luigipacheco / blender-digitalfabrication

Workshop on Blender for digital fabrication

blender-digitalfabrication

Workshop on Blender for digital fabrication

Curriculum Outline:

Download

https://www.blender.org/ https://github.com/alessandro-zomparelli/tissue https://github.com/luigipacheco/gcode-exporter https://github.com/cncjs/cncjs/releases https://github.com/luigipacheco/blender-python-snippets

Day 1: Introduction to Blender for Digital Fabrication

Session 1: Overview of Blender’s Interface
    Navigating the interface
    Key tools and features for modeling
    Customizing settings for digital fabrication
    Transformations
    Modifiers
    10 cube challenge (Print on Bambu)
    
Session 2: Geometry nodes
    Creating your first 3D model with geometry nodes
    Data types in geometry nodes
    Instancing
    Boolean operators in Geometry nodes
    Recreate the 10 cube challenge  in Geometry nodes (Print on bambo)

Day 2: Advanced Modeling and Computer-Controlled Fabrication

Session 1: Computer-Controlled Drawing and Cutting
    Designing for plotters and laser cutters
    Drawing algorithms
    CNC algorithms (Blender CAM)
    Exporting designs for machine processing
    Project (Portrait)
    
Session 2: 3D Toolpath Generation within Blender
    Introduction to toolpath generation for 3DP (Slicing)
    Using Blender for  generating toolpaths 
    3DP toolpathing algorithms
      - Directional Slicing
      - Spiralizing
      - Geodesic slicing
      - Topological Slicing

Day 3: Robotic Arms and Final Project

Session 1: Integrating Robotic Arms with Blender
    Basics of robotic movement and control
    Generating toolpaths for robotic arms
    Practical applications and limitations
Session 2: Final Project and Workshop Wrap-up
    Applying learned skills to a comprehensive project
    Review and feedback session
    Discussion on the future of digital fabrication and Blender

Resources

https://quickref.me/blender.html

Drawing

• https://machinicprotocols.com/
• https://drawingbots.net/resources
• https://drawingbots.net/knowledge/tools

CAM

• https://blendercam.com/
• https://cnc.js.org/

References:

• https://wiki.freecad.org/Constructive_solid_geometry