Sliced 3D Object
How to bring 3D object into real world with ability to see it from outside and inside at the same time.
I’m a big Star Trek TNG fan and once upon a time I had an idea to create a 3D version of it using 10m slices and create a layered sculpture like Len Janklow and other artists. I liked the ability to have a 3d object that can be seen with its innards exposed when taking a closer look.
To do this project I needed a full 3D modem of Enterprise with a full interior. No such model exists anywhere but that did not stop people to create one from Star Trek Blueprints. At the time I tried this the only 3D model of Enterprise with any kind of interior was made by Minecraft users. I’m not sure which I used as it was some time ago but if I did it now, I would use something like the model by the TrekCraft Minecraft group.
For the last 10 years, are team has been working to build some of the largest mega objects built in MineCraft. one of those such builds is the U.S.S Enterprise NCC-1701-D from STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION. Since the Early days and working on Halkun's first Enterprise Build from 2010, we have slowly been improving are design and styles and with this I present to you the 4th Version of the Well known Vessel since 2010. This will be the largest version to date ever built in the game and the first ship in over 10 years to included modded blocks and textures.
Website: home.trekcraft.org
The exact process I used to get the layers out of the Minecraft model is lost to time and at any point, it would be so old to be useless. What I do remember is that it included Blender and a lot of trial and error. In the end, a 79-layer PDF was created. This makes “real life” Enterprise 790m long with layers at a 10m distance compared to 641 meters in the technical drawings. By reducing the distance between the layers we can get the correct length. Minecraft models aren’t the best at preserving dimensional accuracy.
The goal was to create something like this render but having 70+ pains of glass printed which was/it outside of my budget range so I opted for having them printed on an overhead transparency.
That did not turn out as expected. On the box of transparencies, it lists them as crystal clear but they ended up all but that. More than 6 layers and it’s opaque. Disappointed.
Well, it looks like glass is the only option and this project will need to wait a little longer. For anyone who wants to try it out the PDF is here.
Maybe acrylic….