3D OUTCOME: WOODWORK AND MODEL MAKING WORKSHOP

For my chosen project this term 'Infinite Haven', I was tasked with the creation of a 3D model to display how the building form will be put together. This blog post will be used to display the process I took to make this 3D model. 

For the creation of this 3D model, I went with the scale of 1:150 which was not too big and not small either. 

 

I started by getting an MDF sheet in the wood workshop and then applying the measurement initially calculated to the MDF sheet, the first one I did was the site shape. I drew the measurement on the MDF sheet then went to the band saw to cut out the shape of my site. After cutting it, there was some excess part that needed sanding, and I used the sanding machine to smoothen all the edges.

After that, I moved to draw the measurements of the floors and ceiling which is the only part that would be made using the MDF. The measurements were drawn using the already scaled-down measurement. After I was done with drawing the measurement, I moved to the band saw to do the cutting and finally sanded the edges to smoothen it.

          

Following that, I went to get a piece of wood to use in making the pillars of the building. I took the same process again, I drew the measurement of the height of the walls on the wood then cut it with the band saw and sanded it with the sanding machine.

My plan was to get all the pieces cut out first before I started gluing everything together. So, the next step was to cut out the walls with are to be made out of clear acrylic. I went to the model-making workshop and I got a piece of acrylic to use. I then drew the measurement on the acrylic and used the band saw to cut it. Unfortunately, the cutting was not equal despite my best efforts. So, I waited to get inducted to the 3D printing workshop where they have a laser cutter. After the induction, I followed the process showed to us, I went to the studio and used Illustrator to draw the measurements of the rectangles I needed for all my walls. After completing the drawings, I saved them as a DXF file and added it to my google drive and went back to the workshop, logged into my Google Drive on the laptop there, and added the DXF file to a flash drive which I inserted in the laser cutting machine computer then started the cutting process. Below I am going to add the video of the laser machine in process and also photos of the process I took using Illustrator.

                                      

The next thing I did was to get all the pieces of clear acrylic and started to glue them all together.

 

Next thing I did was to begin the colouring of the floors and the roof of the model and also colouring the edges. After that, I glued the pillars and then the walls which I glued earlier.

The final thing I did in the workshop was to design the signpost of my model using the same steps I took with the laser cutting machine.

After this, I worked on the environment by designing the road and parking area. I used black paper and white sticky labels to design the road, and finally, I added grass on the roof and the rest part of the environment, that was final process of making the 3D model