Inspired by a geodesic planter I saw on Thingiverse, I went about trying to make that shape in OnShape. I thought I might make the same thing out of wood, so I wanted to know what the composite triangle component was, which meant I had to CAD it starting with creating the correct triangular shape. In the end, the CAD was far more fun than … Continue reading Icosahedron in OnShape
My two bosses got married to each other this summer. (Weird, right?) My coworker and I decided to make a really awesome wedding gift for them and spent a long time dreaming up crazy ideas. Eventually we settled on something inspired by the shapes Henry Segerman was making on ShapeWays and Thingiverse: a stereographic projection lamp. (Funny story, he happens to have also made some … Continue reading Stereographic Projector Lamp as Wedding Gift
Like Math, But Louder 