Dinosaur Dolan Designs

First off, I love the digital calipers. I now have illimitable measuring power in my hands. That being said, it's really clear that I am not, nor should ever be, an engineer. I mean, look at these notes.  Normally, I would rewrite all my notes to be pretty and legible for everyone else, but that hasn't been an option this time.  this is where we wanted to end up This is how I started - by knowing I was going to use revolve for SO MANY things.  The arc calculator saved my life by figuring out the angles needed to produce certain arc lengths. I extruded this shape and removed it from the hoops I had created around the flashlight handle to create the grid grip.  The inner reflective assembly The final product.  The time I could give this project was pretty limited - I really wish I had had the time to create the indents around the mouth of the flashlight, but as I had to miss last class, I really didn't know where to start on such a complex shape. I also wish I cou...

It's time to start heading into our next big project - Reverse engineering.  That also means it's time for some process- the process of selection.  We have been asked to select three objects which will be taken apart, measured and then reassembled via CAD. It behooves me to pick an object with some measure of interactivity, mechanization and meaning, as well as estimate the level of complexity that I can complete within the project time frame.  We really turned the house upside on this one - I was going through boxes of stuff looking for something old enough to be mechanical instead of fully digital, and unprecious enough to spare through disassembly.  As the firstborn, my Mom kept so many things from my childhood - some wonderful and fun, and some more sobering and odd. Like this nebulizer mask - it has to be at least thirty years old, but clearly it made an impact on my mom - enough that she tucked away one into a box of my childhood toys. It fits together, but I w...

At first I wasn't sure I was going to be able to find enough surface design patterns around my house to get a good sample...but once I started looking I kept finding more and more.  Love this shirt on my partner - did not feel like I had enough time in my life to attempt to replicate it though This pattern was neat but too organic to replicate at my skill level After locating the samples, I booted up rhino and began to attempt to replicate the patterns I had found, starting with the simpler patterns that drew my eye.   the pattern from our laundry basket and some variations tessellation inspired by my mask's beadlike flowers based on the carved candle holder exploring Pendleton-like designs  a floral motif from a plate After replicating sections of designs, I started to have a concept - of integrating some of the disparate elements of my life together. As a biracial person, both Indigenous art and western art are parts of my life and experience - and I am capable of ...