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Create a ball/sphere shape in sketchup

Submitted by cfollows on 13 July 2011 - 1:15pm
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Making a ball/sphere shape and general Sketch up notes (Mac) Wimbledon College of Art 2011

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28 - Cardboard sphere

Submitted by plindley on 10 February 2011 - 12:06pm
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Making a prototype, sketch model, or maquette is often a useful step in identifying at an early stage some of the practical issues that lie ahead.

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54 - Cast aluminium sphere

Submitted by plindley on 17 November 2009 - 4:27pm
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Creating an object in separate components to be combined later can often help to overcome technical or production problems, see paper sphere,

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53 - Pool ball cube

Submitted by plindley on 17 November 2009 - 4:24pm
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An attempt to combine the cube and the sphere in one object.

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51 - Wire sphere

Submitted by plindley on 17 November 2009 - 4:19pm
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Made with the same type of wire as object , the sphere is quickly built up using soldered curved sections with a radius of 6-cm.

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50 - Iron wire ball

Submitted by plindley on 17 November 2009 - 4:17pm
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The material is black iron annealed wire, 16 standard wire gauge, soft, and satisfying to bend between finger and thumb.

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45 - Cut paper sphere

Submitted by plindley on 17 November 2009 - 3:53pm
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Using a pattern printed onto cartridge paper, sections are carefully cut using a scalpel.

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44 - Plaster sphere

Submitted by plindley on 17 November 2009 - 3:48pm
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A reasonably accurate sphere can be made easily by hand from wire mesh (chicken wire), scrim and plaster.

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42 - latex sphere

Submitted by plindley on 16 November 2009 - 5:29pm
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Cast using the same plaster mould see slide as object41, see slide,and object etc the technique is to fill the mould entirely, allow the outer “skin; to thi

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41 - Beeswax sphere

Submitted by plindley on 16 November 2009 - 1:34pm
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Using the same plaster mould as object 06, the beeswax is poured in its molten state into the mould which has previously been soaked in water in order to fa

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