Mold Design
For this exercise, I decided to try making a two part mold for wavy dish that could be used for beading, with smooth grooves that would help line up and separate different coloured beads. I started by making a profile with the wavy grooves, top side using handle based bezier curves, and the bottom side using straight lines and then used the Chamfer Corners command to the round the sharp corners, making sure the top and bottom side don't have any steep angles. I connected the top and bottom, with a line and split it to add the draft angle to the edge of the dish. Next I drew the shape of the plate, using the polygon tool to make a pentagon, then chamfered the corners to create a softer shape that I liked. I scaled up and lined my profile curve up with the pentagon, and used the Rail Revolve command, then the Cap command to fill in the centre so the solid became a closed s...