3D Printed Object Prototype

After brainstorming and sketching several ideas, I decided to build a heart-shaped brush holder to organize my makeup brushes. Instead of building a holder in circular or rectangular shape, I chose heart shape to give myself some challenges and also because Valentine’s Day is approaching! I then proceeded to sketch the design of the brush holder and mark each part.

With the design, I moved to Rhino to model the object, allowing me to visualize the final product. Initially, I thought that I would be able to create a heart shape by using revolution; however, no matter how many times I tried, I could only build round curve or surface, so I didn’t fulfill this requirement. To build a heart, I used illustrator to draw a heart and then import the file into Rhino. Then with the help of extrusion and boolean differences, I was able to build up the surface into 3 dimensional object and create a hollow in the object.

It took the printer nearly 4 hours to complete the design. The final product is a small holder in white. Few pictures of the model can be seen below.

This is my first time using a 3D printer, and my overall experience is wonderful. I didn’t encounter any obstacles at all. The printer worked perfectly fine during the printing process; it neither stopped nor failed. I really enjoyed staring at the printer while it was printing. Seeing it printing the object layer by layer was really interesting.

As I mentioned earlier, one thing that frustrated me the most is revolution in Rhino. The operation is supposed to build a circular surface, which is not applicable on my design. Or maybe the operation can be used to create a heart, but I didn’t know how to use it. I wish I had learnt more operations in Rhino beforehand so that the entire process could be faster and smoother and I wouldn’t have to spend tons of time on figuring out what certain operation does.

The other thing that I want to reflect about is the size of the holder. I didn’t carefully measure and set the height of the design in Rhino. The final product was surprisingly smaller than I expected though it seemed to be cuter in a small size. But through this experience, I learn that it is extremely important to have accurate units and measurements on Rhino when building an object; using the same unit across all the softwares used (Rhino & Makerbot) helps to reduce confusion and smooth the process.

Related posts:

Once you have decided to buy some crypto, the next step is finding out where. Although there are some alternatives, exchanges are by far the most popular way to acquire your coins. There are two…

SIPs are a great way to invest. Coinzak lets you club the goodness of SIP with the power of crypto via its collaboration with Bitbns. https://coinzak.com

What would increasing your writing output mean to you? You will experience some frustrations while learning the software. It will take some time to learn how to talk in a way that results in a clear…