WK6-9: Laser Cutting Test

The image above presents the two laser cut tests I completed. The top three images present the main experiment, with the lower one a second experiment considering different shape cams. The basic idea about these experiments was to test whether my idea of using elastic upon rotating cams to portray a contorting surface would work. The result was a fail, due to the excess tension which existed, limiting the rotation of elements. Therefore further testing is required considering different shape cams and elastic materials. While the image below presents the main file I used to cut the main test.

WK6-9: Grasshopper Experimentation Summary

The image above presents the latest version of my grasshopper file. It was a little difficult to post all experimentation files, simply due to the complexity of my project and the slight changes which occur. Thus such changes are only truly noticed by the creator due to these reasons.

WK6-9: Tier Two - 2 Additional Linkage Sources

Source One: Simulation-Based Design of Exoskeletons using Musculoskeletal Analysis -

Agarwal, P., Narayanan, M., Lee, L., Mendel, F & Krovi, V 2010, ‘Simulation-Based Design of Exoskeletons using Musculoskeletal Analysis’, ASME 2010 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, pp. 1-8.

Source Two: Post-spatial Architectures: The emergence of time like parametric worlds -

Senagala, M 2003, ‘Post-spatial Architectures: The emergence of time like parametric worlds’, SIGraDi, University of Texas at San Antonio, pp. 42-49.