3D Sun Casting for Chocolate Mold

I created a 3D Sun Casting for a Chocolate Mold. I designed it to be a stable chocolate form that is able to be demolded as clean as possible.

1. 3D Printer
2. PLA
3. Fusion Software

I have designed a sun in my past projects, and I love to incorporate it in most of my projects. I started with the center circle, using lines to graph out the outer crown, and then used the mirror tools to replicate it, ensuring exact measurements. After all that, I extruded it.

The reading was very profound and detailed. It was interesting how they highlighted the importance of the design through the parameters. They created a good amount of complex items from various materials with these parameters in mind. Throughout the whole process, they even took over the code in the 3D printing software to ensure their dimensions were as accurate as possible. Throughout the readings, it was highlighted how important it was to execute a clean demolding, and I heavily took that into consideration when designing my sun mold. I wanted different-sized rays, but took into consideration how the thinner rays could potentially break off with little support. I decided to create the face smaller and the base larger to still have the illusion of big and small. It was important to think of the stability of the chocolate sun as it would be the final product in this situation. Through the reading, I created a strong understanding of how to visualize the final product when designing molds and highlighted the importance of dimensions and stability in the objects.