Aside from the CNC bits snapping like toothpics on the pvc the motor mounts worked perfectly - I tested one tonight and everything snaps together perfectly in a few seconds - I know I say this NEVER happens - but sometimes I am proven wrong.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Animation
There have been numerous annimations looking at actual scenarios - These are two nice ones which have different spline paths - The final one is being done by Taylor (Can someone else help with this?)
Form Revision
The form was revised and a urethane form was made for mass-produciton of 56 (112-total)
Structre Development
A full-scale prototype of the structure was made with no welds! and is very strong - It will be water-jet cut from aluminium The website for the structure is here
Support Structure
The structure has progressed and is finalized - It comes to the ground at 3 points
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Some good decisions
In brainstorming session two we went back and froth between a supportive structure that had "birds" moving on cables and a surface which the birds traversed. -
We decided on a nice comprimise suggseted by kim where the base of cables are fixed and the tops of the cables traverse the surface. This will give us nice three-dimensional non-linear movement with relatively simple mechanics. -
All seemed to be in consensus that this is worth pursuing and all attending a rhino tutorial this evening .
Monday, January 19, 2009
Thoughts
Thinking of constructability we would probably benefit from using cables at this point - something like a harp or a tensile bridge as suggested by Johnathan - Where the structure is clear and supportive. Val suggested somethingwhere the structure is like an arch above you and cables went to the ground allowing a path to walk through.
On the other hand - another compelling idea at this point is from Sarahs blog where the structure is more linear as "tracers" of the path of the flock and there might be cables on top of the structure.
I am not clear of the mechanics at this point but the idea seems compelling. I'm including her image here.
Brainstorming
In the end we had a consensus that we will work with triangles
- and that the flocking objects would be about 1' square (although thinking of them as diamond shaped) -
We went though many variations and seemed to want something that could both be both ojectified (as in it could change as you walked around it) and be above a person (more like a canopy) We decided that the total height should not be more than 9' tall.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Discussion with Dr. Nelson
Phyllis had some great ideas:
- Lattice
- Defined points
- Core that explodes
- Also that the shape is not necessarily a partition between spaces but may be more objectified as something which changes as you move around it
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