Technical Notes Week #11 - On 3D Printing + One Drive

 

Technical Notes Week #10





OneDrive can be used to share the Maya files with the team for when we need to assemble the different parts of the model together. It is convenient because we can directly share with our University emails and allows for easy file upload and download. Another good feature of OneDrive is that it tracks version history of files - if someone saves over a file you can revert to a previous version. Just being able to share files cross-device (by cloud) in an efficient manner is useful for projects such as this.

Further notes (on 3D printing):

  • We don’t need good topology for 3D printing we just need solidness

  • A separate piece of 3D software (such as ‘Prusa Slicer’ can help with this after you have closed off openings

  • Our models need to be solid - single side planes will not suffice

  • All components need to be connected together physically

  • Not only that, but robust joints are ideal - gravity and physical forces will act on the model

  • Can use the ‘fill hole’ function for areas such as the eye sockets and mouth

  • Need to scale Maya models to 1/10 of the size in 3D printing software to get accuracy

  • An alternative software like Autodesk Fusion is more ideal for working on hard surface models for 3D printing (much more precise). Maya is just better for organics.

  • 3D prints occur in horizontal layers of hot filament 

  • .obj and .stl are ideal for 3D printing - make sure these file options are enabled in Maya's settings

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