Shapeways- Models Fixed and Uploaded/Ordered Again

In an earlier post I showed images of my models in 3DS Max, and some of the pipes were shown in black rather than white... apparently this was the problem with 2 of my models for printing. So I used 'edit mesh' and selected all the pipes that were showing up as black and clicked Normals: Flip. This fixed the problem and I re-uploaded and ordered the 2 models from Shapeways. Today I got an email saying they are in the process of making them now! Still hoping they will arrive in time!



This model didn't actually get an error for some reason, and will be arriving on Thursday (9th June), but I flipped the normals anyway.

Shapeways Update: Error :(

Just got an email about errors with my model so am going to try and fix it with enough time before submission. Here are the screenshots they took of the model, although it does not look like this in my 3DS Max file.

Arrangement on Site in 3DS Max

It was fun having a look at how I could arrange the models for the site together, rather than just using one of them at a time. When thinking more about the context of the site though, and how close it is to the Opera House, I think I would like to rearrange them to get higher as you get closer to that rather than lower, so sort of lead you there and be more welcoming. I will also be adding blocks in 3DS Max to show what the buildings underneath could be like, holding up the structure, replacing the ugly and controversial 'toaster' that currently sits there.










When I imported the models they were about 14cm in diameter each, and were a bit too big for the site, so I scaled them down to 70%, which makes them 98m in diameter in real life (The 3D printed models will be at scale of 1:700).

Looking At Site and Context Further: The Toaster

Exhibition - Arrangement of Models on Pedestal

Confirmation of Payment to Shapeways

It should be delivered to me in 10 days! :)

Shapeways Models Uploaded and Available