finger-joints on voronoi cells

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Permalink Reply by Joseph Oster on January 11, 2016 at 11:27am

Not simple!  From the page you mentioned:

http://www.dezeen.com/2011/10/31/icditke-research-pavilion-at-the-u...

Permalink Reply by Siemen on January 12, 2016 at 1:25am

Exactly... yuval, do you have a robotarm to produce these parts?

Permalink Reply by naam ben shalom on January 12, 2016 at 6:01am

the aim is not to produce it for real but to understand the fabrication process and to make it ready to manufacture- have a model of the cells with the finger-joints and maybe unfold each cell to make it flat and 2 dimensional..

if i'll do that than maybe i will try to manufacture this for real (by cutting the cell's parts in cnc machine and assemble them together)

Permalink Reply by Siemen on January 12, 2016 at 10:19am

Do you know what the software for the fabrication machine needs as an input? 3D objects? 2D curves?

Don't think I can help you though. Looks quit complex with the angled joints. This topic might give you some insights on the finger joints: http://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum/topics/i-need-help-4

Permalink Reply by naam ben shalom on January 12, 2016 at 10:22am

the fabrication machine is a laser cut machine- it needs 2d curves

Permalink Reply by Siemen on January 13, 2016 at 4:54am

Oh waw. I just realized I referred to a topic which you referred to. Apologies.

Permalink Reply by taz on January 13, 2016 at 11:43am

The dezeen example above had to be made on a 5-axis mill. You can see this because the cut edges are mitered to be flush with the adjacent surface.

Each panel is a unique 3D object, unless the angle between panels is 90 degrees as per the linked discussion (allowing 2D objects).

Permalink Reply by taz on January 13, 2016 at 11:50am

Permalink Reply by naam ben shalom on January 13, 2016 at 11:55am

so you say i need to make one voronoi cell, unfold it and than make the finger-joints instead of trying to make 3 or 4 cells together?