Got The Dish Soap

"PS9" (PS9) 08/05/2015 at 14:24 • Filed to: blender

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Now all I need are the paper towels and the Ramen.

uofime-2 > PS9 08/05/2015 at 14:26

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but can you do helical sweeps for the threads?

PS9 > uofime-2 08/05/2015 at 14:30

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HOW ABOUT I HELICAL SWEEP YOUR THREADS!

TheHondaBro > PS9 08/05/2015 at 14:34

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That’s hot.

Tekamul > uofime-2 08/05/2015 at 14:35

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Speak english

uofime-2 > PS9 08/05/2015 at 14:36

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You can tap me over my die ’d body!

TchmilFan > PS9 08/05/2015 at 15:18

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Oh, Blender’s UI. First time with it, spent an hour trying to make the ten or so accidentally-opened viewports go away.

(Only needed it to try and smooth out a sdlprt.)

uofime-2 > Tekamul 08/05/2015 at 15:19

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in simplest terms a helix is a 3d shape, like a screw thread for example

best described mathematically with cylindrical coordinates, r, theta (in radians), and z. A vector equation for the position threads would be

s(t)=< r , 2*pi*n*t, t>

r is constant (it doesn’t have to be in you want a funnel shape) the diameter of your thereads for this example

n will define your threads per unit length

t, the variable, will be the length of the threaded section of the bolt.

A sweep basically means taking a shape and extruding it along a path, in this case the helical one described above.

PS9 > TchmilFan 08/05/2015 at 15:32

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Blender does it’s best to punish first time users, lol. Can’t argue with the price though!

Tekamul > uofime-2 08/05/2015 at 15:57

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I know what a helix is. I honestly thought this was application-specific speak. If you’re only talking about the screw cap on a soap bottle, that’s a lot of minutia.

Mercedes Streeter > PS9 08/05/2015 at 15:59

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Sounds like a good time to me. ;)

Also, this made me laugh so hard that my coworkers are looking at me weird.

uofime-2 > Tekamul 08/05/2015 at 16:06

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basically I was just joking about the difference between graphic’s design centric modeling programs and engineering design centric programs

a well defined helical sweep like I wrote an equation for is likely something his program would struggle to do. While getting that complex contoured shape is something that is a struggle to do in my program.

PS9 > Mercedes Streeter 08/05/2015 at 16:17

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Well bring your smart on over to my place then. I’ve got the full tap ‘n die set and a gallon of penetrating oil. We could be fixing helical threads and taking out stripped bolts with worn heads aaaaaaaalll night loooooong...

...for $30/hr labor, of course.

PS9 > uofime-2 08/07/2015 at 05:14

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a well defined helical sweep like I wrote an equation for is likely something his program would struggle to do.

Nope! Helix structures and screws are easy to do in blender. You can pretty much get whatever shape you want.