<![CDATA[The 3D Raddict - My Blog (Latest news: 25/05/2012)]]>Tue, 29 May 2012 05:48:51 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[Robotic Arm: Try it out!]]>Fri, 25 May 2012 02:12:10 -0800http://www.3draddict.com/1/post/2012/05/robotic-arm-try-it-out.htmlI have made a freely downloadable demo for playing around with. Get it from here
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]]><![CDATA[Up and Riding!]]>Thu, 10 May 2012 12:13:06 -0800http://www.3draddict.com/1/post/2012/05/up-and-riding.htmlA major hurdle passed....I'm now able to ride my own waves!
See me in live video action on my Surfing Simulation page!
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]]><![CDATA[Walk, Paddle and Swim]]>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:29:16 -0800http://www.3draddict.com/1/post/2012/04/walk-paddle-and-swim.htmlThese are the prerequisites for being able to surf. I've had to learn how to make my character do all these, before attempting the much more difficult task of riding a wave.
A video of the animation tests can be found on my
 Surfing Simulation page.
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]]><![CDATA[Preparing to Hit the Surf!]]>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:08:45 -0800http://www.3draddict.com/1/post/2012/03/preparing-to-hit-the-surf.htmlSee my Surfing Simulation page for the latest update. ]]><![CDATA[Aunt Sally update]]>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 10:03:54 -0800http://www.3draddict.com/1/post/2012/03/aunt-sally-update.htmlThe Meccano Aunt Sally Machine now has a working drive assembly. The webpage gives more detail, together with pics, video and a demo download. ]]><![CDATA[Meccano "Aunt Sally" Fun Machine page updated]]>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:48:34 -0800http://www.3draddict.com/1/post/2012/02/meccano-aunt-sally-fun-machine-page-updated.htmlMade a start on this ]]><![CDATA[Surf's up, dude!]]>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:43:33 -0800http://www.3draddict.com/1/post/2012/02/surfs-up-dude.htmlI mentioned in my previous blog that I was going to take a short break from wave building as I was getting quite frustrated with the way my wave coding was going.....one attempt after the other! However, after a good night's sleep I decided I was not going to throw in the towel at this late stage. So the last few days I have seen me perservering with my efforts. And finally, I am very near to achieving the results I was looking for.
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My Surfing Simulation page gives more information and a video of the wave action.
]]><![CDATA[Meccano "Aunt Sally" Fun Machine]]>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:11:14 -0800http://www.3draddict.com/1/post/2012/02/meccano-aunt-sally-fun-machine.htmlThe 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.

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]]><![CDATA[Robotic Arm - Phase01 completed]]>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:13:28 -0800http://www.3draddict.com/1/post/2011/12/robotic-arm-phase01-completed.htmlThe 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.
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]]><![CDATA[R6 Robotic Arm - the start]]>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 07:51:24 -0800http://www.3draddict.com/1/post/2011/11/r6-robotic-arm-the-start.htmlI've made a start on this project. You can download a very  basic Phase01 from here ]]>