SHELL . 123D MAKE 

FIRST ATTEMPT

                

 

After I have chosen the part of the shell that I am interested in, I went back to 123D Catch and trimmed the section, and then transferred it back to 123D Make again. I initially thought about doing the template model in stacked slices, as it seems to be the most accurate way of presenting this complex and organic shape. 

I played around with 'Slice Direction' tool in 123D Make and this seemed to be the best angle where none of the pieces are highlighted as red by the software. It indicates that all the templates should work for laser cutting and the model will be put together in a logical way. 

However, I ended up with 76 A4 sheets from the template and there were 198 pieces needed to be laser cut.