Maker Faire Update

Finally, Pallavi and I finished the coliseum.  Completed, it looks much more complex than it was.  The reason it took so long to complete was because we needed to figure out how to make it.  Along the way, we met many challenges.  First of all, by revolving the 2d wedge 5 degrees, we were unable to draw and cut out the doors on the sides because the surface was curved slightly.  This problem was solved by drawing a plane on the surface.  After assembling it as a complete coliseum, we realized that at least one of  the doors needed to go all the way through to the inside of the coliseum because the player would need to completely exit the maze and coliseum.  We had to go back to the 5 degree wedge and cut out another door all the way through.

If I were to make this same coliseum again, I am fairly confident that I could make it in just 3 class periods because I would not have to figure out how to make everything again.

Maker Faire Update

This week, Pallavi and I worked on the coliseum in Inventor for the first level.  It was difficult to figure out how to do it, but we make one flat triangular piece with cutouts and revolved it 5 degrees.  Then, we drew doorways on the curved surface by drawing a plane.  The full coliseum will be finished once all the pieces are assembled. 

Maker Faire Update

I have been trying unsuccessfully to build the coliseum, however I am having trouble.  To practice, I make a simple triangle with an arc for one side and revolved it around an axis to get a basic coliseum shape.  From there, I was unable to cut doors out of the curved surface.  I hope to learn how to do this and finish next week.

Maker Faire Update

Since the coliseum needs to be made before I design the terrain, I started researching coliseum to CAD.  The following picture is something I found that I would like to CAD.  More research must be done before I make it because it is a very complicated building.

Extra Project

Outside of class, I have been working on a building block like unit.  It is one square that interlocks on all sides so that many shapes may be produced.

Maker Faire Update

For this week, my goal was to experiment in unity.  I was successful in making a simple terrain with different textures. 

 

Also, I was able to add trees.  

Most importantly, I learned the hard way that in order to save, you must save scene and save project or your work will be lost.