My first blog post of the year, and it's about the projects we'll send out this month to subscribers to our
Projects of the Month. (Which are still on sale for just $24.95 - a great deal for 12 months worth of projects!)
Rubik's Cube
If you didn't get one of these for Christmas (this year, or in 1985), you can create and play with one in SketchUp! This project shows how to model the completed cube and how to spin the sides, but sorry - you'll have to solve it for yourself!
Screw Threads
This project was requested by several teachers over the last few months, so here it is. There are a few ways this model could be made, but the technique shown in this project is quite cool!
Bumpy Checkerboard
This is a model of a popular optical illusion. Starting with a simple checkerboard . . .
. . . you add some strategically-placed small squares to create this 3D "pop-out" effect:
To get these projects, and three more each month for a year, subscribe to our
Projects of the Month.
Anyone can design anything in 3D! http://www.3dvinci.net/
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