{"id":63,"date":"2015-09-01T05:47:54","date_gmt":"2015-08-31T18:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dcyale.com\/blog\/?p=63"},"modified":"2023-05-14T23:17:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T12:17:35","slug":"the-trash-dumpster-grows-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dcyale.com\/blog\/?p=63","title":{"rendered":"The Trash Dumpster Grows (#4)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first this we have to do is add another pocket to the other side of the dumpster.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a simple matter of Control-C to copy and Control-V to paste it, then we drag it to the other side and rotate it 180 degrees.\u00a0 We can use a\u00a0guide line to show the upper cornet of the pocket, then use the nudge tool to get it aligned just right.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_65850\"  width=\"840\" height=\"630\"  data-origwidth=\"840\" data-origheight=\"630\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LGEaU385A8c?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=http:\/\/dcyale.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You may have noticed we are designing this dumpster full scale.\u00a0 At the end of the process we will shrink it to 1\/87th size.\u00a0 It&#8217;s much easier, avoids having to do a lot of math, and Sketchup was really intended for architects to do buildings.\u00a0 It doesn&#8217;t always like very small measurements.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dcyale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2-cubic-yard-lb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-42 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/dcyale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2-cubic-yard-lb.jpg\" alt=\"2-cubic-yard-lb\" width=\"472\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dcyale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2-cubic-yard-lb.jpg 780w, http:\/\/dcyale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2-cubic-yard-lb-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 85vw, 472px\" \/><\/a>Finally, a design issue!\u00a0 You may notice that many of the dumpsters have wear plates welded on in front of the pockets to protect the sides as the forks of the truck go in and out and so a fork doesn&#8217;t go through the front\u00a0if the driver is a little off.<\/p>\n<p>Is this the kind of detail an average user would notice?\u00a0 Probably not, but it does add to the model and is easy to do.\u00a0 Since it makes the wall thicker, not thinner, I can add it without worrying about breaking a design guideline, too.<\/p>\n<p>I am not sure how thick the plates are, but this is a situation where if we stick to scale absolutely, the detail\u00a0may not be noticeable on the model.\u00a0 But, a scale inch should be enough, and that&#8217;s how thick we will make them.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_67081\"  width=\"840\" height=\"630\"  data-origwidth=\"840\" data-origheight=\"630\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rFpUqFX-NX0?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=http:\/\/dcyale.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I just noticed the reinforcements by the wheels.\u00a0 Although I&#8217;m actually ahead of the blog in the design of the dumpster, I&#8217;ll have to remember to add them later.<\/p>\n<p>I am looking at the corner of the wear bar.\u00a0 Sharp corners don&#8217;t survive well in real life, and often a slightly rounded corner looks better in my mind.\u00a0 I think we&#8217;ll round the vertical edge of the wear plate.\u00a0 There is an add-on for Sketchup called &#8220;Rounded Corners&#8221; of all things.\u00a0 \u00a0it allows us to select the edges, the radius of the edge we want and then does all the hard work for use.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_69530\"  width=\"840\" height=\"630\"  data-origwidth=\"840\" data-origheight=\"630\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G9N7Hrjil5c?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=http:\/\/dcyale.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The last thing we&#8217;ll do on this post is make a wheel, copy it three more times, and put them in place. \u00a0We will make each wheel a group (think sub-assembly) so later on we can delete them, or change them, without effecting the rest of the model. \u00a0Suppose we want to make a version without wheels- we&#8217;ll have the basic dumpster and only have to make some small changes.<\/p>\n<p>Because it will stick out Shapeways considers the wheels as wires, even though they&#8217;re\u00a0not round.\u00a0 Because they are\u00a0not supported on both ends, they&#8217;re\u00a0unsupported wires.\u00a0 Back in post two I included a chart that shows the\u00a0minimum diameter of a wire in the WSF\u00a0material in HO Scale, which is 3.43 scale inches.\u00a0 That means no interior dimension can be less than 3.43 inches, and since we want this to print in the polished materials, we need it to be about 3.8 inches.\u00a0 4 inches is safer though, and a half a scale\u00a0inch more or less isn&#8217;t going to matter much to how the finished model looks.<\/p>\n<p>I had to completely redo the wheels.\u00a0 The first time I made parts too thin.\u00a0 When I made them thick enough, the wheels didn&#8217;t look right.\u00a0 I started with wheels 6 inches in diameter, which was actually large than I wanted, but the second time I went up to 8 inches.\u00a0 These are bigger than the wheels I&#8217;ve seen in real life, but the proportions between the different parts looks better when they are made thick\u00a0enough to meet the design criteria.<\/p>\n<p>This video is a little longer, but again I have chopped out parts and sped it up between 2 and 4 times the actual speed.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_53325\"  width=\"840\" height=\"630\"  data-origwidth=\"840\" data-origheight=\"630\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mU5tfEb3x7g?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=http:\/\/dcyale.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I think the base for our dumpster is almost done. \u00a0We still need to add those reinforcements to the lower corners, then we&#8217;ll start on the lids.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dcyale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/dumpster-2-yard-body.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-68 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/dcyale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/dumpster-2-yard-body.jpg\" alt=\"dumpster 2 yard body\" width=\"640\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dcyale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/dumpster-2-yard-body.jpg 640w, http:\/\/dcyale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/dumpster-2-yard-body-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Here&#8217;s how the dumpster looks so far. \u00a0If you compare it to a picture of an actual dumpster the wheels are too big, but printed in 1\/87 they&#8217;ll look fine. \u00a0Put behind a factory or store it&#8217;s a small detail that will add to the scene, not be the scene.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first this we have to do is add another pocket to the other side of the dumpster.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a simple matter of Control-C to copy and Control-V to paste it, then we drag it to the other side and rotate it 180 degrees.\u00a0 We can use a\u00a0guide line to show the upper cornet of &hellip; 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