Reverse Engineering: Clarinet Continued

 October 20-27: Progress Report

This week I wanted to feel more productive than the work I got done last week. So I started working on bigger pieces to get more "percentage" of the object designing done. I continued with my work with the revolved function to complete the bottom piece and the second top piece of the Clarinet. The biggest obstacle and consideration with these pieces was how the interior widens and recedes. As well as the metal details. 

This horn looks simple in its final form but when taking all the measurements there were endless angles to consider when sketching out my blueprint. Here is a photo of the finished revolved shape next to the original shape I had to revolve with its respective axis. 

Here are my blueprint drawings from multiple angles with some close ups for clarification of measurements. 

Here are different angles of the neck piece of the Clarinet. After completing the horn this was faster and easier to complete because it followed the same premise of steps but it was simplified. I knew which particular parts and places I should measure to build an accurate and detailed blueprint for me to follow. The axis for revolving isn't shown in these pictures but you can see how simple the shape looks before it is revolved. 

Here is all the behind the scenes measurements and sketches to help my think around the object.

Here are some photos used for comparison that made me feel very confident about the process. Even though it was tedious measuring all the different rings and widths along the inside of the shapes.  It all felt like it was worth it by seeing how accurately the grooves communicated into the 3-D render. 

I'll be continuing to work on the Clarinet pieces and you can expect the blog post next week to be twice as long as I try to tackle some hatching too. Stay tuned!