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Moving Mountains: 2- to 3-Dimensional Topographic Models
This project takes an 3D topographic modeled object as an input, in this case a model of the Matterhorn Mountain, and outputs a representation of the model for slicing. The project uses 2D and 3D concurrently.

Joelle McDonald
Apr 20, 2025


L4: A Slicer for 3D Printing
I coded a 3D slicer using Grasshopper, Python, and Rhino, then tested the results against Prusa Slicer

Joelle McDonald
Mar 13, 2025


M3: A Seat at the Table
Use parametric design in Grasshopper to design three tables and 3D print models of two.

Joelle McDonald
Mar 9, 2025


L2: "Stacking Up"
3D Parametric Design and Slicing for Laser Cutting

Joelle McDonald
Mar 5, 2025


L-Systems: "Stringing Along"
Laser cut L-System designs created in this blog post This assignment uses Turtle to explore the creation of L-Systems. I begin with a...

Joelle McDonald
Feb 21, 2025


Laser Cutting Computationally Generated Forms
I coded three computational designs in Processing, one of which used the Turtle library. I went on to laser etch and cut two designs.

Joelle McDonald
Feb 3, 2025


Examples of Computational Design
In this blog post I begin my exploration of computational design by looking for examples of such design in the real world. Computational...

Joelle McDonald
Jan 22, 2025
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