When I first was cycling through what to do for my main model for this lab I went from everything from rocking horses to toys to cartoon characters. The people that are in my row and I all decided to do Spongebob characters. I debating between Squidward, Gary, and Patrick. I initially decided to go with Gary.
Below are images of my original sketch when I was comparing them, my initial model for Gary , and then the new sketch I did for when I decided to go with Patrick instead of Gary.
I decided to change my subject when I considered how it would look laser cut and it just didn't work out in my head so I switched to Patrick which I figured would work out in the stacked format.
The Modeling for PART A
For the modeling of Patrick, I took a lot of basic shapes and then modified them to fit what I needed. While I did use cage edit, I tried to push myself to use other tools as well. For the arms, the bent of the head, and modifications to the mouth that I was going to Boolean Difference, I decided to use the stretch and bend tools. I also used Fillet to smooth pieces, specifically when joining two to get rid of that line. For the tongue I did end up using cage editing. The Stretch and Bend tools did make it a little difficult because I had a lot of naked edges and it wasn't water tight. To fix this, I had to go in with Edge Surface, and stretch them a tad bit more.
The Printing for PART A
I'm terrible at removing the supports and rafts for whatever reason, so I attacked it with a pair of scissors. I used a hot glue gun to put together the cardboard model. From the printing process I learned not to put my pieces too close to the edge. As you will see especially in the last part, this led to my shapes being off.
Part B:
Because I based my object off a tv character, there were a lot of surrounding objects to choose from. I ended up doing his house and the jellyfish. For the house I used a lot of shapes and cage edit, and for the jellyfish I used shapes, cage edit, PIPE (which I haven't used to model objects yet except for the part in lab one), and Fillet edges. I had particular difficulty with the antena thing at the top of Patrick's house. I wasn't quite able to make it symmetrical. I went back and added fillets to the jellyfish, a sidewalk and some rocks to replicate Patrick's environment.
Part Three-Joints:
For this part, I did have some issues when Laser cutting, my shapes were too close to the edge. This led to some pieces being removed. That and my right angle piece was not modeled correctly by me, and there would be some changes I would have to make. I did have fun trying to come up with unique takes on the different joints from the poster though :)
The planning/2D Digital versions:
I did have to make variations as I went since I thought some were too complex or wouldn't work.
ONE
For this joint, it does stand up but the lightening bolt was small and the glue did create a gap inbetween. That and I miss-modeled and cut the piece that was supposed to go on the other side of the things. I made it full size and not the half it was supposed to be. This is something I would also change. I liked the concept though.
modifications: Shorten the one piece and make the lightning bolt bigger. I also wouldn't use hot glue.
TWO
Pretty straight-forward this was inspired by a key, and it "locks" into place :)
Modifications: Make it a two sided joint to add stability.
THREE
This one you can see where it miscut, but I had a lot of fun designing this. It was originally going to be a spider, but that was too complex so I simplified it into a butterfly/flower thing.
Modifications: Inch them closer. I could even make them into individuals.
Though this lab was a lot of work, I did learn a lot. It was interesting because I did have to change how I chose and thought about my model because of the medium that we were using. For 3D it's going to end up similar to what you have made, but for the laser cutter you have to think in terms of the horizontal cutting how it will look different.
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