[MyYz400]

Hello,
For those who know Inventor, I'm trying to make the the model below. It's a 9ft dia sphere with 8" ports in the soccer ball configuration. It will have a total of 60 ports (minus the huge ports on the sides). I built a small bukyball using hexagons and pentagons to show the shape, but now how do i translate that to my sphere?

If anyone has any clue on how to go about doing this, please I'm lost right now

[Quasi_Mojo]

Will this help:

http://www.cadtutor....read.php?t=8276

Google search terms: +AutoCAD +Inventor +"soccer ball"

http://www.google.ca...2...earch&meta=


Why does that look like a B M B???

This post has been edited by Quasi_Mojo: 27 March 2008 - 03:36 PM

[MyYz400]

Quasi_Mojo, on Mar 27 2008, 10:35 AM, said:

Will this help:

http://www.cadtutor....read.php?t=8276

Google search terms: +AutoCAD +Inventor +"soccer ball"

http://www.google.ca...2...earch&meta=


Why does that look like a B M B???

Yeah I looked at all of those. The hard part it getting it into AutoCAD Inventor. I have everything from polar cords, to X,Y,Z points. I have it all, I just dont know how to get it into inventor.


(PS. it kinda is, Nuclear Fusion (mini bomb that will power you home one day), thats all I can say)

[esperandus]

MyYz400, on Mar 27 2008, 11:50 AM, said:

Yeah I looked at all of those. The hard part it getting it into AutoCAD Inventor. I have everything from polar cords, to X,Y,Z points. I have it all, I just dont know how to get it into inventor.


(PS. it kinda is, Nuclear Fusion (mini bomb that will power you home one day), thats all I can say)

(apologies for not answering your question. Getting the info into POVray or 3dsmax or lightwave is easy... but I cant say I know inventor)

as soon as I saw that 'fusor' popped into my head.

Also philo t farnsworth.

Am I looking at a test model produced by the navy? I know they are contemplating long term funding of fusor research to power their warships. They are the only ones I can think of who would have the know-how, motivation, and $ to sink into that project at the moment

[Quasi_Mojo]

If you check the properties of the image, you'll be able to see that it comes from http://www.nuvacuum.com/home.html.

[MyYz400]

MyYz400, on Mar 27 2008, 10:50 AM, said:

(PS. it kinda is, Nuclear Fusion (mini bomb that will power you home one day), thats all I can say)

Before I scare too many people, it's not really a bomb. It's going to be used as R&D for nuclear fusion. It will produce energy, without going "BOOM"

But back to the question..... anyone have a clue how to do this?

[Quasi_Mojo]

MyYz400, on Mar 27 2008, 04:25 PM, said:

But back to the question..... anyone have a clue how to do this?

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I built a small bukyball using hexagons and pentagons to show the shape, but now how do i translate that to my sphere?

Can you show a picture of what you do have and perhaps further describe what you wish your end result to be?