Assignment 5 Part 2: Reverse Engineered Object

 Now that I had started making proper progress on my models, I tried to apply more details and shapes to the pen. The avenue I was able to make the most success on was the cap's clip:

I used the control point view to bevel the edges of the caps slightly. Unfortunately, it was very difficult to add details elsewhere.

The details I initially wanted to add were the metal edging on the main body, the textures on the rubber grip, and the cap's top. However, etching objects in Rhino is next to impossible. It becomes even more impossible to etch objects in the style of the rubber grip...

I tried creating a grid of squares, rotating it diagonally, and projecting it on to the grip, but this created looping circular shapes on the sides of the grip. This also made it difficult to loft or extrude the shapes I created so I could engrave them. The same problems with extrusion applied to the cap on the pen's body, as it quickly became hard to apply a cap on the top of the pen's body, because the pen's body was slightly tapered (see my last for why the taper tool in Rhino is terrible.)

However, I still made a lot of progress, and I was still able to make something coherent and complete.




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