3D object Update

Our previous assignment was to create an object that was to be 3d printed and that was self supporting, the next step was to partner with someone else in the class and mix the projects together to make something new and better.

I was paired with Zach, and together, after some deliberation, we decided that our best bet moving forward would be to use these two objects:



And so began our brainstorm

I'll explain our thought process,

after confirming which objects we wanted to put together, we had to make a decision on how. We decided that we weren't really fond of any of the ideas of mixing the initial objects (my "Argyle" and Zach's "thing 10", so we changed it to my "Argyle" and Zach's "thing 12" (which wasn't written down on the brainstorming sheet), and that's where we got our topsy-turvy/ upside down triangle design

from there, we wanted to make our object more solid, so we made the decision to add some columns, the only question was what kind of columns.  Some of our options are pictured above.

Then,, after a fresh look at the design, we discovered a flaw. The flat tops of the triangles were not self supporting, so at the bottom of the sheet,, we were brainstorming what supports we could use to be the most aesthetic.

Our first draft, without the columns, looked like this

We also played with the idea of something a little twistier..

This is the part where we hit a roadblock.  The columns weren't working and neither of us were really pleased with the result, so we moved to different support in the center

Here are the final 3 options, I've circled the central, sturdier support