Transforming a Star Fruit

In this project, I wanted to explore photogrammetry and the slicer plug in to Fusion 360. We have wanted to make a dining room light and I thought it would be nice to find a form in nature, especially some kind of food to make the light form. I found a star fruit at the grocery store and thought this would be perfect. I photographed the star fruit and built a computer model of it using the photogrammetry software Meshroom. I then simplified the model and subtracted a space for two light tubes. Then I used Slicer for Fusion 360 and sliced the form in two directions; a single slice forming a spine running longitudinally the length of the star fruit shape, and 21 cross-sectional stars to make up the form of the star fruit. As a first step to bringing the star fruit back to the physical world, I cut out these star fruit slices on the CNC machine at 1/4 scale making a scale model. It went together on the first try. The next step will be to cut out a full size version, make it into a light, and hang it over our dining room table. Some of the tools used in this project CNC: http://www.cncrouterparts.com Fusion 360: https://www.autodesk.com/products/fus... Meshroom: https://alicevision.github.io/ Composite Nailer: http://www.cncrouterparts.com/omer-b1... Cantilever Clamps: http://amzn.to/1TJmAFx Whiteside Router Bit 1/8-Inch: http://amzn.to/1NvVwxd 3M Peltor H10A Optime 105 Earmuff: http://amzn.to/1sj80iw 3M Reusable Respirator: http://amzn.to/2cGwyPL 3M Particulate Filter P100: http://amzn.to/2bYwhaK To see upcoming projects follow me on social media Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=16151185 Instagram   / frank.howarth   Twitter   / frankhowarth   Facebook   / frankmakes   Etsy https://www.etsy.com/shop/FrankMakes