Packaging Project
This project is to create box that appropriately fits an irregularly shaped object, and my object is rendered in the above picture and shown as a wire-frame in the picture below. Mr. Croke deemed this object (on a scale from 1-5) to have a complexity rating of 5, meaning that it is very hard to create a package for it.
The Design
For this project we also have to demonstrate our ability to use the engineering design process. I brainstormed on how to make an adequate box that would fit my oddly shaped object, but found an easy solution: I simply created a box that had my objects dimensions except 10% larger all around. The resulting box had had a tight fit around my object, which is good considering that something that weird looking must be valuable and we don't want it damaged by bouncing around in a spacious box.
Thingamabob and its Thingamabox Rendered
The program I used to render the picture below was a new one called Brazil. I taught myself the basics for lighting and coloration through the use of the tutorial provided within the program itself. Following the steps, I was able to figure out what settings and commands I had to change to make my objects smooth and well lit. My box was rather boring looking, so I decided to see if there was anyway I could "spice up" my render and make it more interesting. I searched through the various and seemingly endless amount of Brazil commands and discovered one that allowed a bitmap to be placed as the background of the image. I found a colorful and "energetic" picture on my computer and set it as the background which I felt gave a dull render more character. I used my ability to problem solve to yield an acceptable result for my project.
Animation
My animation was troubling due to the angles that some of the surfaces were positioned at. After utilizing a new bongo command that allowed these angular motions and editing all the animations together, it came out very smooth.
Folding Thingamabox
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