Form Over Precision - RevEng Object Progress
Progress so far, it's a start...
My measurements got quite intense very quickly. Precision is tough, I kept getting different readings off of my digital calliper, so I felt obligated to average them. After talking to Brian after class about this process it became clear that things didn't have to be exact. They just had to be right.... and there's a difference.
I decided to just start instead of getting too bogged down in precision. I'm modelling both the pencil and the sharpener, as well as a few pencil shavings, but I'm just finishing the pencil so far.
Learning how to measure a hexagon the right way. I first ended up with a pencil that was too thick, and instantly looked too stumpy when I lofted to a point.
The copy function just turned out to be a pain when trying to move the original into the right place, but wanting to keep the copies where they were. I looked online and I couldn't find a way around this. It's frustrating, but I guess it taught me not to copy until the original was in the correct place.
Using construction geometry helped a lot, I relied heavily on it.
It's been cool using all 4 views when building and thinking in 3D. Sweep is awesome, and building and measuring at the same time is much more effective than writing down a bunch of measurements. I found that you don't really know what you need to measure until you start.
Next is to fix the length of the ferrule (it's too long), build the removable eraser + sharpener + shavings... I've got a lot left, but at least I've stepped past making and averaging the most minute measurements!
-SP
My measurements got quite intense very quickly. Precision is tough, I kept getting different readings off of my digital calliper, so I felt obligated to average them. After talking to Brian after class about this process it became clear that things didn't have to be exact. They just had to be right.... and there's a difference.
I decided to just start instead of getting too bogged down in precision. I'm modelling both the pencil and the sharpener, as well as a few pencil shavings, but I'm just finishing the pencil so far.
Learning how to measure a hexagon the right way. I first ended up with a pencil that was too thick, and instantly looked too stumpy when I lofted to a point.
The copy function just turned out to be a pain when trying to move the original into the right place, but wanting to keep the copies where they were. I looked online and I couldn't find a way around this. It's frustrating, but I guess it taught me not to copy until the original was in the correct place.
Using construction geometry helped a lot, I relied heavily on it.
It's been cool using all 4 views when building and thinking in 3D. Sweep is awesome, and building and measuring at the same time is much more effective than writing down a bunch of measurements. I found that you don't really know what you need to measure until you start.
Next is to fix the length of the ferrule (it's too long), build the removable eraser + sharpener + shavings... I've got a lot left, but at least I've stepped past making and averaging the most minute measurements!
-SP
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