[size=100]The top row shows the seven full units with wall and roof. The bottom row shows the corresponding intermediate units. For every unit, there is a paper tile.[/size]
3D Printed Elements
[table][tr][td]More than 1000 building blocks were printed by a 3D printer for six boxes of classroom material.[br]Each box contains eight or more pieces of each element of the 22,5°/45° Turkish style of muqarnas.[br][br]Idea is that students start with paper tiles to create and understand their design, and continu with the 3D printed elements to assemble the muqarnas level by level. [br][br]The full elements are 4 cm high. The top square of the blue building block is 2 cm by 2 cm. [br][br]The building blocks have horizontal and vertical connectors for fast and easy clicking during the assembly process.[br][br]My Flashforge printer is highly reliable but quite slow: it takes one hour to print about 3 full unit.[/td][td][img]http://www.fransvanschooten.nl/images/FlashforgeAdventurer3_sml.jpg[/img][/td][/tr][/table]
[size=100]This is an example of the student assignment.[br]See my website for: [url=http://www.fransvanschooten.nl/fvs_muqarnas_uk.htm#leerling]student assignment[/url][/size]
[size=100]This example is based upon a muqarnas that has been described by Mr. Fatin Uluengin in his book Mukarnas.[br]See my website for more details: [url=http://www.fransvanschooten.nl/fvs_muqarnas_uk.htm#Uluengin]Mr. Fatin Uluengin[/url][/size]