Failed proof load? I assume that means your stand wasn't up to snuff then.
Perhaps I should invest in some steel for this.... The only "important" reason for the post design is to be able to mount any size TV I want at the proper height. If I was just designing it for a specific TV I would simply build something to set it on top of with its included stand.
According to that article that will work if you can copy over the actual .exe file. However I have not tested it myself.
You CAN view the contents of the clipboard. It most certainly exists as a default tool in an OS. At least in windows XP, possibly earlier.
@unknownuser said:
To display the clipboard content, user can do it by running clipbrd.exe and it will show you the clipboard content once it is launched. Clipbrd.exe comes together with Windows XP and it is located under C:\WINDOWS\system32. In order to access this utility in faster way, you can create a shortcut and put it in your desktop. Follow below steps to create the shortcut for this utility:
- Right click on the empty area on desktop, then select New->Shortcut.
- The ‘Create Shortcut window’ will pop up, type: %windir%\System32\clipbrd.exe and click Next button.
- Type a name for this shortcut as you like, for example: Clipbrd.exe then click Finish button to create the shortcut on your desktop.
Of course often this stuff is gibberish. But if you are copying text or entire files it will show the text/name of the file/whatever.
There are also 3rd party apps that will show it, as the poster above me stated.
Good information in the couple days I've been out.
As for not having a TV, trust me when I say I agree. I haven't watched TV on my own (without her begging me to "spend time with her" after work or something in years.
However, I won't complain about a big screen I can hook my PS3/Xbox360 up to. Currently I use my two computer monitors for them.
As for the base of this thing, it will be your typical TV stand. 18-20 inches deep and probably 50+ inches wide. Her current tv stand is a dresser that is 18x54x30 ish. Has enough room for her 32", and the various video devies stacked up next to it. That fills up 100% of the width of it.
A typical 55 inch (the biggest she said she would ever buy, and I agree) is about 52 inches wide I think. But having the bottom 30 inches up is way too high for a screen that big.
So what I was thinking was something about 20-24 inches high, with a post to mount the TV on just because it looks better like that.
Something with similar dimensions to this:
Except it won't be 600 dollars... Those things are pretty darn stable, the only way it can fall is backwards.
I might actually look into having something fabricated out of steel. I don't know how to weld, but my uncle does and has the tools to do it. We also know companies that can cut the pieces for low cost to me. That might actually be easier to do.
@unknownuser said:
For me, being an experienced woodworker, once I've drawn a SketchUp model of a project, going to the shop to build it is like building it for the second time. I've worked out the issues while drawing the project so they don't crop up later.
I absolutely agree and so do many MANY other woodworkers. I wish I had this software in highschool when i was last particularly active in actually making things.
When you are familiar enough with a tool, its easy to visualize how your cuts will be made. I can only imagine how true this is for those with more experience than I have. This means you can essentially go over the entire build process WHILE you design it.
Thats what I was thinking, I just like to ask people with some experience in the matter before replacing expensive things xD
Thanks again!
@honoluludesktop said:
I would go to a store that sells TVs and stands, look for a similar setup, then study the case that supports it.
They are all steel. That was my first try lol
The GF wants a TV stand built to add to the list of things we have when we get an apartment/house/trailer/whatever. So along with my desk I will probably be building this too. It will be similar to my desk with the whole post setup. Now, I was wondering... how much weight can a post like that hold?
The reason I ask is because she has a 36 inch tv right now, however she is planning on buying a 55. Those things weigh upwards and sometimes more than 50 lbs. Not counting the weight of the mount.
If I do a glue-up of three boards, most of the strength should be edgewise, meaning the strongest way leaves the seam facing the user? Not a big deal with proper finishing of course.
I just don't want a thousand dollar TV falling off the thing in the middle of the night.
To clarify how this will be mounted, basically a vertical post with a 50 lb weight hanging off one side of it, with no support at the top.
I assume 3x3+ should be enough, but I would like to be sure.
@mac1 said:
Masta
Just open your skp. Concerned about the feet location and possible over turning of the desk if someone sits on it unless you have it stabilized some other way . The rotation will be when the cg gets out side of the fall axis based on loads. The monitors are probably not real heavy so the axis you need to look at is between the two outside legs. You probably want a safety factor so 1.5 x design weight maybe
The top edge of the center section butts up against and sits on top of the two side sections, then is bolted to them.
I share your concern though, believe me. I am looking at how I can possibly make it more stable but it would involve putting legs where I don't want them. Ultimately the stability of the thing depends on it being whole I think.
Plus if anyone sits on the center section of my desk I will beat them with a dead fish. 99% of the time there will be a chair in the way anyways.
Not so much a WIP as it is "something to play with".
In the past I did a lot of screwing around with small models and kerkythea. A lamp in a closed room with normal mapped walls comes to mind, as does my current avatar (lol) I made a glass version of those little plastic toy snakes that they give away at grade school fairs. That turned out pretty good. I don't have the model any longer, but I managed to save the images.
Anyways, my textures are terrible. In fact, they basically don't exist outside of SU textures and a couple of tweaks in kerkythea to properties. The computer, keyboard, mouse, and chair I pulled from the warehouse. The desk is all my own, and hope to build it in reality one of these days. The speakers, coaster, cup, and monitors are a combined total of 10 minutes of effort.
Here is what it looks like after 48 minutes in Kerkythea, since I rendered the original at 4500x2500+
My soft shadows turned out to be not so soft though.
