spacebar>insert nanomesh)
Tool<Geometry>Modify Geometry>Micromesh>Shift+R (renders BPR)
Tool>geometry>ConvertBPR to Geo

More Zbrush

Masking, Brush options, Drag direct, Circle, Deformation, reverse masking
https://www.pinterest.com/arthurhash/zbrush-alphas/
https://www.pinterest.com/arthurhash/zbrush/
Making an insert brush, Stroke, Curve mode, 
http://www.badking.com.au/site/
Importing objects from Rhino
Reconstruct Sub-divisions
Re-mesh
Z Remesher
Decimation Master
Boolean objects
Insert brush, making an insert brush
BadKing.com
Shadowbox
Extract from masking
Array mesh
Nanomesh (Zmodeler>spacebar>insert nanomesh)

Zbrush clipping using dynamesh and subtools from arthur hash on Vimeo.

after midterm

• Samples
• Calendar
• Project intro (Cameo/Selfie)
• Scanning
• WIP/individual review (those not getting reviewed can practice scanning)
• Zbrush

 

1. When you first open Zbrush the Lightbox opens. Imagine Lightbox as being a folder with icons but what is displayed are tools, basic shapes, and sample models.

2. Light box will always stay open unless you hide it. Simple click on the button for Lightbox to hide it.

3. Zbrush is odd. It is very different than most of the software we have used in class. For example, the items in the lightbox are called tools or Ztools. These tools can be geometric shapes. One the right hand side right click the gold S. In the flyout toolbar click on the Ring icon.

4. It is import to do the next few steps in order. First, with the ring tool selected, left click and drag on the gradient background. This will place a ring in the work-area. Before you do anything else click EDIT in the upper toolbar.

5. You will now notice that the tool duplicated itself in the mini lightbox menu on the right hand side of the screen. If you right click drag on the gradated background you can rotate your object. A few pro tips here:


Right click drag on the background rotates

CTRL>Right click drag Zooms

ALT>Right click drag pans

6. In order to lock in your orientation and to make alterations to the geometry of the ring you must click MAKE POLYMESH3D. Again, you will notice that you have made a copy of the Ztool in the mini light box.

7. After making it a PolyMesh you can now drop expand the deformation tab and make changes. This is a way of changing your geometry with some level of accuracy. Remember that organic modeling is often based on haptics (is the science of applying touch (tactile) sensation and control to interaction with computer applications) Basically you can sculpt all day but if you want to scale, rotate, inflate evenly you need to do that in the deformation tab. You will notice small x, y, zs above the slider bars. This determines the orientation of the deformation. Try highlighting just the Y on the size slider and making a barrel ring.

8. Now try sliding the inflate slider to the left (negative) this will essentially deflate your ring

9. I would encourage you to experiment with these sliders. You can get some unique geometry that you cannot get in Sculptris or Rhino. Once you have a grip on deformation expand the geometry tab. Zbrush is strangely linear. Your polygon count can go up and down anytime that you are modeling. To increase you polycount, click divide. To lower it you can click lower res. By dividing a number of times you can edit between divisions but clicking lower res and higher res. If you want to go lower than the lowest division click Reconstruct Subdivisions

10. In the upper tool bar you will notice that you are in DRAW mode. To the right of the DRAW icon there is MOVE, SCALE, ROTATE. If you select one of these modes, you can drag out an edit bar by left clicking on your object and dragging. The edit bar is a line with three circles on it. If you click and drag the outside circle it alters the geometry. If you click drag the inner circle it constrains it. In my mind it is similar to holding down the shift key when you scale with the gumball in Rhino. You will actually notice that the colors and symbols are the same as the gumball in Rhino. These colors will give you hints as to which direction the geometry will move.

11. If this 3D space is disorienting that is because it is. You can turn on the Floor and you will have a "construction" plane that can help orient things.

Once you are done editing your tool you can export an OBJ file that you then can import in to either Rhino or Sculptris.

https://www.pinterest.com/arthurhash/

http://www.badking.com.au/site/

PROJECT #3!!!!
Is the selfie just a Digital Cameo? 

Assignment brief:                  

Using the 3D systems Sense scanners, Rhino and Sculptris capture geometry and edit it to fit a supplied brooch back. The subject matter can be narrative or self-reflective but must use a portion of your body.  These brooches will be put on display in the hallway of J&M. Parts will be printed using the Form 1, Dimension or Shapeways.

Learning outcomes:      

     

Students will learn advanced organic modeling techniques using Sculptris to edit 3D scan 

data in order to make a self portrait style brooch.

Skills list:                    

Sculptris/ Pixelogic’s stand alone organic modeling software

Measuring and modeling to fit polygonal geometry to meet hard surface geometry.

Learn 3D scanning using the 3D systems handheld 3D scanner.

Using stone setting techniques to set unusual material

Translating real life measurements into a digital environment and then outputting it to a 3D printer.  

Concept:                

Creating a wearable “cameo” with 3D scan data.

Research:           

MRI, X-ray, 123D catch, Cameos, Self portrait project, Chuck Close, explore the possibility of the “wearable me”

Questions:      

How can 3D scan data help support conceptual content in work? 

Does translating the real into virtual change how what is scanned perceived (icon/avatar of yourself)?

Once your likeness is digitized is it yours?

What are other uses for 3D scanning in wearable work?

What role does identity play in your piece?

Expectations:    

A wearable piece that takes advantage of 3D printing and 3D scanning technology to include geometry that is relevant to conceptual content. Tests and mock-ups are required.  Multiple prints may need to be made in order to fit print to brooch back. With this and all projects for this course renders and spec drawings are to be turned in.

Cool Hunting Video: Barry X Ball from Cool Hunting on Vimeo.

SENSE SCANNER USER GUIDE

 

Zbrush clipping using dynamesh and subtools from arthur hash on Vimeo.