... constantly working out the details...

... constantly working out the details...

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Process II



Once the models have been built and the surfaces unrolled and defined as developable two dimensional shapes, the transition into reality is ready to begin. The first step in going from Ideas to reality is transforming files for the shapes of the surface from a file in 3 dimensions to a two dimensional vector based doccument. this is usually done using either architectual programs such as Auto CAD or Adobe Illustrator. Both programs allow for maintaining the scale of the drawings done life size with the 3-d programs. Illustrator is generally easier to use, and allows for the combination of patterns for economical printing. The advantage to keeping a file in Auto CAD is that it allows for real dimension resizing, that is to say that in CAD, As i resize one element of a sculpture, the program feeds me information about how the changes affect the remaining elements in the piece. In either case, the files are then sent to a large format plotter style printer and printed out as actual scale templates.
These templates, are cut out and marked to label the shape, section and dimentions of the shape they are a part of. For the sake of consistancy, and durability, the shapes are traced onto a heavy board such as masonite, MDF, Luan plywood, or OSB. The added weight of these panels offer consistant shape and durability to function as a multiple use template, but also forces the material to remain flat while the shape is copied from the template. These templates are cut and traced according to the size and number of sections in the shapes.

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