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The Nearest Stars Project (Part II)
I’ve got all the stars in now. I’m going to check the angles and distances and then color them. That should be ready tomorrow.
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The Nearest Stars Project (Part I)
As a science fiction fan and space enthusiast, I’ve long been interested in having a computer simulation that would show the nearest stars in spatial relation to one another. Sketchup allows me to finally do this, in a way that … Continue reading
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Spheregrid ‘tool’ for Sketchup
While working with Sketchup, I’ve noticed that making spheres and positioning them properly is somewhat of a chore. So I made these sphere components with coordinate grids to help in positioning them. I think it will make things a little … Continue reading
Single Stage To Orbit
with exhaust tail: using wood to make a more ‘interesting’ exhaust tail: All right, Enough! I swear, this is the last one I’m going to do on this (today at least):
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Google Sketchup 8: What’s in it for me?
I just downloaded Google Sketchup 8 and don’t see much to commend. It’s slower and the capabilities are the same while the controls have apparently been moved around a bit. Sort of like the typical Windows ‘upgrade’ then. Here’s the … Continue reading
It came from the Future
Lots of movies talk about time travel, but this one finally did something about it: (Or maybe the ‘D’ fell off.)
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Welcome to the Monkey House (From Dayton to Sketchup)
Or, “What happens to monkey houses when you forget to use components.” Perhaps you’ve read of this place in the news. It’s a 140 year old monkey house in Dayton, Ohio, kind of a local landmark. I guess they’re spending … Continue reading
Designing robots in sketchup
My education in sketchup continues. 1. If you’re going to replicate a shape a hundred times, make sure that it has a low polygon count. Hence I redesigned the prong component from a cylinder to a rectangular profile and got … Continue reading
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Goose-ba in action
Why goose-ba? A riff on a certain robotic vacuum cleaner. Otherwise a clumsy name, I’ll have to think of something else to call it. In case you’re not familiar with how WordPress galleries work, click on the images to continue … Continue reading
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Call it a ‘goose-ba’ for now
I’m not sure how far I want to go with this idea in terms of graphic portrayal, but anyhow here’s a shrunken shovelbot picking up after the mess that Canadian Geese leave. The background photograph was taken on Saturday in … Continue reading
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