If the printed object had an overhang structure, it would be necessary to add a support structure, otherwise, the object would be severely deformed or collapse. Since each beam in this model was tied up together, it was stable and could be printed with an “unsupported” option. However, it was worth noting that only a structurally sound model can safely perform the “unsupported” option. It just printed whatever was designed, very convenient. The one with no support on the right was a very clean print. From the printed model on the left, you can see that it was very dense and not easy to remove the support structures, so I gave it up. The one on the left was with the option with the support structure, and the one on the right was the one with no support option. The following images reflected the results that I got. In order to print the structure, I tried the “supported” and “unsupported” print modes in the UP Studio Software. Structurally speaking, the structure was very sound. The final force will be transferred from the small circle beams at the top to the large circle beams below, and passed the weight to the earth by the surrounding load-bearing walls of the mosque chapel. The dome was connected and fused with layers of ring beams. Louis Grand Mosque and Bath: In fact, the most important part of the design was the dome. Today, I would like to use my graduation design project to share my experience of using Cetus.įirst, here is my work – the design of St. In the extremely small and complex design, you can take advantage of the accurate printing of 3D printers. Design in 3D in the phase of drawing, instead of using 2D modeling which has a very limited scope, and frees yourself in the design with no limitation.ģ. In general, the benefits of 3D printers are mainly the following:Ģ. I could split myself into designing and physical modeling at the same time, and more importantly, squeeze a little more time for me to sleep in the challenging architectural design academic study. My design was no longer restricted by constraints due to shapes or materials and made great progress.Īlso, a 3D printer greatly improved the efficiency of my work. A 3D printer can help meet almost all the requirements in 3D modeling. I have been using 3D printers for a year and a half since. My first contact with 3D printing was the second year of my study, in which time a project was needed to create a curved arch, and the two-dimensional material such as cardboard could not meet the requirements in 3D modeling. Louis, and 3D printers were no strangers to me. I am a graduate student of Architecture Department of Washington University in St. We would like to share it with everyone and hope that it would be useful for all of us.įirst of all, I was very honored to write the Cetus 3D Printer Review. This article was about the experiences of Mr. Zhou is a student in the Department of Architecture and was in the need of a 3D printer to help him complete his graduation project. This Review for Cetus was written by Zepeng Zhou, a graduate student at Washington University in St.
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