Modeling system of Tiffany lamp-chimney based on Rhino

Tiffany lamp-chimneyes are designed and manufactured by hand traditionally. It is necessary to use Computer-Aided-Design (CAD) software in this field for achieving more efficiency and less cost. The CAD software of Tiffany lamp-chimney can be divided into four parts: the modeling of lamp-chimney, the design of pattern, optimization of arrange and automation of incision. The first part: the modeling of lamp-chimney is analyzed. The types of Tiffany lamp-chimney can be divided into three kinds: regular polygon, rectangle and revolved shape. A software of modeling system is built based on Rhino. The development tool used in this software is VC6.0 and the software can help Tiffany lamp designer with parametric modeling, the database of the lamp and the drawing of the model.