A little Sketchup project for someone

I recently came across this free software OpenSCAD It uses a scripting language to generate 3D CAD models, allowing you to generate, accurate complex models very quickly.
Example

Although it is mainly aimed at the 3D printing market , I thought it could find some uses within your Sketchup work. It exports STL files so you will need the appropriate extension

I thought this was cool

particularly liked the openSCAD scripting used to create the design - see Mojoptix site

Thought you all might like this

http://web.stanford.edu/~edmark/index.htm

@solo, Do you have any ideas about how to get a photo of a head like that ?
TIA

I thought this was fun

Weirdly, when I stayed in rural France a good few years back Cannabis plants were widespread in the hedgerows.
It seems the local hippy commune had spent some weeks driving around throwing paper bags of soil and seeds into the roadside areas In order to give them an untraceable supply

Not that I would of course condone any such criminal behavior

Just in case there is no post on Saturday

Enjoy

SVG is an intriguing format. Its text based structure and well defined, formal syntax allow lots of interesting possibilities particularly generating drawings programatically from scripts etc

Here are a few links from my bookmarks file that you might find useful

Simple path generator
http://www.smiffysplace.com/shapes.html

More complex generator
http://svg-generator.de/

hex grid generator
http://axiscity.hexamon.net/users/isomage/misc/svg-hex.cgi

Celtic knots - knotter program
http://sourceforge.net/projects/knotter/
Celtic knots - online
http://www.eng.uwaterloo.ca/~alopyrev/cs791/celtic_knots_report.html

javascript and svg library
http://snapsvg.io/

SVG gear generator
http://www.hessmer.org/blog/2012/01/28/cycloidal-gear-builder/

SVG online editor - a little "buggy" last time I looked
http://svg-edit.googlecode.com/svn-history/r1771/trunk/editor/svg-editor.html

Just thought that some of you might like these

Smithsonian 3D models

I thought that these looked interesting
Both from a mechanical point of view and a modelling/rendering one

Wired Article:Intricate Gizmos That Do Nothing but Hold Themselves Up

I thought some might enjoy this demo of the new engine

it is worth pushing up the resolution for the full effect

A show dedicated to classic space ships

http://www.scifiairshow.com/

That I thought some modellers and renderers on here might enjoy

Before you start planning a trip there. Here is a "making of" from Wired magazine
http://tv.wired.com/sci-fi-airshow/

"Born in Hiroshima, 1975.
Shintaro Ohata is an artist ...

... He is also known for his characteristic style; placing sculptures in front of paintings, and shows them as one work, a combination of 2-D and 3-D world. "

More Information here
http://yukari-art.jp/en/shintaro_ohata_en

A sample from this site
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/12/the-animated-gif-iti-of-insa/