Chair Design

 

Workflow

Getting Started

• Import front view image to front view
• Import right view image to right view
• Adjust scale (seating surface to be 16” high)
• Adjust scale between front and side view
• Adjust position
• Establish Center line
• Organize layers

Shaping arms

• Create a pentagonal shape, symmetric
• Move and copy the object through the upper armrest
• Adjust scale, shape, and position
• Record History and Loft
• Adjust parent lines to create the right form
• Repeat this process for front and rear legs
• Keep the inner lines to be vertical or horizontal

Creating bridges

• Create a hexagonal symmetric shape
• Align them in a straight line
• Record History and Loft
• Create a archiving point using a layer
• Draw a curve in the side view to trim the hole in the legs
• Draw a straight line between holes and align hex lines
• Loft Hex lines
• “BlendSrf” Command to blend between holes

Seating part

• Mirror copy the assembly to the other side
• In the side view draw two lines with slight dip
• Mirror copy side one
• Record History and Loft
• Adjust the seating surface by editing the parent lines
• Draw a line in the front view to Trim the edge
• “OffsetSrf” command to add thickness @0.5”

Assignment 5.0

• Design your own chair
• Find inspiration and construct background story
• Draw both front and right view
• Import the drawings to Rhino
• Model, render and upload images Google Drive