MOTORBIKE ENGINE SHELL ASSIGNMENT 2
GRASSHOPPER/RHINO The first step in achieving the outcome of the motorbike engine shell was to use the programs of rhino and grasshopper which would create a mould to work off. These programs proved to be a challenge within our group as no-one had used them before. We played around with the programs for a while and also asked fellow peers to lead us in the right direction, Russell eventually decided to show us how to use the program, grasshopper being used as the equation behind what was shown in rhino. Once we had the ability to use rhino ourselves we exported the file and imported it into the program 'slicer' which enabled us to dissect the mould into a grid like shape with x and y axes. We made the gaps that the x and y would slot into at 3.8mm and our material of plywood was set at 3mm. This close proximity in sizing made it tricky at times when it eventually came to slotting the pieces into one another, but we managed. LASERCUTTING Once we had the file in slice