Hi everybody.
I ve been working with SW for about a year but I've been doing CAD for about 10. My previous experience was with Rhino and MOI, along with other 3D non-CAD modelers
Not really sure if this is the right place to do so but here is my first take on a fairly complex surfacing model since I'm really fascinated with StarWars,SolidWorks, and its surfacing capabilities in general. No reference images were used to model the helmet.
Nick Poulopoulos wrote:
Hi everybody.
I ve been working with SW for about a year but I've been doing CAD for about 10. My previous experience was with Rhino and MOI, along with other 3D non-CAD modelers
Not really sure if this is the right place to do so but here is my first take on a fairly complex surfacing model since I'm really fascinated with StarWars,SolidWorks, and its surfacing capabilities in general.
Hi Nick Poulopoulos, welcome to the forum.
That helmet is really cool. I'd be interested in seeing the file as well.
Welcome, and nice work.
The real question,
is it to scale and did you print one out to wear!?
Nick Poulopoulos - Welcome to the forum we are the SWFU's and can always use SW expertise, there are so many great posts and a lot of great people ready to help or listen... Thanks for sharing and we look forward seeing more models as well
Nice job and welcome to the forum.
Welcome to the forum. Since you're obviously interested in Surfacing you might want to do a search here for posts from Paul Salvador. He does some impressive stuff, and does it quickly.
Thanks for the warm welcome everybody.
I can definitely answer specific questions pertaining to the model but I will not be sharing the model since I intend to make a tutorial should there be enough demand.
The helmet is not modeled to size (just close to it I guess) because what's really cool is that no references (no images ) were used other than actually examining various pictures on the interwebs. I was interested in finding the software which is most conducive in creating a fairly complicated model just by looking at it.
And SolidWorks it is!!!!!.....could not do it without a history tree!
I will share an image of a miniature 3D printed version of the helmet a bit later
I know little to nothing about surfacing. But, I've been a member of these forums for long enough to know that Paul Salvador knows a lot about the subject. Maybe he'll see your post and give you some advice.
wow nice work.
WOW，WOW
impressive job!
Hello Nick, very nice man!... yeah, I think your mindset/workflow from Rhino and MOI helps a lot! ..and, helmets have always been great challenge!..
..now you got thinking about doing some Star Wars stuff!...I've only played around modeling over a scanned Storm Trooper helmet years ago (image)... hmm?
Look forward to seeing more of your work!
Nice job.. be waiting for you tutorial, love surface. & welcome to this forum
LOL!... now you got me going... I'm on it!..
Awesome Paul!!
What you are trying to do , reverse engineer from a mesh, is insanely more difficult in SW. I RE for a living and for that task I only use DesignX but SW seems to be coming along nicely with more RE capabilities lately.
Here's a webmodel I kept checking since I didnt model off of an image. https://sketchfab.com/models/227818a8ae76456a9035366ef57d06af
Heres another non shiny image of the model and a 3D print in Nylon 12 with an SLS printer
Like others, I'm impressed with your SW skill over a yr of using it - it'd be nice to share with others in this community !
I would love a tutorial! I've been meaning to dive into surfacing and starting with something from my favourite movie franchise will be perfect
great work on the model nick.
Awesome. The detail level is so much better than my FDM printer outputs.
I'd love to have a SLS printer. Prices aren't even listed with a quick web search. I was hoping prices for them would come down and maybe they have. But, it apparently hasn't reached the hobby level, yet.
post it please!
Thanks Matt.
Buying an SLS for home is indeed an expensive proposition...(i think Markforged might be coming out with something soon).
The only FDM machine I would trust with a semi-organic model like this is the Zortrax which is actually fairly affordable.
If you have to have an SLS print fairly soon I would suggest uploading your model to Shapeways and getting a quote there.
Thanks for the advice. I'm looking at the Zortrax website right now.
Hello Nick,.. it's freehand sketching over the STL graphic,..so, no 3d mesh data or overhead.
Nice print.. what is the size/dimension of it,.. and how long to print it?
The part is about 2.2 inches tall by 2.0 inches wide.
If you were to print just that part in an SLS machine it would take about 3-4 hours. However it only makes financial sense to completely fill a volume for a certain height because of the low recyclability of Nylon 12 powder. Something like this makes sense to be sent out to Shapeways or Sculpteo to print. If you were to buy a home (really a garage or a small shop) machine to SLS print , Formlabs makes a decent machine for about 10,000$.
Nick,
That is impressive! Would you be willing to share the file?
If you don't mind, it would help us on the forum if your thread had a better title. When I saw it I thought it was going to be along the lines of "Hi! I'm new here and don't really know how to do things. . . " For that I recommend the following:
How do I do this SOLIDWORKS Forum thing?
What is the difference between viewing a thread in my Inbox and viewing it separately?