That looks awesome! Were you planning on building her an the apc or one of the armed variants?
On Oct 17, 7:34 pm, Modena <[email protected]> wrote: > draw your circle, setting radius either by mousing, or as I do, type > in "50mm" for 50 millimeters and press ENTER, then type "100s" and > ENTER for 100 sides :) > > eg draw circle, 5mm + ENTER, 6s + ENTER will give you a hex head > polygon 5mm in radius > > I have found at the scale we work at 100 sides is ample for a circle. > > On Oct 18, 10:19 am, Mike Mane <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Nice job on Sketchup! You must be doing something different then me > > because I have never been able to draw a good circle on Sketchup. > > Whenever I use the tool it comes out like a decagon or something. In > > other words, the sides are visible. Did I miss something? > > > Message sent by way of mobile device > > > On Oct 17, 2009, at 5:36 AM, Modena <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I will be building an M113 as my next vehicle and have been playing on > > > and off with designing and now have a fair bit of measurement detail > > > on drivetrain components. I have found it immensely helpful to the > > > design process to draw components to exact size in sketchup, such as > > > bearing housings and wheels, it really helps with visualizing and > > > determining available space for bolt heads and the like, rather > > > important where tolerances are small. > > > > Here are some pics of the external suspension components, springs will > > > be torsion bars on the inside. The vehicle body, drivetrain and > > > suspension will be all steel. The bearing housings are steel with > > > bronze bushings, 12mm for swingarms and 16mm for driveshafts. The > > > idler will be on a small swingarm, with a turnbuckle for track tension > > > adjustment. > > > > <Drivetrain 5.jpg> > > > <Drivetrain 4.jpg> > > > <Drivetrain 3.jpg> > > > <Drivetrain 2.jpg> > > > <Drivetrain 1.jpg> > > > <Drivetrain 6.jpg>- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
