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Shapeways Ring


The idea for this project started out with sketches of archways based on art deco style. once I had the basic sketch laid out I used it as a reference to recreate the same design in Rhino using arcs.Once the line work is completed and connected, the design is copy and pasted into a seamless flat design.In order to ensure the ring fits the design is scaled onto a line that is the same length as the circumference as the sized finger.




Once as the design has been oriented around the correct size ring into a cylinder a few simple commands are used complete the ring.


I used the pipe command to make consistent tubing to create the solid structure of the ring. The final command used was Boolean Union which took the individual pieces of pipe and joined all of them together with no overlapping solids.






The Final product is amazing, I am pleased with quality and detail of the finished product. The satisfaction is immense considering I started with a drawing and I now have a physical object.


One thing I could have done better would have been to make the ring functional, currently, it spans the length of the pinky finger and doesn't allow for much movement. Movement can be achieved by removing portions of the ring on the underside while leaving the top side intact allowing the finger to bend while wearing the ring.


In the future, I would use a more simple design. The problem with the small piping resulted in rough/missing detail where the pipes meet. A larger design would result in less detail but would remove webbing/bad edges

This project taught me the skills necessary to create a physical object through many different processes. Starting from a sketch and working its way through rhino I now have a ring that I designed.

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