The 3D Raddict

The month of January has seen me attempting to build up some shader skills, an essential requirement if I want to build a decent looking surfing wave for my Surfng Simulation project. This has all been rather exasperating, so now a Meccano break is called for. Digging through old copies of the Meccano Magazine publication I came across a model called the "Aunt Sally Fun Machine" which I  thought might be rather fun to build, as well as having some use afterwards as a demonstration of  physics interactivity in an amusing gameplay. If it works as expected, I'll make it available for downloading. You can follow my progress on my Meccano page.

The arm construction (Phase01) has been completed, and a start has been made on testing individual servo operation (Phase02). A video clip can be found on the webpage.

I've made a start on this project. You can download a very  basic Phase01 from here

Its taken a bit of time, but that's only because I've been slotting it in between breaks in my other projects. I've been using the Oddity 3D graphics engine for this project, and its really proved its capabilites in allowing me to put together a highly detailed model (800 seperate parts) and still perform at a decent framerate for the final realtime animation. I'm impressed!
To all Meccano enthusiasts out there: please feel free to add comments, suggestions and ideas.....I am very open to such things, and they help to further motivate me.

DomaBot needed a helping hand! See 3DRad Special Tutorials for latest.

Nearly, nearly completed. (Aiming for completion by December)

  

Using the LightSensor attachment, DomaBot can now follow a line:

Winch Assembly added........not too far to go now!

Details on 3DRad Special Tutorials page