Building Process - Laser Cut & Metal Skin

A. Laser Cut 

The waffle is made from 2mm cardboard

B. Metal Plate

The metal skin is made from a 1mm round metal sheet. The process was from transforming it into a bowl first, then continues on forming the complex part on the left side where the thumb rest. After that part is formed, continues with curving the right and back side where the palm is resting

C. Combining the skeleton and skin

 Generally, I'm pretty pleased with the 2 models, they fits perfectly. If i get the chance to improve them, the first thing that I will do would be reforming the skin so that it is more fluid and fits better to the skeleton. Secondly, trying different methods of forming so that I wont't leave so much scar on the metal sheet. Third, make the waffle with more sections and stronger materials such as timber so that the form is clearer to see and easier to work on the skeleton

Making Process - Model Making

Since the previous model didnt turn out well, I had to repeat the process a couple of times. The other thing that I tried is also to increase the amount of picture per project so that the program would have more information to make the model.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5i8d9jtg0pnz4de/AAAnlFlFJY8ubxKC_9qq2CILa?dl=0

A. First try (Plain Mouse)

The file turn out very bumpy and the mouse model didn't even imported since in the model it was only a skin of it

 B. Third try (after painting the mouse) 

The model is imported perfectly, even though there are a lot of accesses surrounding model 

C. Importing the model into Rhino

Since 123D make crashes too often, I decide to import it into a different environment. In rhino, I manage to remove the accesses models (base) so that they won't be included in the waffling model. In order to remove the accesses model, I had to unweld the edges of the model, producing more than 50,000 mesh, then start removing them bit by bit.

D. Result after cleaning up in Rhino

After cleaning the accesses model, the file is imported back to 123D make to make some settings for making the waffling skeleton

E. Waffle making

I decided to make the waffle 4x10. I tried to increase the number of the sections, but it shows that there will be some problems 

 

Making Process - Mouse Modification

In the process of doing this assignment, the major problem that I encountered were :

1. Getting a good model

2. Editing the model for printing purpose

Getting a good Model

The object is a mouse, and because of the surface that's completely black without any other color on it, the program couldn't recognize the surface properly resulting in a model with bumpy surface. The solution to this problem was to add more colors or ornaments on the surface so that the area of the surface is recognizable.