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Part 1: Toy Boat Exercise
Finish the “Toy Boat” modeling exercise that was started in class. Once you finish this exercise, go back and embellish the  model with modeling and rendering techniques. Make a rendering of the model and post it to the website in a post marked with the category “Assignment 3”

Part 2: Eames LCW
Watch this tutorial and build the model demonstrated in the video.

Modeling a bent plywood chair from Rhino Tutorials on Vimeo.

You will need the two images below to complete the tutorial

Part 3: Mustard Bottle
Complete this tutorial, demonstrating how to build a Mustard Bottle.

Part 4: Repeating Wall Panel
Propose a design for a repeating, tile-able* wall panel for a specific place on the RISD campus.

• The place for the panels must be specified by the designer. It is the expectation that the panels would fill all, or at least a significant portion of the wall(s)
• Location can be interior or exterior wall(s)
• work in groups or individually. If working in groups, one panel design must be created by each group member
• panel geometry must be producable via 3 axis CNC machining
• panel dimensions are set at 12″ x 12″ with a depth variable of 2″

*Repeating and tile-able are used here to mean that when multiple instances of the same panel (or group of panels) are placed adjacent to one another, the resulting pattern has an aesthetic integrity equal to the consideration given to the individual panels.

Due March 13

• Photographic documentation of the location on campus for proposal
• Studies showing exploration of tiling/repeating concepts
• Studies showing exploration of concept in context (drawing, model, collage, etc)
• In-Progress CAD model.

Due March 20

• CNC ready CAD file

Due April 2

• CNC Machined tile model
• Rendered/composited view of repeating panels in context
• Rendered view of panels repeating

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Download this Rhino file and build the toy boat indicated by the orthographic drawings contained in the file. The result should look like this:

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Download this file for use in class. Also download the plugin, “auxpecker” available here.

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Instructions:
The Rhino file posted below has three pipe objects, each on a separate layer. Download this file and open it to begin this exercise. The challenge is to draw a 3D curve for each pipe that approximates the “curve to pipe around” for each pipe. Each pipe’s layer is named to indicate the exact number of control points that must be used for their respective curves. The curves you draw must have the correct number of control points and must fit completely inside of their respective pipes. Create a new layer for each curve and name it to clearly associate with the corresponding pipe/number of points.

Here is the Rhino file.

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Everyone is required to have a mouse with three buttons (left, right and clickable scroll wheel). I like this one, which is only $29 from Staples and is in stock at the store on North Main Street, near Whole Foods. This is just a recommendation. Some other local stores that might have something for you:

• RISD store
• Brown Book Store
• Apple Store in the Providence Place Mall
• CVS

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