During my Fab Academy, I have worked with mostly solid modeling, and I have always been wanting to improve my organic design skills through surface modeling. Over the weekend, I followed a YouTube tutorial and modeled a sequence vase in SOLIDWORKS. Here is how the final design looked.
Processes
The vase design was realized by utilizing the following surface modeling tools: Revolved Surface, Lofted Surface, Knit Surface, Delete Face, Filled Surface, and Ruled Surface. I really like how surface modeling allowed me to have better control over curves. Here is a short video showing the modeling process of the vase:
I loaded the model to 3DWOX as I planned to use the Sindoh DP200 FDM 3D printer at the 3DExperience Lab, and here is a short video showing the evolution of the print.
As shown in the video, the model was lay flat on its enclosed face. I set the resolution as normal speed - normal quality because the print quality was very high for Sindoh's printers. I also didn't add supports for the print. The estimated print time for the 1.2X scaled model was 8 hours, and this is how the print looked. I was very happy with the result!
