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Hello guys o7

So I'm working on a project where I'm going to try to build a Nyx supercarrier out of matchsticks.

I have been looking for some measurements, the only measurement I can find is the length, I would love to get the width aswell. Or maybe a nice line drawing of it.


I'm making it approximately 80 cm long, but I'm struggling with the width of it.


Any tips or line drawings would be highly appreciated!

Thanks in advance

Triton T10

Did some googling and found this http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:41753.

Might work for getting measurements.

Hey there Brother from another mother. Thank you I guess. But I learned all that stuff from other eve players and their forum posts.

I downloaded that thingiverse file. Then I used an online tool to convert it to .3ds and .obj, and another tool I downloaded to get a .dxf (For AutoCAD).

Here: http://eve-files.com/dl/273511

I opened the .dxf then copied the model twice and moved the copies to get them in a layout like so: http://eve-files.com/dl/273512

But I am self taught on the 3d stuff for AutoCAD and Forgot most of it since I modeled my pulse jet engine design.

I did figure out how to flatten that 3 view layout though, But the front view was upside down. I have to flatten it again from what I have in that screen shot. Then I can remove all the wire frame lines using trim so that all that is left is an outline. Then measurements could be taken using the dimension tool. I kind of gave up, AutoCAD is giving me a head ache and Ive been up all night.

Edit: Although to get good measurements I'll have to figure out what the file is setup for and maybe re-size them so the length matches the in game measurement except maybe scaled down to 1 cm for every meter or something.

Thanks alot for your help! that looks great.
Now i just need to figure out how to make those, or if your intrested in making the line drawings for me ? ;)

I wanted it to be around 80 cm long, that is a rough figure. then i will print the drawings in 1:1 paper, and then measure everything straight from the paper. It would be awesome if you could make them for me! I just want to get started building the thing ;)








I was actually planning on time lapsing the build, and then upload on youtube.
I need to make a channel n stuff, so ill post the channel name tomorrow :)

That is nice looking! But damn, that looks like painstaking work :/

I just saw this video - https://youtu.be/J6kUSU7oBMQ - at around 7 min he puts a orca model in cinema and gets a nice wier fame, now I dunno if the Nyx is different or if that is possible while keeping the length. Might be worth a shot :)

Again thanks for all your help, it is much appreciated :)

Yeah triexporter is a load of fun. And he seems to be getting it to work ok in windows 7.

BTW, I should of did this earlier, but I just did the width and height dimensions. So for 80 cm length you get a width of 41.5490 cm and a height of 9.2442 cm. Crazy Autocad being precise as ****.

So that kind of answers part of your question. Still working on the file.

I Remembered something about slicing a 3d model so I have been trying to figure that out. I downloaded sketchup and a plugin for it for slicing but the slicing plugin is for sketchup 6 and I downloaded the newest version 2015. Trying to figure it out but scaling is a crap shoot because It is clunky as hell.

Edit:



Nice. Way better than what I was doing. Use these. Now I don't have to finish =).

Another Edit:

Here this is how far I got. http://eve-files.com/dl/273523

AutoCAD uses commands you can use the tool bars at the sides to bypass commands using the mouse. But you can do everything with commands given you know them.

The command line is at the bottom, and when your drawing a circle, you can use the mouse to select circle from the tool bar, then you click where the center would be then you type what the radius should be. That is what I like about autocad you can draw to measurements. But it is really complicated to do 3d stuff and even more so for complex stuff. Also you don't have to select the command line anytime you type it goes in there.

I took drafting twice in highschool cause it was so fun, and thats where I learned to use AutoCAD but I never got into the 3d stuff. But after I graduated I bought some books for AutoCAD 2000.

I got 3 books all by the same place one was THIS .

Dug the other 2 out from their hiding places. THIS one, and THIS 3D modeling one.

When I was modeling my pulse jet engine design I used the 3d one and was teaching learning as I went. Lay on the couch on my back, with my crummy inspiron 8100 laptop on my chest, with a riggid mouse pad stuck part way under a cushion to my side.

Edit:

Here is a screen shot of a 3d model I drew in autocad then exported to solid works and converted then imported into the Unreal Dev kit back when I was playing around with that.

If you like here are some ships I made while I was messing around with the unreal thing. Drew these in Autocad then exported them as .3ds files. I release them here as free open source models =).

You might also find this interesting. When I model stuff some things need to be made in parts then combined because of complexity. So I would keep copies of my steps within the working file as a redundancy. Used the same method with my pulse jet engine, which I am not linking images to because reasons .

Now that looks great! Should be quite easy to get all the needed measurements from those! Now I just need to order the print so I have 1:1 drawings.
Thanks alot for your help!



Yeah :p sorry you did that for nothing, but thanks for the help anyway.



I would like to credit you guys in the video for the help provided with drawings and helpful info, if that's cool?

And my channel will be ready tonight, so I'll post the name as soon as it's done :)

Fine by me.






When I was playing around and having to search stuff to remember how to do something or how to do something I never knew I ran across a site that was pretty much the same content as the books I have. So finding resources on how to use autocad is fairly easy.

Edit: looking through my history I found it.
http://www.mycadsite.com/tutorials/

Similar text book type format as my books but updated information for newer versions.

Go get your Autodidact on.