5.5. Parametric Feather; Grasshopper file

To keep experimenting with new filaments and shapes, i found a flexible filament made out of recycled materials.

The material is carefully selected and magnetically screened for its production, in order to avoid metal residues and thus ensure its correct operation during printing.

Its hardness ranges between 96A and 98A SHORE A’, due to variations attributable to its origin as recycled material, practically imperceptible in printed parts. Despite being a recycled material, it has excellent mechanical properties and good resistance to solvents, surprising for its quality.

In order to be able to see the quality of the printing with this material, I decided to make the same feather model that I did earlier, so with that I could have a comparison parameter in terms of texture, strength, quality and flexibility. Compared to the first filament used, the RECIFLEX turned out to be,

. More resistant . Less flexible . Same resolution . Much rougher texture . With all of this in mind, i decided to use Reciflex for another kind of feather, one that need more resistance in the rachis and longer vexils, maybe emulating some movement.

The idea of this file is to develope a system where with a dot and 2 lines you can shape any type of feather that you want. With the control points, you can design different shapes, sizes, textures and movements.