It would have been helpful to have been able to do this in class, but in order to convert closed line-based figures (circles, squares, free form, etc) into surfaces, one must do the following:
Draw a CLOSED figure (Make sure it is closed, or else it wont work)
Go to surface, select "patch"
Select the line based figure you wish to convert onto a solid surface
Hit enter. The settings do not need to be changed.
You should see the figure looking very dark with grid lines running through it
This was how I made my bunny ears :)
-Aminah
Thanks Aminah! There are lots of ways to get curves to loft as surfaces. If patching works for you, great! Because each construction need will be different for each students CNC/RP need, all of you will be expected to explore the platform... The more you play around with it, the more you learn how to build with it. The bunny looks great! Think about how you can capture movement or a swarm like shape with Rhino and or a combination of scanned parts/things bootleaned to Rhino construct. I'd play around with the draping tool, add control points and bend it around. You could also pop a torus up and extract a curve from that to bend around. Point is- think about something you really are jazzed about making and if there is a part of it that can be constructed in this platform.. See you Thursday with your laser cut/vinyl cut and studio slam stuff.
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