ornamental flowerpot

by Artyom Maxim

Feb 3, 2013

Hoopsnake algorithm was developed to find the optimal arrangement of the assembly parts, to use as less material as possible, while maintaining the main form-design idea.

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  • Artyom Maxim

    You're so right) The reality though is so far form the ideal...

    In ideal you could think, the manufacturing process, what does it take? Some electricity for cnc and a "pair of free hands"? And the material- how long is for example the production chain of the same steel sheet! 

    And the reality is that we have to pay more $$$ for the process that actually uses less time and less energy than the production of the material that is used in this process...

    Am I wrong?

    Feb 4, 2013

  • Mateusz Zwierzycki

    @Artyom : well it all depends on what type of fabrication process we are talking about. If we were talking here about more complex CNCing (not the 2d cutting), we could really argue about machining cost. Take a look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjobN1YvUdY - I bet this piece of metal is cheaper than hiring somebody who had to create paths for the machine. But sure, in your case (and in most architecture related cases) machining is usually simpler.

    Feb 4, 2013

  • Artyom Maxim

    Fantastic machine) and I agree with you, in reality, this process is very complex and requires complex skills. But, from another point of view, the creation of toolpaths doesn't use energy resources, see what I mean?

    Feb 4, 2013