A big part of our work is just at the computer end of things. Either 2d graphics, 3d modelling, and sometimes product and set rendering.
The last job was for a friend and college of mine. Larry Ryan is a guy I met a few years ago on a job, and we seem to have just hit it off! His company does mostly extra large styrofoam stuff. If I need a 2 part hardcoat sprayed, or the project is too big for our equipment, Larry is who I call. He actually cut our oversized Cadbury egg last year because of our time constraints!
Due to his time constraints this time, and overflow of work, he asked if I could model a 3-dimensional peanut, that would eventually become a set of display shelves for some kind of promotion. All I have to do is model, and slice it, then upload the files. He'll cut it on his oversized 4 axis cnc router and hotwire cutter.
The order of the day was to get the base shape of the peanut modeled. This was done in Hexagon as a simple sub-d surface. I pondered how to build this as all a single mesh model, but in the end decided to make it as 2 separate meshes. And as a cnc router doesn't care if a mesh is watertight, it made modeling this way a little easier!
Once the base shape had been created, I used a few online reference images to tackle the raised texture portions of the shell. I decided to model this a little more stylized than a real peanut. There will certainly be no mistaking exactly what it is from a distance!
I rendered out the two meshes, and sent the drawing for approval. Everyone seemed quite happy with it, so the next step was to prep the model for fabrication.
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JWO
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