1. Rocket Difficulty Time Approximately 30–35 minutes Art Deco Clock
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2. The skills you will learn in this tutorial are:
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The skills you will learn in this tutorial are:
Drawing Circles.
Using the Push Pull Tool.
Using the Tape Measure Tool.
Using the Follow Me Tool.
Making separate components.
Rotating objects.
Scaling objects.
Copying and pasting objects.
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After you have clicked on the Sketch-Up icon you must first select your template.
2. Select Template and choose Metric Millimeters-3D. We are using this template because we are doing a product design.
Therefore, on some versions of SketchUp you will need to select Product Design & Woodwork, Millimetres.
Note: It is often necessary to start a new file to use the new template.
Go to File then New.
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4. 6. The circle will fill the screen and have a Diametre of 32mm.
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3. To allow tools to be accessible click on View and select the Large Tool Set. As can be seen on the far left.
4. Using the Circle Tool draw a circle with a radius of 16mm. This will be displayed in the bottom right measurements box.
5. The circle shrinks in size. To re-size this so it is visible click on the Zoom Extents Tool, this will fill your screen with the circle.
Zoom Extents
6. The circle will fill the screen and have a Diametre of 32mm.
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5. 8. This is what your work should look like so far.
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7. Using the Circle Tool again draw another circle with a radius of 8.5mm. The circle in the middle can be right clicked and Erased using the dialogue box.
8. This is what your work should look like so far.
10. This is what we will draw next. We will first select the Circle Tool. We are now going to use inference to position the circles in the correct place.
9. Use the Extrude Tool to make the base 2mm thick.
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6. 13. Extrude the inner tube by 72mm
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11. Move the circle to the top edge of one of the circles. This will enable us to draw a circle on the top face of the polo mint.
12. As you move towards the centre of the circle, the Circle Tool should stay level with the top face of the Polo Mint. You can now draw two circles at 15mm and 9.5mm radius.
13. Extrude the inner tube by 72mm
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7. 16. Move down the red axis line and draw a circle 9.5mm radius
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16. Move down the red axis line and draw a circle 9.5mm radius
17. A second circle can be drawn with a radius of 7mm.
18. Select the centre of the circle, right click then Erase the centre of the circle.
15. Using inference again move to the edge of the base circle on the red axis. A dot should appear.
14. This is how the base of your Rocket should look.
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8. 19. Extrude the ring by 2mm using the Push / Pull Tool
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19. Extrude the ring by 2mm using the Push / Pull Tool
21. A blue dot may also appear as a midpoint this can be used too.
20. Now zoom in and select the Move Tool. Move the curser so a black or green spot is highlighted on the bottom edge of the ring.
22. If you now carefully move towards the centre of the ring a blue dot will highlight indicating the centre of the ring.
23. Now move the ring over one of the edges of the lower tube. By inference Sketchup will snap the two centres of the circles together as well placing the ring on top of the tube. You may need a few attempts at this.
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24. This is how the top tube should look. We will now look at putting fins on the base of the rocket.
25. Using the Tape Measure Tool draw two guide lines at 1mm from the red axis line. This is done by click, holding and dragging the Tape Measure. 1mm can be typed into the lower right Dialogue Box.
26. Using the the Rectangle Tool draw a box 20mm by 2mm. This can be done by typing in 20,2 into the lower right dialogue box.
27. Extrude the box 30mm.
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10. 30. In the dialogue box name the component fin and click Create
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27. Using the Line Tool draw a diagonal from one corner to the midpoint. This does not need to be accurate.
28. Using the Push / Pull Tool drag the top part of the fin away so that it disappears.
29. We are now going to make this a component so we can copy and paste a number of fins onto the rocket. Select the fin then right click and select Make Component
30. In the dialogue box name the component fin and click Create
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11. 33. Move along the red axis and click at the end of the component.
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31. Rotate the view so you can see the base of the rocket. We are now going to paste another 2 fins into place, using the Paste in Place Tool
32. Using the Rotate Tool move the protractor to the centre of the base or origin.
33. Move along the red axis and click at the end of the component.
34. Rotate the fin and type in 120 in the dialogue box.
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12. 32. These two pictures show what the finished base should look like.
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35. This is what you should have. Now select a fin. Using the Move Tool slide the fin so it attaches to the base.
36. Slide all fins into the base so that the whole of the fin is touching. There may be a bit of overlap.
32. These two pictures show what the finished base should look like.
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1. Using the Circle Tool draw a circle with a radius of 320mm. Dimension this with the Dimension Tool.
2. Using the Rectangle Tool hold the curser where the circumference of the circle crosses the red axis. Click this intersection.
3. Now moving towards the origin of the circle or centre point hover over this until the pop up box Origin opens.
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14. 2. Select the Arc Tool and click on the lower right corner of the box.
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2. Select the Arc Tool and click on the lower right corner of the box.
Now drag a box up the blue axis until you reach 900mm. Alternatively type in 320,900 in the bottom right box to gain the right size.
The Arc Tool icon.
3. Move the curser up to the top left corner and click.
4. After clicking, move away from the line and it will pull out into an arc. Try not to go outside the box lines.
5. Delete the top and right hand side of the rectangle using the Erase Tool
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15. Now Erase the following lines. You should now be left
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5. We will now use the Offset Tool to produce a concentric (parallel curved line)
5. We will now use the Offset Tool to produce a concentric (parallel curved line). Click and hold on the outside curved line, dragging the curve towards the centre. This should be 60mm. Check the bottom right dialogue box.
Now Erase the following lines.
You should now be left
with the following:
5. Using the Select Tool highlight the outside of the circle. It should become blue.
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By selecting the Follow Me Tool you will be able turn the drawing into a cone. Move the Follow Me Tool over the curve so it becomes highlighted in blue spots. Click and it will form the cone.
Rotate the cone so we can make some parts hollow and others solid. Right click on the bottom face and erase it.
Select the Line Tool, Draw lines between the inner and outer skin until it becomes solid, this may require up to 3 lines.
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17. Using the Push / Push Tool extrude the cylinder by 300mm
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Select the Follow Me Tool and click on the outside circle of the cone. Drag it away until it reads 40mm, or type 40 into the dialogue box, lower right.
Using the Push / Push Tool extrude the cylinder by 300mm
We are now going to re-size the cone so it is 32mm in diameter and 60mm in height. Select the whole object. Including the dimension.
Select the Scale Tool to scale the cone to the size required for the Rocket Base. We will use the corner drag handles for scaling uniformly.
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When scaling the dimension line can be seen to reduce with the size of the cone. Stop when it gets to 32mm. You may find that you can only choose 31.8mm or 32.3mm. This will be accurate enough.
After printing the nose cone and rocket base / motor housing out I used an 18mm or 19mm mandrel to wrap a piece of A4 paper around. I used some old school steel table legs for the mandrel. The cone and base can be fitted inside this tube.
You may find it necessary to add some weight to the nose cone to ensure that the rocket stays vertical. This is to do with the centre of gravity and the centre of aerodynamic pressure being in front of the other.
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