3. Computer Aided design¶
This week I was overwhelmed with the course and life and internship and mental health, so i looked up some video inspiration for my final design, and worked on the tiles i would want to make. I don’t have any exact measurements yet, but i do have files ready now for once i decide on the size.
Research¶
The idea for the final project is to make a dymaxion globe based on the fuller projection, the fuller projection is the idea to generate a map where all the landmass is connected. This gives a much more accurate representation of that landmass.
It is by no means a unique idea, but I want to make it modular, each triangle would be it’s own seperate module, and it would serve to show data as a heatmap of sorts.
Some other dymaxion globes¶
These is a video to help illustrate what I’m talking about
Inkscape¶
I wanted to first have a good layout to make sure i got everything right, so i drew some triangles
Than i started puzzling pieces together from a svg of the globe i found online
And then i cut all of them out.
Fusion 360¶
As i have no idea of the size yet, but i do have an idea of the material, i wanted to make a parametric system for measuring how to cut my triangles”
First i made a sketch, and the added constraints to the triangles, the bottom and top need to be colineair with the rectangle. And all the sides are constrained to the same size.
Now the next bit I’m really proud of I added a dimension to every triangle-side and made that a custom parameter.
This way I can change that parameter, and see how good/bad it will fit on a rectangle of material.
TinkerCAD¶
Since the
Just dropped it in, and now i will make brackets!
The secret to my succes is the hole tool, i just cut away shapes, by adding them and grouping
TADA!
And here they are.