Cairns library
The learning curve gets steeper. I sent my first model of the WA coastline to the 3D "printer" but he pointed out a number of problems. I had built a surface 3D model not a printable model which needs a solid base (skirt) and for that you need another software extension in SketchUp. I had to find a free version of the software and then had import/install it. Literally two steps forward one back.
3D Printing-AU quoted $300 for an A4 page size model and about $80 for a half-page (or smaller 3D model). Prototyping will have to be at the smaller scale with the full size only for final display. {Way too expensive on a Student budget.}
I decided to request an interruption at SCU to allow me to locate the appropriate tools (3D printers and Laser cutter) to complete my artworks as DIY rather than outsource.
Essentially I moved to the Cairns TAFE campus for most of 2018-2019 to complete my studio work. They had a large-format Laser Cutter (capable of etching acrylic sheet) and a number of medium format 3D printers, plus a BLACKBELT large format conveyor-belt 3D Printer. Here the printer filament cost $30 a roll and I could print my own files, similarly I could buy my own Acrylic sheet and Laser-etch my own artwork. My proposed artwork was "financially possible" under this option/program.
Tuesday, 7 February 2017
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
2017 3D modelling
1/2/2017 Cairns JCU library
I started construction of the 3D computer models of the Tropical/Subtropical Coastline of Australia as seen by the artists on board the French and English 1801 voyages of discovery. I have chosen Shark Bay Western Australia and Bowen Queensland as the two sites to concentrate my initial efforts, because:
1. I have sighted the original coastal maps/artwork and re-traced the historic journeys for both sites.
2. There appears to be terrain information (3D) in Google Earth/Maps for both sites
3. I have identified the appropriate 2D "views" of the sites from the painting by Petit in WA and Westall in Qld. (Initial Museum archive research in France and England, with a follow-up at Australian National Library).
I purchased a license for "SketchUp Pro" and "Photo to Mesh" to turn 2D images into 3D printer models. Considerable learning curves was needed for both software packages.
The 3D Terrain model of Google Earth images was created following UTUBE "SketchUp and 123D Make: Architectural Terrain Model" ProfDrafting
I started construction of the 3D computer models of the Tropical/Subtropical Coastline of Australia as seen by the artists on board the French and English 1801 voyages of discovery. I have chosen Shark Bay Western Australia and Bowen Queensland as the two sites to concentrate my initial efforts, because:
1. I have sighted the original coastal maps/artwork and re-traced the historic journeys for both sites.
2. There appears to be terrain information (3D) in Google Earth/Maps for both sites
3. I have identified the appropriate 2D "views" of the sites from the painting by Petit in WA and Westall in Qld. (Initial Museum archive research in France and England, with a follow-up at Australian National Library).
I purchased a license for "SketchUp Pro" and "Photo to Mesh" to turn 2D images into 3D printer models. Considerable learning curves was needed for both software packages.
The 3D Terrain model of Google Earth images was created following UTUBE "SketchUp and 123D Make: Architectural Terrain Model" ProfDrafting
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