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Tag Archives: sketchup
Solving Logic Puzzles With Sketchup
Perhaps you’re familiar with those logic puzzles where five people live next to each other and have different traits, and you’re given seemingly unrelated clues and asked to figure who has what. You know, logic puzzles like this one: Well, … Continue reading
Schematic Diagrams in Sketchup
Paint and Sketchup are the only drawing programs that I know how to use. Paint has become miserable with Windows 7, so that it is almost impossible to draw a straight line, let alone a schematic diagram. So I thought … Continue reading
Grisbot in metric
I decided to completely redraw minigrisbot in millimeters instead of inches, and it went much, much faster. Friends don’t let friends design robots in English units. (Pouring ale is another matter.) But why re-design something that’s already designed? In case … Continue reading
Sketchup-to-SVG problem
I seemed to have discovered an interface problem between Sketchup and the SVG plug-in. Here’s the part that I wanted to convert into SVG format: Not that complicated right? But here is how it appeared after I exported to SVG … Continue reading
Grisbot revisions for prototype 2
I plan to build the second prototype today, and here is what it should look like: Wheels will use rubber bands instead of gaskets (saving $1 each wheel): Holes in the lid will enable a wire ‘hoop catcher’ to be … Continue reading
Robot assembly order is important
When I attempted to assemble the first laser-cut casing for grisbot, it was a learning experience. In particular I learned that design has to accommodate the assembly process. So that’s what I’m trying to anticipate with minigris. For example, in … Continue reading
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Modeling Molecules in Sketchup: Complete DNA Series
I have completed the video series on how to use Sketchup to make a molecular molecule of DNA. Here is the Youtube page: Modeling Molecules – Youtube
Susan Deoxyribose
Susan is the generic human model who comes up automatically when the user starts a New file in Sketchup Version 8. I happened to have copied and pasted my latest DNA model to a New file, and there she was, … Continue reading
DNA in Sketchup: closing in
From a distance it looks okay, but alas: The phosphodiester bond needs a little more twisting. Once I get that done, my DNA will look okay even close up. Onward! Excelsior! Whatever!
DNA in Sketchup: A Glimmer of Success?
Here’s the first time that I’ve been able to connect two base pairs in the DNA spiral for my modeling molecules project. My method is quite complicated and I’ve had to resort to all kinds of tricks utilizing layers to … Continue reading
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