Illustrator: Objects 1, 2, 3 & 4

Experimentation...

All of these objects were produced by hand in illustrator using profiles of other plans I have had for the laser cutter or drawing my new ones of my own. I created these objects in Illustrator because one; I wanted to see if they would still attach in the same way and be successful, and two; I was unable to generate things like this through the 3D modelling programs and get them to look the way I wanted.

I made sure when I generated these plans that the slots were 4mm in height so they would be compatible for connection with the 4mm plywood. Also that they were scaled to 50x50x50 as required by the brief.

Object 1:

Created this dalek profile with the line tool in Illustrator.

Final Model cut out with the laser cutter...

Had to use thread to keep model together because the slots were very loose and the model falls apart

 Object 2:

Used the profiles from my bin model

Pieced together it looks like a chair which was the intention

 This model of a chair stays together by itself

Object 3:

Used the profiles of vertical pieces of my dalek eggcup plans

This model of shelves fit nicely but when picked up fell apart so i have had to wrap thread around it to keep the pieces together

Object 4:

I used profiles from the horizontal pieces of both my dalek eggcup as well as my bin model

Pieced together this model fits but comes apart easily when lifting any part. I has to be lifted as a whole

I secured this model together with thread so it doesn't fall apart when handled

On a whole I think my experimentation in Illustrator went really well. I think the reason 3 of 4 of these models came apart when handled was because I didn't factor in slot difference like 123D Make does so the slots were big enough to slot into one another but not small enough for them to be secure