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Okay, the simple solution to the window-cut problem was to make a wall panel component with the window pre-cut into it. I made the window transparent, by the way. Then I deleted the old walls and replaced them with instances … Continue reading →

As I wallow through Google Sketchup 7 for Dummies, I have tried to apply my knowledge. Here is an attempt to emulate the drawing of a restarant in the book, by using components. I learned that I didn’t know how … Continue reading →

I got this design from the Phineas and Ferb episode, “Brain Drain.” The control pad is seen after 2:00. My number one goal with Phineas and Ferb, however, is to do their house. But that’s going to take some work.

Or, as the case may be, lack thereof:

Here’s a design for a remote-controlled robot to perform tasks in space. I’m proud of the level of detail although the proportions, as usual, are a bit off. Hey, it’s called sketchup, not formalpresentationup or productiondrawingup. I think the arms … Continue reading →

Isn’t it adorable? On the left, you have hammerbot creating a pile of ore chippings at the base of the cave wall. Then on the right is shovelbot, carrying the ore chippings to a wagon. Observant viewers will notice that … Continue reading →

You need a robot to pick up after hammerbot, and that’s shovelbot. The shovel is a bit small and the camera is a bit large, and also I’d like the camera mount to tilt down enough to see what gets … Continue reading →

1. I used MS Paint for the background, thus the jaggies. I think there might be a way to minimize them by changing the background in sketchup, we shall see. 2. I would like to show the lamp beam, but … Continue reading →

This sundial link is copied from makezine, it has to do with inputting a location and out comes a printout of a sundial for that location. I’m putting the link here because I have a project in mind for this. … Continue reading →

This one I call ‘Hammerbot.’ It uses a pneumatic-powered hammer to chisel into rock. Originally, I had the idea that the broken rock would then fall into the wagon that the robot is pushing in front. Then I realized that … Continue reading →