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Posted on: 19 November 2014
By: Natalie Ruggiero

Here is my second delivery. I designed a sort of chair which also can be produced as a bench and which can easily be produced because the section of the 3 items can be produced and the length of the furniture can be modified for each costumer.

I started with opening a new FamilyFile as an "Metric_Genetric_model" and named it "NR_MadreFamilia". This file will at the end consist the complete furniture. The three items are created each in an own FamilyFile with the typ "Metric_Genetric_Model facebased"

So I started like this:

The new FamilyFile I saved as "NR_Base_Facebased". To create the block I created to reference planes. Than I created an extrusion and with the tool align (first reference plane then blockline) I looked the relation between reference plane and blocklines, so that I could later on add the two parameters of the Size of the Base.

With the tool "Aligned Dimension" I added the quotes and later I added the parameters of this block

To add the parameter of the high I chose the Elevation Back and added a new reference plane. I aligned the blocklined and after the created quote I added the parameter.

After checking the parameters with the familytyps and changing the view while clicking on the house in the top of the programm line, with using the tool "Load into project" I've load the Base into the FamilyFile "NR_MadreFamilia"... After clicking on "Load into Project" I chose "Add to workplane"

After that I opened a new FamilyFile also "Metric_Genetric Model Facebased" and I named it "NR_Cilindro_facebased". In this file I create the second item to build my furniture. Therefore I chose the Elevation Back and with the tool extrusion I created a half of a pipe. With the tool "Rotate" I turned it 90° to have it in the right position and with "move" I put it on the base.

After that I also load up this Family in my file "NR_MadreFamily"

While loading in the project I connected it with the base element an with the "Space button" I could rotate the item 90°. I modified the base element for the length of the pipe and moved the second part of the base on the other end of the cylinder.

After that I create a new FamilyFile "NR_Sedia_facebased" with is also a "Metric_Genetric Model facebased" and I created another extrusion in the Elevation Back with will be the seat and the third item of my furniture. With the reference planes I just fixed for me the size of the seat.

I load also this item with "Load into project" in my FamilyFile "NR_MadreFamilia" and I postioned it on the cylinder. With "Align" I modified the position.

While chosing shadded in the bottom of the scream I got my final view of the furniture

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Mercoledì, 19 Novembre, 2014 - 00:01

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StefanoConverso

Mer, 19/11/2014 - 10:36

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Connection missing and... suggestion on material

Hi Natalie!
thanks, very nice!
some questions, though:

1 - there is a missing piece: how is the "chair" folded piece connected to the base?
You have to imagine a joint, maybe that joint can be the variabile part?
2 - In fact, this is not for now variable... not even "subtly"
3 - materials: the chair part seems folded: could it be alluminum or metal? In that case, folds have to be done
to strenghten the surface, and everyhting would look much thinner, below an example by F.Gehry:

StefanoConverso

Mer, 19/11/2014 - 10:43

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And RoboFold

and if you look at metal folding, and its relationship with Origami,
well... you have a great reference with super innovative company of Robofold,
below are some examples, with some british students:

Natalie Ruggiero

Gio, 20/11/2014 - 15:19

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Addition

Thanks for the comments.

I didn't understand that we also had to think of the material. I like the suggestion to build up the chair out of aluminium because to add the variable part of the chair I thought that the chair could be used in two different ways. One time like a chair and in the other time like as a lounger. The different conditions can be created while positioning the item of the seat in two different ways.

But first I want to add the connecting part of the chair and the halfpipe. I that that the base construction, the halfpipe and the connections can be made out of wood. The contrast between the materials also concering their weight is helpful for my design. Like this the chair has a fix base and a easy variable part.

This litte plugs connecting the seat with the base:

After that I modified my item "Seat" and try to added the holes for the plugs but I didn't succed so that I just but little cylinders in the item to show how it would like with the holes and than I createt a second Family "NR_Seat_2_facebased" so have the seat in to different positions on the base. I load both in the project and now I hope I unterstood the variability right of the dilivery. I first thought that variating the lenght of the chair would be enough.