All workshop sessions run Saturday morning from 9am to 12:30pm in Lab 834B unless indicated otherwise below.
Workshop files will be placed in the Lab 834B desktop shortcut in a folder titled “ARCH3590_Ringley.”
Workshop 1: Saturday 9/7
- Review of Assignment 1: Number Pattern
- Basic linear and rectangular geometry arrays
- Applying a number pattern or portion of a pattern to a geometry arrays as a series of list item selections
- Applying the isolated repetitive unit of a number pattern to a geometry array as a cull pattern
Workshop 2: Saturday 9/21
- Review of Assignment 2: Attractor Geometry and Assignment 3: Revolved Surface
- Open vs. closed and aperiodic vs. periodic profile curves
- Beyond Revolve: Rail revolved surfaces and Series-transformed polar arrays
- Iterating in Grasshopper: Animated sliders and saved states
- Dividing a surface
- Surface border span direction relative to surface normal
- Creating text labels for objects; controlling text color and size
- Gradated text label color based on attractor point
Workshop 3: Saturday 9/28
- Attractor-based aperture panel review, secondary apertures via corner filleting, and other alternative design options
- Different unrolling methods in Grasshopper
- Basic rectangular grid nesting for laser cutting using the Grasshopper Surface Frames
- Relocating labels from part centers to part tabs
- Single-stroke “machine” fonts for quicker laser-etched part-labeling (Gh FabTools)
- Smart baking Grasshopper objects onto the correct layers within the laser cutting template (Gh Lunchbox)
- Associating geometry for nesting operations and nesting objects for efficient sheet layouts (RhinoNest)
- Help with Assignment 4 laser cut model assembly (as needed)
- Placing folded tabs on 3D model for clash detection (time allowing)
Workshop 4: Saturday 10/5
- Review of Assignment 5: Responsive Components
- Setting parameter extremes and automating iteration between minimum and maximum conditions
- Review of saved states and slider animation
- Using MovieMaker to export responsive component animations
Workshop 5: Saturday 10/12 ***shortened session: 9am to 11am only***
- to be determined
Workshop 6: Saturday 10/19
Workshop 7: Saturday 10/26
Workshop 8: Saturday 11/2
Workshop 9: Saturday 11/9
Workshop 10: Saturday 11/16
Workshop 11: Saturday 11/23
Workshop 12: Saturday 12/7
Workshop 13: Saturday 12/14
Workshop 14: Saturday 12/21
