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Kerrsy

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3D Printing required
« on: August 13, 2015, 05:54:05 pm »

Could anyone out there create the cormorant on the front of this ship
It would be 1/12 scale and probably 3d printed.
I possibly could get it printed but need an expert in say Pro desktop or Solid works to draw it.
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« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2015, 09:21:09 pm »

It's a failing work in progress, not experienced enough to work out how to do it properly  :embarrassed:
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« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2015, 10:06:52 pm »

Thank you warspite
It's very good of you to try and what you have done looks good.
I'll email you a picture.
If you print this picture it's the exact size.


cheers
Alan
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« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2015, 06:53:54 am »

For the time being I'm having a go, it's not so much the size but the complexity of merging one solid into another smoothly, making a solid, appears to not to be as easy in these curved shapes as what I am used to for engineering equipment and the latest version of AutoCAD I have is more complex than previous versions - its less forgiving  - each solid has to match its ajoining solid or when its printed it might not have any substance and therefore fail in printing eventually.
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« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2015, 09:10:05 am »

Thank you for trying
best wishes
Alan
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« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2015, 10:49:09 am »

Hi Alan,

Might be worth putting something like this up on a freelancer site like elance or peopleperhour (Google will help find them)
You could probably get it made for around £20

I'd have a go myself but it's beyond my amateur modelling skills unfortunately! :(

Alex
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Re: 3d model required
« Reply #6 on: August 21, 2015, 05:06:36 pm »

Thank you Alex
What is really annoying is that I used to use Pro Desktop when I was a technician at school.
I should of had a bit of forward thinking.
Any way thanks again I'll try google.


regards


Alan
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« Reply #7 on: September 08, 2015, 05:11:41 pm »

Just so you don't think I have given up on this  :embarrassed:

this is the third attempt, just have to think of a way of doing the feathers without going as mad as I have trying to do the head.
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« Reply #8 on: September 08, 2015, 05:29:11 pm »

Wow that looks great
I'm so grateful that you are even trying.
If you email me I can send you a .dfx file of the bow curve.
Or any other format that goes with your software.

Thank you again

Alan
 
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« Reply #9 on: September 08, 2015, 07:11:17 pm »

Once you guys have finished playing, you can send the file this way and I can 3D print it for you.
The quality of the prints from my machine are OK and would be fine for proof of concept, but I would suggest going to shapeways for the final part
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« Reply #10 on: September 08, 2015, 07:34:19 pm »

How very kind of you e2v
That is a wonderful offer, thank you

Alan
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« Reply #11 on: September 08, 2015, 07:47:03 pm »

Here are a few more pictures that may help
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« Reply #12 on: September 08, 2015, 08:02:54 pm »

How very kind of you e2v
That is a wonderful offer, thank you

Alan


No Problem :)
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« Reply #13 on: September 09, 2015, 11:12:17 am »

Using autocad 2014 - and yes just playing at it  {-), at the moment it quite 'rough', and I am unsure if the level of quality will not translate into a printable version of sufficient detail, but hey ho, a rough print might be sufficient to add the other details with a sufficiently good enough set of tools, knives / files and sandpaper.
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« Reply #14 on: September 09, 2015, 01:48:12 pm »

Absolutely
1 volunteer is worth 10 pressed men.
Thanks again

Alan

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« Reply #15 on: September 09, 2015, 03:38:46 pm »

just made a big mistake  >:-o

having to redo the wings and all the parts after the neck, deep joy.

just thought I will try and make it look a little more fluid and was doing alright until I noticed the line I was using was not the one I should have been using, oh well here we go again.
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« Reply #16 on: September 09, 2015, 04:09:12 pm »

Thank you Warspite
I do appreciate your endeavors.
Alan
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« Reply #17 on: September 09, 2015, 07:18:45 pm »

well, managed to redo the bits in error, so here is the revised version, feathers to be added and the feet, not sure if this will help, the wings spread angle is about 50° and the deep vee between its buttocks is based upon the bow slicing right up it mister Mannering  {-) %% %% %% %% %%, permission to go mad captain blackadder.
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« Reply #18 on: September 09, 2015, 07:24:36 pm »

That's enough of that you silly boy. Its Captain Mainwairing >>:-(
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« Reply #19 on: September 09, 2015, 07:27:28 pm »

now a bit more info, the wings are shaped like they are so that the feathers can be placed against a background in an interference manner, then when ready I need a bit advice from those in the know, that when the solids are all merged into one - will it work when operated on by those with the software to convert it into solid works etc and then printed.

This kind of work is only done when I am trying to give clients an idea on what our equipment will look like when put into their factories, so the shapes we use are usually quite boxy and regular, (though some of the kit is curvy etc and dust runs are kept to basic cyclinders and toruses.

are you sure - I always thought jones always said Mannering as did the warden- learn something every day.
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« Reply #20 on: September 09, 2015, 09:33:40 pm »

Ah the snobbery of the middle classes.  Mannering is the accepted pronunciation but a couple of the characters didnt follow the custom and said it as it was printed, the Welsh pressman for instance.    The other aberration of similar type is Cholmondely-Tapper or if you were upper class Chumley-Tupper, but ach whit dae ah ken ! %)   The bird is coming on fine, so is the boat , a classic build.
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« Reply #21 on: September 10, 2015, 07:20:49 pm »

Reworked the rear part of the wing, has an added bonus when lofted, also reworked the rear end three times so didn't get started on the fearthers, but the tail feather piece was also a lofting exercise for working on the feathers anyway, so test two will be the next exercise, also I am also going to try a multi loft of the main body to see if the result will be smoother, so the tests may mean its a weekend attempt at doing a wing. - sorry no picture tonight.  :D
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« Reply #22 on: September 10, 2015, 08:33:37 pm »

Hi Warspite
It's looking great, thanks for the hard work involved.
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« Reply #23 on: September 11, 2015, 05:11:47 pm »

here is the pic of the results from yesterday - with a little change to the tail to cut a vee out of its tail.
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« Reply #24 on: September 11, 2015, 07:34:18 pm »

the lofting through more of the shapes, produced a better body so I am on version 5 and creating the feathers, its a lot harder than I thought.
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