Using Sketchup to design an actual product
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I have a Canon TX1 camera that I really like and use it in my machine shop to take videos. It is a very small camera and a machine shop is an unfriendly environment. I also have grip and fumble problems so I designed a cage that both protects the camera and enhances the handling security. I have CNC equipment I designed and built which makes it possible to design something in SU, export it as a DXF to the CAD/CAM program and then use that design to make the actual parts. This is a simple example of that process.
The design concept in plan view.
The 3D visualization and the actual product:
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Its great to see a project that can be done by one man from start to finish.
Looking forward to some pixs of construction.
Cheers
S
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@slimdog said:
Its great to see a project that can be done by one man from start to finish.
Looking forward to some pixs of construction.
Cheers
S
That is a pretty trivial example although without CNC capability it would be very difficult to do on manual equipment. I have far larger projects that have been designed in SketchUp that are either complete or under construction. In particular I have designed a ten inch aperture telescope that is nearly finished. The entire design is done in Sketchup including many CNC machined parts. I will post more on that in another thread in the near future but right now it is nearly impossible to post anything here. Page load times in the last two days are in the range of 10 to 15 minutes. Something is haywire in the network somewhere as my internet connection isn't that slow.
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That turned out great.
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