EQ: I've been trying to use what I can from the sketchup models, but most of it is either incomplete or completely useless. I'm just chipping away at this one, taking my time and trying to have fun while I learn. Thanks, for the encouragement, Per! I've seen your 'chocolate' mech and it was very impressive. When it comes…
Looking good. I use small spheres as joints in robotic models so that I can avoid the deformation you mentioned. I just separate the model at all the joints, add a small sphere and conect the two parts to the sphere. Then you just hide the spere with a bit of machinery Hope that helps
Spheres work good at least as a reference for ball joints like the shoulders and hip connecting to the thigh, the neck isnt a ball joint but acts a bit similar in how it pivots. Hinge joints make more sense to have a cylinder, like you already have and many robot designs do. When it comes to mechanial things that need…
I'm an Architectural Engineering Technology student who's fallen in love with 3D. I take every opportunity to work in 3D as opposed to CAD drafting, but I'm fairly proficient at CAD (its just not as interesting). I started modeling a suit of powered armor with a program called SketchUp just to fool around. I recenly got to…