In this lab we needed to design 3 objects that would later need to be unrolled and constructed out of paper. I first modeled a traffic code, since this object had curvature I needed to make it into a mesh, I selected few polygons, then I used the command MeshtoNURB. I repeated this process on the other objects because they all had curvature. I unrolled each one and decided on the pear because it unrolled in a more manageable way.
I edited the pear until I was happy with the shape, I then moved the flat unrolled pieces into squares that were the size of a sheet of paper. I filled up 5 squares with the pieces and exported the shapes into adobe illustrator in order to print them.
These are the three objects that I modeled for Lab 3. I chose to unroll/ construct the pear.
In addition to our unrolled object, we also needed to 3D print three objects. I chose to print the traffic cone, the castle and the pear. I added a stem to the 3d printed version. I also printed a small leaf for the pear but it ended up being too small. and it broke.
This is a side by side of my modeled object and the unrolled object. The hardest part of this lab was the construction of the paper object. I was using glue at first but then I switched to tape. I knew where the pieces went because I left the number labels on the unrolled object. When I was getting close to finishing my pear I noticed that there was a gap, I knew the sides matched but they couldn't be taped together. Overall, I do think that my paper object resembles the one I modeled in Rhino. The pear was almost 9 inches tall and If I were to make it again I would make it bigger. I would also try to be more precise with taping the edges to each other.
