See Creatures

Sometimes we see creatures because of the way we make things look. This was a quite simple example which turned into a sea creature of sorts when I made it look the wrong way, accidentally. 

I think it is a small creature, perhaps similar to a jelly fish and I think the ridges wave like continuous fins. Perhaps it eats by induction being that it has two loops or by burrowing in the sand and absorbing nutrients. It is hard to know. 

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Modo and a Saddle Zip

A more accurate version of the previously drafted orthogonal view. (Having the base 2d representation did actually help quite a bit when building the previous model because of the unusual curves in the channels) 

I have done another model which is a little more easy on the eyes this time. Still there are a few inaccuracies and some newly realised design issues. Sadly the symmetry system in Modo is not as sophisticated as is really needed so I think one of the issues came though because of my methodology for creating the fundamental components.

I think the next version will have a more sophisticated joining space.

Ideas about applications?

Please ignore the really bad surfacing. I will do a better job in the next representation. 

Finished Mockup

The coin it is sitting on is an American quarter for scale.

I have finished a really basic and sloppy mockup of the thing I was working on. It tuns out it is a kind of zip. Does anyone know how it works?

I will do a nice version in Modo at some point. Sketchup is not what I need for the surfacing I would like to achieve. However, the component methodology came in very handy when creating this.

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Keep Guessing :-)

Here is another picture of what I am working on. I will still not tell you what it is but I will give you the hint that "Saddle" is in the name.

This thing is not that easy to model with the software I am using so I may switch back to a different package for some of the surfacing.

A new thing

I am working on modelling and finishing up a design I started a few years ago.

If you can guess what it is I will give you a prize.