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A I have had a play with TinkerCad on my Chromebook and can export an STL file to a USB stick for printing. .....if only I read all the posts more thoroughly. I've just reread your post more thoroughly! :) and I'm not sure whether you may have misunderstood the process slightly ( forgive me if I've...

I absolutely agree with Trevor 100% about sorting out the drawing side first. It took me several attempts, separated by some months, before it 'clicked' and I felt confident enough to spend money on a printer ( all the drawing packages are free), and as I said earlier, some folks prefer one drawing ...

It looks good in that shot, but may not look so good if curves are needed?

Several others have recommended Tinkercad, but I tried it and didn't like it I prefer Sketchup which others don't like. OTOH Fusion360 is favoured by some, so you would need to have a play and find out which one suits you. I did a basic tutorial on producing a simple window frame in Sketchup a few m...

Ruby, That is some beautiful work. The first picture is fabulous.

The description is a bit odd as well. Starts off by saying it was purchased for him as a child by by his father but then later says he ran it when he purchased it!

Nice little video, a bit different to the usual one.

Nice to see you posting again.

The horse looks really good now. pending working out how to use clothes others have prepared, To use clothes from the library, called Assets in MH speak, you simply go to the libraray and download them, then they appear in the lists on the RH side of the main screen. http://www.makehumancommunity.or...

Firstly a very big thank you to all who have donated towards keeping the forum online. ie.e the Hosting and SSL Certificate fees. Without you this forum would have ceased to exist next month. As you can see below, a total of 20 members out of a registered 1100 have actually put their hands in their ...

Yes, picture is fine.
Makes a good start, do keep us updated as it progresses.

I haven't had time to actually look properly at what is involved, although I suspect it is way beyond me ( and my computer!). However the demo's from this process of creating a full 3d figure from a 2d photo, are amazing.
https://shunsukesaito.github.io/PIFuHD/

mymodeltrain wrote: ↑Sat Nov 28, 2020 2:40 am This is another photo of the foliage.

It is a lovely picture but members are only allowed to enter one picture for each Gallery, so please would you delete one of your 2 from this thread. I'm sure we would all like to see more of your pictures in a thread of your own.

GTB wrote: ↑Fri Nov 27, 2020 1:40 pm the relevant measurement is Young's Modulus

Contrary to popular belief, Youngs Modulus has nothing to do with metal, springs etc. It is in fact the definition of a corset: " Extension is proportional to load within the elastic limit"

Sorry, I'll get me coat!

Somewhat off topic, but if you look further into their website they have some amazing RC bulldozers, diggers and trucks plus a flying Chinook helicopter all at around the same price. They CLAIM that they are made in the US and also claim to have a UK warehouse.

Nice pair of wagons and I like the weathered effect, too.

ge_rik wrote: ↑Thu Nov 26, 2020 7:33 pm I like the idea of the functional leaf springs. Would ABS be more flexible than PLA do you think?

Rik

Definitely. Actually I'm not sure even ABS would be flexible enough though.

Nice one Jake, thanks.

and seeing if I can find a way of making the centre axle float up and down, while also allowing it to slide from side to side on curves. Back in my P4 days, we used to allow the centre wheels on a 6-wheeler to float in all directions by fixing two fine steel wires ( guitar strings actually) through...

I still need to add some compensation to the end pivoting trucks to keep the wheels in contact with the rails over my uneven trackwork - that's quite a long wheelbase - but I've got a couple of ideas as to how I might do it. I did detail my compensated 4-wheel van a couple of years ago With slight ...

Lovely work.