Xinhua News Agency, Changsha, February 12 (Reporter Xie Ying) "The 'ice pier' is so cute, I snapped it up on several websites, all of them are 'seconds nothing', helpless, I want to make one myself." Yang Hongyuan, a sophomore majoring in product design at the School of Architecture and Art Design of Hunan University of Science and Technology, said.
Recently, the mascot of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics", "Ice Pier", was hotly sold, and many people lined up for several hours just to snap up a few "ice piers" to go home.
Yang Hongyuan, who is modeling the "ice pier". (Courtesy of the interviewee)
"To be realistic, the parameter settings should be particularly precise. I can only adjust the parameters with the naked eye, there must be an error with the original design, and it cannot be exactly the same. Yang Hongyuan found a photo of an "ice pier" on the Internet, and then used what he had learned professionally to design and model according to the picture.
After spending more than a day modeling and rendering, he found a 3D printing company to rent equipment, chose to print with light-cured materials, "printed out the body and shell of the 'ice pier' separately, and then assembled, and the finished product I was satisfied with." Yang Hongyuan said.
3D printed "ice piers". (Courtesy of the interviewee)
Yang Hongyuan wanted to publish the 3D printed "ice pier" on the website, but he was worried about infringement, so he called the relevant departments of the Beijing Winter Olympics, "The organizing committee told me that as long as it is not commercially used, making a 'ice pier' and publishing it on the self-media does not constitute infringement." ”
After the 3D printed "ice pier" photo was posted to the short video platform, it was immediately "on fire", "Some fans left messages asking me to print another one to send to him, and some people wanted me to share the model, I could only refuse, afraid of constituting infringement, and I hope everyone can understand." Yang Hongyuan said.
The 3D printed "ice pier" made Yang Hongyuan's 5-year-old sister fall in love. "Now the 'ice pier' has been taken to her grandmother's house to play, and I heard that it is particularly windy, and many children are envious of her." Yang Hongyuan said, "This also makes me have more confidence in my design and production ability, and I hope to learn professionally and design my own masterpieces in the future, which will be recognized and liked by everyone." ”