Unfortunately, instead of modeling our bus as a solid, Shizuka and I were modeling the shape using planes. We only realized that this was the wrong way of modeling once the Boolean command was not performing.

And so, we had to join, cap and extrude our planes to turn them into solids.

Once all the objects were converted into solids, it was like magic! All the functions started working flawlessly!

Next we took the scanned images of the bus into Rhino and began tracing the outline of the sections to create a wireframe of the toy. However upon doing this, we realized that there were a lot of errors and inaccuracies in this method because of the low quality resolution of the scanner.

Hence, we started measuring the dismantled parts and modeling them directly in rhino. This in turn allowed us to be more precious and understand the shapes of the toy better.

To begin the process, the first thing that we did was to cast the toy so that we can cut it up and understand it better. To do this, we made a box using scrap cardboard, set the bus in the middle and sprayed insulating foam into the spaces and let it set. The foam expanded to fill and seal the gaps, holding the bus firm in place inside the box. Once we were sure that it was strong enough, we took it to the wood shop to cut up into sections.
In determining the sections, we cut longitudinal and cross sections in order to get a fuller understanding of the interior and exterior conditions of the toy. Below are the section cuts we made.

However upon showing our progress to our professor, he gave us case specific advice. He explained to us that given our toy, instead of using the foam to get a best understanding of it, we should simply just dismantle the toy and study the individual parts. Taking his advice into consideration, below are the parts separated.

For this assignment, my Partner Shizuka Sasaki and I chose to model a school bus. Our choice was influenced by the various geometric shapes of the toy and its interesting interior and exterior relationship. Although it looks easy to model at first glance, Shizuka and I are beginning to realize that opposite. Although the bus is mainly composed by geometric shapes, there are many in number with intricate detail. As a Challenge, Shizuka and I are going to try and capture as much detail as we possibly can while we simultaneously improve and build on our rhino 3D modelling skills.