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 I cannot let go of the idea that there is a way to do a sine pattern along a curve using purely Grasshopper and maths. Bryan showed me how to do with quite flexibly with base geometry and arrays and flows in GH and I did use it but I know there must be a way to do it. I just can't seem to get it. This post is supposed to be about my experimental FDM print above where I used Grasshopper to create toolpaths and GCode but as many of my instructors will tell you I can be difficult because I find my own things to focus on. Yeah, that's a cool and fun little experiment and all but I couldn't figure out the thing I wanted to. Even though it had no direct bearing on the end result of the project but I shall not be defeated by inability! This stuff will definitely come in handy for future projects. Writing custom GCode is a hyper valuable tool if you're wanting to really pursue the creative possibilities of digital fabrication.

  As a group we decided to build an arm that would hold several pens to draw at once from the same gecode file. It would allow us to experiment with different pens, pencils and brushes drawing the same image at the same time. Above is Leti's sketch of the early ideas for the arm and the pen holder. This is a sketch from Dallas about how the fillable brush could work. We worked together to come up with some ideas for how it would all attached together and what modifications needed to be made to adapt to different types of tools, such as continuously filled brushes. What I quickly realized was that for something like this rapid prototyping would be very important. I've had experience with "cheese board" mounting plates in my photography career and their versatility seemed quite fitting for this project. I decided that if the arm was made from a metal peg board it metal prototyping could be quick and easy but also the project would be very flexible. 3 pens? 4 pens? 5 pe...