Not even sure if this is possible
I'm a long time Rhino user and I have an interesting problem I would like to explore with someone much more knoledgable than I am.
The problem is acoustic guitar design, for simplicity imagine a box 20"X15"X3" deep. On one of the 20X15 surfeces (the top) cut a 3" hold 1/3 from one end along the lengthwise axis. On the same surface place a vibration generator to drive the surface and generate sound. Assume all the other sides are infinitely rigid perfect reflectors.
Now assume the second 20X15 (the back), although being prefectly ridgid can be CNC carved to any desired shape. What is the optimum shape to focus as much sound as possible out of the box through the hole? Now change the shape from a box to a guitar body. Im assuming this optimum shape would be some variation on a parabolic dish, but I want to get it as exactly matching the guitar shape as possible.
Is this optimisation algorhythm something Rhino can do with one of it's ray tracing addons? If not, are there any programs that anyone can recommend to solve this problem?
I originally wanted to post this on one of the Rhino3D forums, but whenever i go to the McNeel site and try to access the forumd they all come up as blank screens.
Thank you,
Steven
If you cut it to small you can always nail another piece on the end, but if you cut it to big... then what the hell you gonna do?
Steven