My sense is that you would get to an initial three-dimensional model from drawings much more quickly with Rhino than with any physical modeling process. But to a finished design? That, I don't know. It would depend on the process by which you finish the design. If you need something you can touch and shape, well, hmmm, I suppose a CNC mill could produce a wooden quarter-scale model from a Rhino model, and they are probably available in town, but I don't know what the process would cost and you would still have to take station points off the final model. Personally, I'd probably try shaping the model digitally, having one or more CNC-milled or 3D-printed physical models (1/8 scale?) along the way as checks, and then go straight to the final form, but that would be an experiment. I think it's got a good chance of working, but I don't know that it would.
I'll be interested to see how this works out, whatever you decide to do!
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Date: 2010-11-26 06:47 am (UTC)I'll be interested to see how this works out, whatever you decide to do!