Iris Diaphragm Design
Once you’ve designed and downloaded your mechanical iris as a DXF, what happens next?
Because the Iris Calculator makes no assumptions as to how you might want to fabricate your iris, those DXF files need to be shaped into your final design. In this brief video I show you an example of how you might extrude the housing into a 3D model using SolidWorks.
Here’s a short video demonstrating 5 steps to making Steampunk goggles mechanical iris diaphragm. Once you’ve 3D printed the parts it’s relatively straight forward to put together.
8×10″ card, incorporating a 5 blade iris mechanism with a 3.5″ aperture, made of reflective card stock.
Opening the aperture reveals your message.
Message can be easily replaced, and the card used again.
