Beam Compass

[Dave R]

From an old book. SketchUp and Paint DotNet.

[Bryan K]

Wow! I've not seen one of these in decades!

Well done!

[Rich O Brien]

@Dave-R That's next level modelling. I love the knurling too!

[Dave R]

Thank you Bryan and Rich.

I think I made the knurling on the center spindle to small.

I'm kind of liking the simple method I came up with to make the profile edges around the outside of the model without using thick Profiles in the style. Quick and simple which suits me.

[Rich O Brien]

@Dave-R said in Beam Compass:

I'm kind of liking the simple method I came up with to make the profile edges around the outside of the model without using thick Profiles in the style. Quick and simple which suits me.

I noticed that. Does it involve a completely transparent front face?

I've tried something similar in the past but ran into issues

[Dave R]

@Rich-O-Brien

It's done in post. I exported a PNG of the model, in this case without the image, with transparent background.

In the image editor I duplicated the layer. The entire model on the bottom layer was painted white.

And then I put a border around the white areas.

It could be done with one layer but then if I decide I want to change it, I'm kind of committed. This way I can delete the layer with the border and start over with a new layer.

[L i am]

You certainly see the romance of machines, and I get it

[Box]

I think I actually have this compass, its in one of my draws of stuff that I'm still sorting through.