1.) My first step in creating my vase was to model up a typical vase shape in Rhino.
2.) I then proceeded to use the vase shape to generate other forms using commands such as "section" and "Loft"
3.) Once I decided on a form I liked, I went ahead and gave it some thickness using the "offsetsrf" command, took out some extra pieces using the "booleandifferance" command and made it the correct size with the "scale" command. After saving the final object as an .stl file the vase was ready to print on the 3D printer.
4.) We then had to get it ready for laser cutting. I used the "section" command to get lines off the model, layed them flat and modeled it again to find the intersection points.
This was an interesting exercise in 3D modelling and the process of transferring the virtual into reality. Also happy to my blog site up and running, time to publish!