OverviewI am going to be referring a lot to the text on Jig Box etc. but am going to try and parse it down quite a bit.
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UNIT OF MEASUREFrom this point on I will mostly be using mm in 1:48. There are a couple of reasons .. (1) Jumping between Full-Size and 1:48 always means a chance of error so keeping to mm means less chance (2) All of my 3D CAD is in mm – actually what I call pmm = Pseudo mm – basically I model with Model Units set to Decimal Inches with the “Display units format” un-checked (3) actually model ‘as if’ I am modeling in mm. If I were to model a cube measuring 1″ on a side I will then model it in pmm at 25.4 per side. What this does is let me model 25.4 x actual size which solves problems Sketchup has with radii below 0.018″. (4) CAD for 3D printing is much easier as I can just “Export STL” with Export unit set to Model Units which both Shapeways and my printer accepts as the model in mm. |
Jig Tank/Jig Box DIM
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Render
Honestly .. I just like creating things in Sketchup and I get a bit OCD .. |
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