This week I have been working with the cube to create specific contour cuts that I will be laser cutting. As you can see in the bottom view of the first picture, I created an irregular waffle pattern. Instead of it being consistent throughout, the slices gradually get further apart towards one corner, and closer together in the opposite corner. In the second image, you can see some of the center contour slices that are slices with the notches for the two sets of directional slices to be put together.

The Cube project was a learning process that helped understand the basic tools of Rhino. Throughout each iteration of the cube, I connected the sides to make a continuous piece. Overall, I used what I learned through this exercise to create a cube that had an angular and rounded shapes on each side, connected through holes piercing multiple sides.

Exercise using the Solid Tools

E02_Rhino to Illustrator

To make these shapes, I started with making cubes in Rhino. Then, I experimented with the boolean difference and intersecting unique shapes to make these resulting figures. In that process, I practiced using the pipe command as well as making different scaled shapes. Finally, I exported the shapes as 2D graphics into Illustrator. Unfortunately, I really struggled with trying to figure out how to use line weights.