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Reverse Engineering an Object: Selection

 For the next milestone project, we are reverse engineering an object then creating a render of it in Rhino. I have landed on three potential objects for this process. I tried to pick objects that I would be easily able to take apart and put back together as well as an object that would render well in Rhino. (I personally think the more reflective the better it looks most of the time).

The first object I have selected is a drawing compass. I wanted to pick something art-related, and as a design student, I realized unless I want to take apart my computer there is not much to choose from. Luckily I do use drawing compasses on occasion. I like the shape and details of the compass and I think it would be challenging to make in Rhino. The main issue with this object is a lot of pieces are welded together so it would be difficult to measure some pieces.



The second object I selected is a flashlight. This particular flashlight doesn't work very well so if I mess it up a bit more it isn't tragic. I disassembled it as much as I normally do to replace the batteries, but beyond that, I'm not sure if I would be able to separate the pieces. There is a lot of pattering on the outside of the flashlight, which I think would be interesting to replicate.




The last object I selected was originally going to be a wildcard but is now the front-runner of which one to move forward with. It is a recorder I used in Elementary. I like the see-through blue plastic and interesting curves. I also like that I am easily able to take it apart and reassemble it. With both this and the flashlight I am unsure of how to measure the circular shapes within the larger circles properly, but on an example from previous years, I have seen it done.




Leave a comment if you have a suggestion on which one I should move forward with! I am definitely leaning towards the recorder but I think all three have their advantages.


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