Joined: 17 Jan 2011
Posts: 305
Location: Dandenong North Victoria
Was thinking of learning to CAD so picked up Solidoworks, Rhino and Inventor off an old 'Friend'... Solidworks and Inventor looked abit hard and i couldnt get the hang of it while i found i was actually pretty ok with Rhino. Heres my first attempt - something lying around me witin reach- a Pepsi can:
I know its a bit stubby but its a mini pepsi Still dont get the Texture mapping thing
I think i should be able to make basic components on Rhino and have a CAD of my bot in a few years lol
BTW i had 0 help with 0 tutorials in Rhino, not even getting started _________________ Viggy!
1st Robot in progress!
Sat Jul 16, 2011 10:22 pm
Philip Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 18 Jun 2004
Posts: 3842
Location: Queensland near Brisbane
Just started to try and draw a robot in Sketchup. There is a triangular prism that needs a hexagonal hole to receive an M3 nut. I have made a hexagonal prism to try to make the void, but I am struggling to make it line up correctly. Any ideas? _________________ So even the rain that falls isn't actually going to fill our dams and our river systems
Basically don't use sketch-up. For free hand style drawing stuff its fine, but for any actual design work the time spent screwing round with its flaws just makes it unusable.
123d was what I think angus/miles were recommending for the kids to use but will need to confirm.
Joined: 18 Jun 2004
Posts: 3842
Location: Queensland near Brisbane
Just started trying to use 123D. I am trying to draw the side of a robot and then turn it into a three dimensional object. I just can't get how to make it work.
How do you normally start with 123D when you draw a robot? _________________ So even the rain that falls isn't actually going to fill our dams and our river systems
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