Rhino: Work on Chess Pieces

On Monday we began making a checkers set and on Wednesday we began making chess pieces.  Today we will continue working on our chess pieces and getting them on a chess board.  I would like you to feature your checkerboard / chess board on a table of some sort with a floor and walls.  Remember that a large block makes the floor, another large block makes a wall, and another makes another wall, although you can feel free to add them to one of the tables in a room that you already created.

Some specifics:

• Chess Pieces -- A full chess set includes:
• Pawn (8 of each color)
• Rook (2 of each color)
• Knight (2 of each color)
• Bishop (2 of each color)
• Queen (1 of each color)
• King (1 of each color)

Rhino: Create a few chess pieces

The plan for today is for you to create a few chess pieces.  Basically you use one of the curve tools to draw a profile of the piece (just like we did with the vase/goblet/bowl) and then "Revolve" the piece.  Instructions for the "Revolve" project are still on the board, but here are the basics:

• Draw a Curve Shape Profile
• Type Revolve
• Select the Curve
• Set the Beginning Angle to "0" (Press Enter)
• Set the Revolve for "360" (Press Enter)

If you aren't familiar with the shape of chess pieces, here's an example:

You can see that most of the shapes are done by revolving a profile and then using Boolean Difference to cut out a few shapes here and there.  The biggest difficulty that I can see is the Knight (horse).

Here is my creation for a King and a Pawn. You can see my profile drawing and where I set the Axis (in red).  Notice that my profile for the Queen is shown, but I added a Sphere to the top to make it look like a pawn.

There are many styles, sizes, and materials for chess sets so don't feel like you're locked into a specific design.  Here are a few unusual examples:

Note: The hardest piece to do [in my opinion] is the Knight.  I usually revolve the base and then add a shape to the top for the horse... although it doesn't HAVE to be a horse.

Here are some student examples: