Chicken Wire: Blues Brothers 
Clouds,
You can make that.
But first... as has been duly noted... You'll want to decide on it's construction. Will you use laminated beam webs with a sheathing system laid across? Or will it be ferrocement?
If you go beams / sheathing, you'll need to model each beam. That will also allow you to derive views of the beams with the section tool, which will become shop drawings. You'll have to use the mesh tool to create the sheathing assembly. That will have thickness, most likely, so you'll need TWO meshes... one to serve in the model and another, slightly smaller, to subtract from it in a solid element operation. The 'cutting body' mesh is placed on 'hidden' layer (one that you normaly keep turned OFF). After the subtract, you'll have a thin, organic shaped shell.
WARNING - this will be EXTREMELY tedious, but it CAN be done... I've done it. The fineness of any curves will be dictated by how willing you are to juggle the hundreds of little points involved. You will, however, find that you don't need as many as you might think... particularly where the curves are less extreme.
For a ferrocement construction, you just need the meshes, of course. And the bottom mesh will need to be carefuly constructed to follow the engineer's parameters for shell thickness, edge beams, etc.
In certain software packages (like MaxonForm), you can actually convert the shape you've created to a GDL. That's fine, but you don't have a lot of 'control' over it, like you do with native tools.
Dwight will now proceed to kick my butt down the street for encouraging organic behaviors...... Can I just do it until I need glasses, Dwight?
AND... as always, I pull out my organic Howitzers... John Lautner and Ken Kellogg. If you like sexy curves, look these guys up. They'll make you
Personaly, I love Kellogg's later stuff... It friggin' rocks. Most original guy out there today, IMHO.
Good seeing you guys again.... I've actualy been very busy in spite of economic conditions... I'm just amazed. I've got to come back more often... I miss you guys and gals.
[/img]
You can make that.
But first... as has been duly noted... You'll want to decide on it's construction. Will you use laminated beam webs with a sheathing system laid across? Or will it be ferrocement?
If you go beams / sheathing, you'll need to model each beam. That will also allow you to derive views of the beams with the section tool, which will become shop drawings. You'll have to use the mesh tool to create the sheathing assembly. That will have thickness, most likely, so you'll need TWO meshes... one to serve in the model and another, slightly smaller, to subtract from it in a solid element operation. The 'cutting body' mesh is placed on 'hidden' layer (one that you normaly keep turned OFF). After the subtract, you'll have a thin, organic shaped shell.
WARNING - this will be EXTREMELY tedious, but it CAN be done... I've done it. The fineness of any curves will be dictated by how willing you are to juggle the hundreds of little points involved. You will, however, find that you don't need as many as you might think... particularly where the curves are less extreme.
For a ferrocement construction, you just need the meshes, of course. And the bottom mesh will need to be carefuly constructed to follow the engineer's parameters for shell thickness, edge beams, etc.
In certain software packages (like MaxonForm), you can actually convert the shape you've created to a GDL. That's fine, but you don't have a lot of 'control' over it, like you do with native tools.
Dwight will now proceed to kick my butt down the street for encouraging organic behaviors...... Can I just do it until I need glasses, Dwight?
AND... as always, I pull out my organic Howitzers... John Lautner and Ken Kellogg. If you like sexy curves, look these guys up. They'll make you
Personaly, I love Kellogg's later stuff... It friggin' rocks. Most original guy out there today, IMHO.
Good seeing you guys again.... I've actualy been very busy in spite of economic conditions... I'm just amazed. I've got to come back more often... I miss you guys and gals.
[/img]
Dave wrote:My Peeve: Naive designers use software to make kidstuff forms without understanding the financial or technical ramifications of those forms. And we all love to explore form as if it was sculpture. Just make a good reason for why it isn't an extrusion or a flat panel.
Dwight will now proceed to kick my butt down the street for encouraging organic behaviors...... Can I just do it until I need glasses, Dwight?
Attached: beautiful but criminal distortion of a beam, justified by its ability to draw out the rubes.
Dwight,
Do I get a cape and armored suit with the 'Organo-Boy' title? How's about some X-ray vision or bullet-proof flesh???
C'mon.... I have to get SOME return on this!
I agree... the pic you posted is... uhhh.... obscene.
Happy New Year, guys.
Do I get a cape and armored suit with the 'Organo-Boy' title? How's about some X-ray vision or bullet-proof flesh???
C'mon.... I have to get SOME return on this!
I agree... the pic you posted is... uhhh.... obscene.
Happy New Year, guys.
"Organo-boy" wears this:
Still looking?
