ASSIGNMENT 01

One cloud.
Four directions.

Inspect the branch planes. Open the shell. Find what prevents release.

01 / EDIT THE PARTING PLANES

Plane between pieces Slide 0.00 Tilt A 0° Tilt B 0°

Select a plane and slide or tilt it. Both neighbouring sectors use the same boundary.

BRANCH REFERENCE

Branch origin plane Branch axes + shared origin Selected origin plane Show parting planes

Origin plane: perpendicular to its branch, through the centre. Parting planes: boundaries between the four mould sectors.

02 / THE SHELL

Exploded view 35%Shell opacity 85% Show sculpture Show proposed pull directions Colour cloud by selected pull draft Isolate selected shell piece

03 / DEBUG THE ORDER

Select a piece, then move it earlier or later in the proposed order.

Loading the default cloud and its shell…

What this study proves

These are candidate sectors cut from a sampled shell around the original default cloud. Shell depth is approximate: the cloud field is not an exact distance field. No flanges, bolts, vents or calibrated print clearances yet.

Collision screening uses 52³ field samples, interior shell probes and 80 translation steps. A hit demonstrates a detected obstruction. “No sampled hit” does not certify full-volume clearance, physical release or printability. Negative draft is measured separately on the cloud surface.

The cloud has not been automatically reshaped for release. This first assignment exposes where its lobes conflict with the four-sector plan.

About this study

THE CONSTRUCTION

Between the branches.

Each sector faces away from one branch and surrounds portions of the other three. Six editable planes divide the shell; they start at the shared origin. Colours and numbers stay attached to the same pieces as they move.

THE NEXT STEP

Design for the exit.

A blocked pull is feedback for changing a lobe, seam or direction—not a reason to hide the collision. Build 1 remains preserved. Wave primitives and barrel cores come in Assignment 02.

BRANCH-BASED MOULD STUDY

Tetrapod / four sectors

Geometry loading

Drag to orbit · Scroll to zoom · Click a shell to select