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Three-Dimensional Tiles Princeton University School of Architecture Digital Media Workshop Fall 2005 This workshop takes the subject of tiles and tiling as an opportunity to learn drawing techniques in AutoCAD and Rhino. Of particular interest is the way this software enables us to find repetitive forms that can be tiled together into larger complex constructions. With the emergence of CNC technology and mass customization, some argue that there’s no longer a need for repetitive modules. However, different processes have different advantages. Laser, water jet and CNC are "by the inch" machines, meaning that they can output custom parts with no particular economy of scale or advantage to repetition. The cost for cutting is determined by the inch; the machine does not care if those inches are assembled repetitively or not. However, other manufacturing processes are still governed by repetition: vacuum forming, die cutting, stamping, casting. These techniques require the construction of a mold or die which has a significant upstart cost that can usually only be justified through large runs of a single part. This workshop focuses on three projects that employed such techniques. It uses them as a taking off point for learning various drawing commands in AutoCAD and Rhino and as a way to begin thinking about the relationship between modeling and manufacturing. next |
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