Final Progress Report From P1

Some images form the final product:

My Idea

Dear Diary:

Everytime I tried to place something on Blogger it wasn't allowing me, until Proffesor Vincent Hui re-opened the account for me. Anyways, these are some of my developed ideas.

Sincerely,

Serouj Kaloustian

Some Last images before the Final

So this is more or less it, (143MB of rhino file). This is pretty much the entire module without the decking and stair threads. There's a person in there to give it some scale. All in all a little larger then I thought it would be, and it seems when looking at the render that some of the members may or may not be adequate to support some of the kinetics involved. (might not have time to change things at this point) Oh well.... :[ my bed is calling me...

Progress Report 7

Just a quick update...
The components of the bridge are now almost complete. Below are images of the bridge before the support cables and twisting have occured. Now on to that stage...
Note the bridge's repetative elements. The bridge could be made shorter or longer by adding or subtracting components respectively.


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Production Progress Report

Exploded view of the main Pivot assembly.

Just updating my progress. Model detailing is 75% finished, with the platform and truss beneth that still yet to be modeled. Render 1 is an isolated view of the pivot connection of the Boom Crane assembly.

Main pivot assembly showing the ball bearings inside.

Assembled pivot assembly with column units in place. (column texture is not final) Still haven't settled on a final one yet, though the shape is staying.

A look at the Boom Crane assembly with the attached ballast tank on end. 2 assemblies come together to form a complete module unit.

A quick render of the stair rotation pivot.

rhino is a turtle

Last semester I built a rhino model with way too many small details, causing the model to 'explode', as we say, and eventually leading to my demise. Not literally.

Lesson learned, right? No. Of course not. Yet again, I've unecessarily complicated this model and it is moving slower than my turtle.

On the bright side, it's coming along and I'm content with it (though admittedly I'm not convinced that it will match my 'vision.') Only time will tell.

Note to Self: Do not over-build models.

Progress Report 6

Working out the final details of the connections for the railings and the over-all cross bracing and stabilizing system for the suspended bridge which will now appear lighter and actually hang from the large concentric rings instead of sitting on them. This will better lend to the impression, now correct, that the entire bridge is suspended via the tension in the cables and the connections rather then just creating the impression/illusion that is the case.


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