![](assets/img/portfolio/Le Cadre - Design and Creation/Desk & Chair Back Iso transparent high-res.png)
![](assets/img/portfolio/Le Cadre - Design and Creation/Desk Front Iso transparent high-res 02.png)
![](assets/img/portfolio/Le Cadre - Design and Creation/Chair Back Iso transparent high-res.png)
Skills Used:
- Topology Optimization: nTopology
- CAD: Solidworks
- FE Analysis: nTopology
Summary
Le Cadre foregrounds the elegance of generative design. As a demonstration of advanced additive manufacturing in elegant product design, the technology behind Le Cadre makes it suitable for an environment as exquisite and optimized as the modeling workflows which created it.
Design Specs
Desk
![Unity 3D project workspace for desktop GUI](assets/img/portfolio/Le Cadre - Design and Creation/Design/Desk - Lattice Only 02.png)
Beggining with a simple CAD model, I assigned some material properties, applied a handful of expected load cases, and defined boundary conditions as inputs for the TopOp sequence.
Properties:
- Material: Nylon
- Young's Modulus: 2.7 GPa
- Poisson's Ratio: 0.42
![mockup of wireless remote](assets/img/portfolio/Le Cadre - Design and Creation/Design/Desk Pre-Static Analysis, Transparent.png)
![prototype of wireless remote](assets/img/portfolio/Le Cadre - Design and Creation/Design/Desk Post-Static Analysis, Transparent.png)
I checked my load cases with a symmetric pre-static analysis using nTop's simulation and desgin analysis toolkits. I also ran another static analysis on the TopOp result to verify its integrity.
![notebook sketch of wireless remote](assets/img/portfolio/Le Cadre - Design and Creation/Design/Chair Workflow/Le-Cadre - Chair Workflow, FHD.png)
Chair
It was a similar process for the chair, with a few differences such as the loaction and magnitude of loading
forces and boundary contraints. Both the chair and desk are designed to be fabricated with popular additive
manufacturing materials and process such as Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM).
Properties:
- Material: Nylon
- Young's Modulus: 2.7 GPa
- Poisson's Ratio: 0.42
Dimensions
![Mobile phone GUI](assets/img/portfolio/Le Cadre - Design and Creation/Desk Front and Side - Annotated.png)
Desk
The final desk is rendered here in a luxurious obsidian base color with a medium gloss.
![Mobile phone GUI](assets/img/portfolio/Le Cadre - Design and Creation/Chair-Side and Back - Annotated.png)
Chair
The accompanying chair has been finished to resemble a fine grain maple with a golden brown varnish.
Concept Video
The nexus where common AM techniques meet uncommon design is where Le Cadre was born, but where it calls home is for you to decide.