Week 7 Update

Week 7 Update

The part was attempted to be 3D printed on Monday, May 15th, however there were complications with the printer and its preheating settings and so, the resulting print was incomplete and unacceptable to present.

Printed piece was visually unappealing, incomplete and did not properly represent the proposed design features.

In lab of week 7 Bill and Ilana attempted from a different 3D printer to complete the process. This piece also failed to print properly. It was theorized that perhaps since the piece (in scale) was so thin, the details of the Honeywalk piece were lost. An exact scale model for the presentation was abandoned and the designing of an artistic model in its place was begun. The design would contain all the features of the proposed piece, but with refinements that created a more visually appealing print would be added (for example, making the Honeywalk piece thicker so the 3D printer would have more material to work with).

Spencer and Julia began the AutoCAD designing of the walkway proposal. Spencer attempted to recreate the Myers land plot as best as possible while Julia started arranging the Honeywalk pieces into an optimal transportation path.

Left: Rough CAD sketch of Myers Hall based on scale drawings

Right: Walkway Proposal progress on Myers Hall land plot.