Author: Joe Meiser

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Process for using the Slicer app to lasercut a cardboard polyhedron  Go to http://rhino3d.nl/pythposter/pyth3dm-eng.html  Choose and download a polyhedron.  (Note: these polyhedra are also available here on Google Drive)   Open Rhino using a “small objects – millimeters” template, and import the polyhedron you’ve downloaded   Select your polyhedron and run the “mesh” command with simple controls.… Continue reading polyhedron lasercutter exercise

First, watch this video:   A FEW NOTES ON BASE MESHES In CAD, a “base mesh” is a simple, low poly mesh that we use as a starting point for CAD sculpting.  In this exercise you’ll use the base mesh of a tree stump that’s shown below as your base mesh, and you’ll detail it in… Continue reading Intro to Mudbox

Finished model:   Process images:      

T-Splines Crash Course The T-Splines crash course file can be found HERE.  You’ll need to download this file to your desktop, extract the contents, then open the Rhino file contained within the folder. For easy access, here are screenshots of some of the first instructions covered in this crash course: Notes: To load the TSplines toolbars,… Continue reading T-Splines introductory exercises

  Project summary: To practice during the first class, download files from the Google 3D Warehouse and use Meshmixer to create at least two different hybridized forms; post screenshots of your two forms to the public class website.  3D scan one or more objects, then download one or more files from the Google 3D Warehouse.  Use Meshmixer to combine two or… Continue reading Meshmixer Hybrid Object Project Outline

Makehuman Basic method: To avoid the step of adding the custom files, you can simply work with a basic male, female, or baby figure that the professor created.  These figures are all saved in Blender format, so you can open them directly in that program.  Note that the figures rigged with MHX are easier to pose.  Access… Continue reading Using Makehuman and Blender to work with human forms

USING MESHMIXER TO CLEANUP THE MODEL Open Meshmixer and import your model. Notes about getting started in Meshmixer: Navigate the viewport: To orbit: hold ALT, and left mouse button To pan: hold middle mouse button To zoom: roll middle mouse button If we  push the “W” key on the keyboard to turn wireframe on and we zoom in we can… Continue reading Using Meshmixer to cleanup a model

This is an example of a well written Art Report from a previous semester.  Keep in mind that in the Art Report below the student was following a slightly different set of instructions–your response will only be about half as long as this example. Immediate Response After finding the piece Bondi Beach by Gregor Schneider… Continue reading (Student Name), Bondi Beach

All artsXpose assignments will be submitted digitally on the class website, but you can choose to either submit a photograph of yourself at the event, OR a detailed textual response to the event. Click here to see an example of how to post using the FORM option Click here to see an example of how… Continue reading Instructions for posting artsXpose materials on the class website

Example of how to submit artsXpose with the FORM option For each artsXpose you complete, you may submit either a form OR a photo–it is not necessary to submit both.  Included below is an example of how you may submit artsXpose using the FORM option.  For the sake of efficiency, you may want to cut-and-paste… Continue reading Aaron Meyers ArtsXpose #1 (example)

Example of how to submit artsXpose with the PHOTO option For each artsXpose you complete, you may submit either a form OR a photo–it is not necessary to submit both.  Included below is an example of how you may submit artsXpose using the PHOTO option.  For the sake of efficiency, you may want to cut-and-paste… Continue reading Aaron Meyers artXpose #2 (example)