Sketchyphysics help

Tunkmountainman · 1 Jun 2012, 04:01

Can one of you experts help me? I have been trying to learn to follow this project from a Youtube video, but the video has no sound and the explainations for what they are doing are tough to figure out. Watched it many times and still will not work properly. Does anyone out there have this Tutorial with sound? Thanks for the help......

DanYHKim · 1 Jun 2012, 18:32

The video shows a nice construction, but there are so many details that are left unspoken. I'll see if I can produce something similar that has a voiceover. It would be a good exercise in creating a tutorial. Stay tuned!

DanYHKim · 4 Jun 2012, 21:14

OK. I can't make it work using the procedure that I can see in the video. It may be that earlier versions of SketchyPhysics were not as picky about some things. Dunno.

I have made a model that does the same thing in the end, but it required more steps, and the solids do not interact with each other. They are able to pass through each other, which looks OK, but I personally find it unacceptable.

So, I will see if I can make up instructions for making a piston-engine-thingy that satisfies my own perferences. I'll update here as soon as I have the video uploaded. Stay tuned.

DanYHKim · 5 Jun 2012, 15:38

OK. I made up a video.
I recommend looking at the thread on Hinges and Joints for details about creating solids and joining them.

If the instructions are not clear, please comment here. I will try to fix any problems to make the tutorial as understandable as necessary.

[flash=640,320:3e8p8bw6]http://www.youtube.com/v/J5IApgKEZCM[/flash:3e8p8bw6]

(EDIT: Now with audible voiceover!)

Tunkmountainman · 7 Jun 2012, 03:33

Thank you so much Mr. Kim! You have been a life saver for me...I now know how to make a "Floating" hinge! I will look forward to more of your helpful videos...

DanYHKim · 7 Jun 2012, 15:16

I made up a bunch of videos related to modeling a house for an engineering course.
Check YouTube, and search for "ET365"