MYP Technology

7. The Christmas Tree

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:23:30 +0000

Instructions to Flat Pack your own Christmas Tree with ProDesktop can be dowloaded here.

Show your design by posting a comment. The best 3 designs win prizes!

6. The Balancing Toy

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:49:36 +0000

Demonstrating how to Assemble Components... and how to use Constraints such as Centre Axis and Mate.

5. The Boat

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:54:02 +0000

Making Extrusions from new Workplanes. Using the Extrude Feature to subtract from a surface...

4. The Box

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:59:26 +0000

Shelling out a Solid. For an extention - try making a lid that fits.

3. The Rocket

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:01:46 +0000

Revolving a Profile and Extruding Features.

2. The Workplanes Exercise

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:05:10 +0000

Creating Workplanes are fundamental to building 3D objects with ProDesktop.

1. A Simple 3D shape

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:23:43 +0000

Rounding the edges of a Basic Extrusion.

Scenes for the Trebuchet Animation

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:52:53 +0000

In this example, two additional scenes have been added to the Trebuchet Animation. The first uses the nested animation technique to create wheels that roll as the object is tweened onto centre stage. A Final Scene shows the path (a motion guide) of missile in the air.

Scenes can be added throught the Insert Menu.

Plasticine Animation

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:18:50 +0000

An Example Project from 2007... short and simple. Notice how silence and pauses in movement have been used to hold your curiosity. Additionally, low camera angles and the occasional close up bring you close to the action. It easy to see how this was clearly storyboarded. Download file.

Anthropomorphism

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:18:03 +0000

We have discussed the Plasticine Stop Frame genre and looked at anthropomorphism.

A good example are the series of Creature Comforts films by Aardman Animation.

Their site includes some examples of scenes from their animation series as well as documentary footage of how the films were made.

Stop Frame Animation

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:20:31 +0000

Just so you can see it again, here's the link to Peter Gabriels Sledgehammer from 1986. 20 years on, you can see why it has won more Video Awards than any other Music Video.

You'll be using a program called I Can Animate.

If you need to be convinced of what you can do with something as simple as Lego, have a look at either Oblong Pictures or Brick Films.

Flash Animation

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 17:11:51 +0000

Using Flash, draw and animate some simple components similar to your Trebuchet Design. Try to model the flight of the missile.

You should embed the animation in a webpage and post the URL as a comment against this entry.

Basic Unix Commands

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:25:54 +0000

A brief recap on the commands we have covered. Additional reference is included in the extended text. The most essential command is to use Secure Shell to access the remote machine. The syntax for this is :

ssh username@ipaddress

For example, when a user (sally) wants to connect to a machine with the IP address 10.10.0.5, the command is:

ssh sally@10.10.0.5