topic Re: Spirograph-3d print model in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

Spirograph-3d print model

dalepack — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 17:17:18 GMT

Hi everyone.

I am trying to recreate a 3d print of a sculpture I like. I do not know if it is possible with 360 so I hope you can all point me in the right direction as I am a novice at this. Thank you.Spirograph Sculpture

Re: Spirograph-3d print model

etfrench — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 23:33:23 GMT

That shouldn't be too hard. Here's one crude way to demonstrate the technique. It's basically a circular pattern of a helix. I used a coil with a triangular section. It would be better to use the coil as the sweep path for a custom profile.

Changing the axis position of the circular pattern and the revolutions of the helix can create an infinite number of models.

Re: Spirograph-3d print model

TrippyLighting — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 00:17:59 GMT

This does not look helical to me.

@dalepack would you have other images of this object ?

Here's my WIP so far in T-splines:

Re: Spirograph-3d print model

davebYYPCU — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 01:39:26 GMT

I would also need another view of the object but from 2d I went for Patch Loft to find the shape, and obviously the depth is off.

Might help...

Re: Spirograph-3d print model

etfrench — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 05:10:49 GMT

Here's one with a different axis and some of the clones suppressed:

Re: Spirograph-3d print model

etfrench — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 05:16:26 GMT

These are rather fun:

Re: Spirograph-3d print model

dalepack — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 17:36:37 GMT

Hi,

Thanks for the effort. If you type "spirograph sculpture next" into google you will get a few images.

Re: Spirograph-3d print model

TrippyLighting — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 17:39:03 GMT

Thanks. That confirms that I am on the right track with my approach 😉