steps for cutting a rhino form in layers for digital or analog laminating

From .obj file (such as the one I send you via email) or a constructed form-

to get a sense of how big your object is now:
choose your object
Dimension>Linear Dimension> click and drag from "top to bottom"> repeat for "side to side"

if you want it bigger or smaller:
Transform>scale 3D and move the curser until it gets to the scale you want

delete former dims and re-linear dimension it, get the objects height to be (somewhat) divisible by 2.

FROM THE TOP PLANE:
surface>plane>corner to corner: drag a plane until in covers the entire surface of your object.

Move your object to the right (or left) of that new surface.

Command: ARRAY: Set the X at 1, set the Y at 1, and set the Z a half the total height of your object (for example, if your object's total height is 18 inches, set 9)

it will ask you to set a starting point. FROM THE FRONT PLANE,look at your x/y/z coordinate numbers on the bottom of the screen. set the first point at zero. set the second point at 2. click enter. You should now have a set of planes running up.

Select them all and group them.

Move your object onto this new field of planes (so the bottom of the object is at zero). DESELECT everything.

to cut your object into the slices determined by the plane.

In the tutorial, we will be working with a mesh.
Mesh> Mesh edits>Split mesh
choose your object, click enter
choose your cutting planes, click enter.
It may take a while to cut the meshes-- but eventually, you should see sections that are now separated on the cutting plane. Depending on what your object is, these parts can be reoriented to not only fit under a router bit to combine to make a larger form, they can be rotated and repositioned to nest forms together to make more efficient tool paths.

HOMEWORK FOR TUESDAY< FEB 8: PROGRESS OF CRIT PROJECT 1: DRAW Build a new form in Rhino in the spirit of the bunny, but a form you want to see. Save it as a .obj file. Upload to the blog. Select one part of that form, copy it, convert it to a mesh, expand the scale so that the height is at least 18 inches. Array a cutting plane that is divisible by 2 (eventually we will customize our divisions based on the undercuts of the piece and how much clearance we have under the bit) and cut it based on the directions and the tutorial I give in class.