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PART I: Telecommunications
1. Check your WWW Gallery Logo and Page, and send in any corrections, typos, etc. by email. If your work is missing, check the class folder on the New York server to see if your file was rejected because of incorrect format or file type, etc.
2. Spend some time "surfing" the Web to find a site that uses a three-dimensional interface or architectural metaphors to aid navigation. A good place to start is the "Other Web Sites of Interest" link on the DDL homepage. When you find something of interest, send us the URL by email. These "bookmarks" will be used in the DDL's "Other Web Sites of Interest" list. .
PART II: Modeling Curvilinear Forms
Select a documented building, vehicle, piece of furniture or other object of historical significance because of its design, which demonstrates the use of complex three-dimensional surface curvatures. Look for situations where surfaces are simultaneously curving in plan and section. Your selection can be Modern, pre-Modern, Classical, Organic, Futurist, Art Nouveau, or Baroque, etc.
Take inspiration from these images from the Sacro Bosco, Antonio Gaudi, Taut, Buckminster Fuller, Eric Mendelsohn, and Andre Bloc. If you want to select one of these, please check with us first...
Begin by scanning in plans and sections which capture the main curvilinear elements of the object, to use as an underlay in the CAD program. If it is a very complicated object or building, concentrate on a portion that uses curves, simplifying or eliminating the rest. Use the appropriate curve type in a controlled mesh that can be repeatedly "tweaked" as you try to match the curve of the surface.
Remember that controlled meshes can generate solid objects that can be used in Boolean operations, and can be further manipulated with procedures such as "Distort." Carefully read the manual section on Controlled Curves and Controlled Meshes before you begin.
Submit electronically at least three color "gif" images (640x480 pixels) which best show the curved portions of your project. Include at least one axonometric or orthographic projection. Keep the original plans, xeroxes or scans which you use as reference. You will need to incorporate them into a presentation board, later. Other possibilities:
NOTE: Add a small descriptive label with your name (in Photoshop) to help explain your intention, such as: Jane Jones: Fuller's Dymaxion Car - Side View
NOTE: This page will be updated several times, so please revisit it each time you work at this assignment.
Submitting your work electronically..
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