Day 9: (Tue Feb 13, Week 5) Maquettes and Rigging¶
Notes for 2024-02-13.
New Assignments¶
New assignment, due in-class Thursday: consult with your partners on a plan for assembling multiple pieces into an ensemble.
Agenda¶
Discussion: motion automation
2D cubic spline: https://www.desmos.com/calculator/ebdtbxgbq0
1D cubic spline: https://www.desmos.com/calculator/64xbjwx86r
multi-segment splines: spline-plot.py
winch sample code: Motion Demo Script
much more detail: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spline_(mathematics)
Discussion: rigging
TBD: locations of top anchor points
TBD: counterweight anchor locations
ceiling eyelet brackets
ganging multiple pieces per winch
Review and demonstrations of Exercise: Suspension Prototype results.
individual rigging on ceiling struts
individual demos
Form new working groups.
Component Diagram¶
Following is an SVG figure showing the data flow through the current theater system. For clarity, only one winch set is shown; each additional winch set has a separate motion-server.py script and Arduino.