Hello,
I would like to combine these 2 twisted surfaces. I would like to only keep the exterior facing surface so that I can see the twists converge in my final 3d print. I feel like this could be easily solved by Rhino 8 shrink wrap but I am on 7. Here is an example on what I am trying to achieve, I am open to other suggestions on how to create this shape to be 3d printed.
Your geometry is not internalized.
Apologies, I don’t think I saved it after internalizing. This should be correct.
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Yeah, but it doesn’t match the shape you posted?
This doesn’t address your issue but you could use only one Twist (and Loft).
But he said this:
Yea I figured Shrinkwrap in rhino 8 would work but I am still on 7.
The shape is inspiration. I will be able to tweak it once I figure out how to get this exterior surface isolated. That’s helpful to know I can use one loft.
Give it a try with Dendro in Rhino 7
Dendro | Food4Rhino
That seemed to do the trick! Thank you
I am still working on the surface quality of the mesh but it shouldn’t matter too much because I am printing with clay at a 3mm nozzle!
You also can give it a try with PanelingTools,
https://www.food4rhino.com/en/app/panelingtools-rhino-and-grasshopper
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v1
Do you need to put this into furnace to harden it? What it looks like after that?
Yes! It is terracotta clay and I fire it to 1900 degrees F in a kiln. It should turn a little lighter and shrink a bit too.
Would you be willing to share a picture of it once it is completed? I am curious about how the horizontal 3D print lines turn out.
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To make it solid. And it can also smooth out the inner side.
But that might make the feature parts vulnerable due to the thickness variation.
