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Posted by Lauri Levanto on October 25, 2007, 1:15 pm
Please log in for more thread options Michael wrote:
> Bart wrote:
>
> Anyone here that uses computer software for designing tiffany lamps in
> 3D perspective?
>
> ******************
> No software that I know of. You could improvise with a standard CAD
> package like Solid Edge, but the overhead might make doing it by hand
> a more viable option. Doing it in CAD, I would take measurements on a
> standardly available Worden or Odyssey form and duplicate it in
> software, and then draw your design on it. Then section it off to
> reduce deformation caused by converting a curved surface to flat, and
> then do tangential and scaled screen shots (bitmaps) of your model.
> Print them out and transfer them to the form. If you used a Worden
> mold, it will already be sectioned and you can follow that. As far as
> using an Odyssey form, I have heard of temporarily gluing
> architectural linen to it, but I am clueless as to the details.
>
> Good luck, Michael
>
I do not work with cols glass, so I have no experience for tiffany work.
Fos some other strange designs I have abused boat design software
called Freeship. The you gan define edges rounded or sharp
and if surfaces are defined developable, it keps them more or less flat.
-lauri
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