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Redo: Minimal Surface

I chose to redo the minimal surface project due to the last one being a little bit too complicated to print, and implement. The Schwarz P-Surface was very cool and interesting but it was nearly impossible to print and it resulted in many hours spent trying to print it or assemble it in different ways. Now we are working with two simple shapes, a circle and a square. The improvements here are the simplicity and the ability to actually form a minimal surface between the shapes I am using to demonstrate the concept. It is very hard for me to use Openscad and it is also very hard to tell what will work on a printer and what won't, sometimes it seems like it simply depends on the day! Jokes aside I think this will demonstrate the concept better and will be easier to work with making it a better project in terms of presentation and utilization.





The utilization of simple shapes, easy to understand curves, and the like are key to having a good minimal surface project in my opinion. So, reducing the complexity and making it easier to see also aids in the understanding of whats being presented as well. I also think that it will be interesting to see the shape that forms between a smooth surfaced shape with rounded edges being the circle and the square which has more sharp edges. All in all I think the concept of the Schwarz P-Surface is very interesting but when it comes to being able to portray that in a 3-D print, it falls apart. Literally my surface fell apart many times and using glue was very strenuous. I also like this rendition because it seems like something you could actually see in a toy store or kids playing with, compared to the Schwarz P-surface which ended up looking like some sort of sci-fi orb that almost no one recognized.

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