Cairo Fabricate

Hey guys,

Looking to build a definition that will take cairo patterns and then flatten these surfaces on the x and y add labels perhaps also some sort of notching / connector piece ready to be laser cut.

So far we have the definition to divide the surface into cairo tiling. Now we need to develop this so it takes all the surfaces created and orients them flat on the x and y adds labels and possibly notches. See attached image.

Any ideas?

Image ℅: http://www.dezeen.com/2009/05/20/3d2real-by-ilek-students/

mr

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Permalink Reply by Benjamin Golder on November 23, 2009 at 3:10am

if you have the outlines for each piece, then you can use the "Planar" component to check the planarity of each outline, which will give you the planes upon which they lie. After that, you just need to set up a grid of xy planes and then use "orient" to move the outlines to the xy grid of planes.
As for the notches, they can be a little tricky depending on the structure of your definition. What I've done in the past is made rectangles on planes that are oriented to the adjacent interlocking pieces. Then you can either do a region difference or simply orient the rectangles along with your outlines. If the laser cuts out the whole rectangle, it's not really a problem though it is a little inefficient.
If the outlines are structured appropriately, you may be able to make your notching rectangles after the outlines are oriented to the xy grid. This would probably be the easiest.

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