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       .   The finished product came out smoothly. The biggest issue was just managing the folds given the material is a metal instead of a cardboard. The copper tends to unbend itself a little, making fitment a bit of a challenge. Overall, it was a pretty smooth process guided by technician support. No standout issues really showed itself throughout other than an unfortunate sizing problem. My project ended up a little bigger than imagined
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Waterjet Cutting Prep

Unfortunately, I had lost the laser cut version of my prototype foldable car in transit before i could document any photos. What i had not lost was the cutout as well as the lessons and adjustments made to the model. The model itself worked well and the only changes that i would have made were aesthetic and preferential. The final product ended up without connection panels at some of the edges.  

Laser Ready Template

The overall experience with prepping for laser cutting was simple and easy. Not a lot of changes to the overall model was made other than fixing some geometry issues and concerns I had in terms of foldability. I had a separate version of the geometry ready for cutting without connection panels on some of the edges in case they didn't work.  

Foldable Car Model v.1

Design concepts for the foldable car done in paper and the first surface model. The model itself needed no necessary changes as the concept remained fundamentally the same in the physical concept stage I had to use small insert tabs on some of the segments to keep it together. My biggest worry for this is fitment and size as not only are some folded segments small, but so is the model itself.            

Foldable Concept (First Take)

  For this project, my idea is to make a low poly style car, similar in geometry to what you would see in the out of bound environments seen in video games. This is the first rendition.

Milestone Projects

  Castle Project Logo Project Surface Design Tessellation Project 3D Attachment Renders and Final

Final Gundam Arm Cannons

  Final Product of the gundam arm cannon attachments.