Bainum Model

Cliff House 3D Model
by Kurt Bainum, Jan 2021

"It is really fun to see something I drew on the computer come into the real world. Takes 8 hours to print all the layers 50 microns at a time. Crazy seeing details slowly being drawn out of the slime. First print shows where I need to make changes. Resin printing technology is still in its infancy. There are many parameters to tweak."

Phrozen Sonic 4K 3D Printer

Sketchup CAD model

computer model superimposed over photograph
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Creating the temporary support structure is quite an art in itself. Takes practice and a lot of failures trying to find the right balance between compromising the part finish and supporting the part enough to survive the print process. For each layer the part has to survive being ripped off of the print screen.

Printing in progress

Individual printed sections

Once completed the individual sections are assembled and glued together

Model Renderings

A study of the support beams

"Discovering this glass negative at DeYoung did many things for me. The radial pattern of how the beams are arranged overhanging the cliff is a very important visual detail because of what it does to the perspective of the viewer. The regular grid pattern of the preliminary foundation blueprints would have generated a linear line of angled supports from the cliff. The radial pattern creates oddly angled posts from the cliff each at a different angle for the viewer from the beach. This apparent irregularity of support posts contributed to the spindly unstable look of the structure. My early drawings using the old grid blueprints did not have the right feel. Once I incorporated the radial supports the precarious look started to happen and match my plans to original photos. Of course the main building is supported on solid rock and only the surrounding glassed in decks are supported by the angled posts below. Amazing things happen when working in 3D."

Kurt Bainum

SketchUp Model

SketchUp Viewer app