Ceramics project: ribs

 Our class created a variety of school improving projects for our ceramics class. Some did roller patterns, spatulas, texture rolling pins, and ribs. I choose to do ribs and talked with our schools ceramics teacher, Mr. Schifone, to create a model that would help the class during their ceramics projects. I selected a rib model from the ceramics tool resources linked in our google drive. This was the model I chose:

The source on the ceramics shop website did not provide any measurements of the tool, therefore, Mr. Schifone showed me about how big he wanted the tool to be and I created it accordingly. I first drew a model on graphing paper, it was the rough sketch of how big I wanted the tool to be. 

Then, I transferred the drawing onto google drawings and saved the folder as a jpeg so that I could transport it onto solid works. Henceforth, I created a constraint box on solid works with the set dimensions and thickness.

 At first, I attempted to draw the model without tracing, which ended up not being accurate. This was the result:

 Wherefore, I used the appearances tab to put a pattern onto the box. From there, I edited the feature and inserted the jpeg google drawing of my model sketch. This method allowed me to accurately trace the model.

Then, I cut extruded the blank spaces between the model such as the holes, the outside of the model, and in between the letters.

This is the end result:

Lastly, I downloaded it as 3mf and had it printed. For the smaller model per Mr. Schiofni's request, I downsized the measurements by 5. Then, I used the same method for the first rib, but I also wanted one side of the model to be thicker than the other to give variety. I used a chamfer and tested its maximum thickness. I set it to .09 cm thick, saved it as 3mf, and printed it. The chamfer's maximum thickness was .1, so I set it to .09. 

Here is the result of the smaller model: