New Met box plans - first draft.

[dalethetimelord]

Again, if you go according to the existing Met plans, the measurements for the pillars from the top of the base to the bottom of the signbox are labelled as 7 feet 2 inches and the measurement from the ground to the base of the sloping part of the roof is stated as 9 feet 1 inch.

The pillar width, including the 1 inch beading detail on each corner of the post is stated at 7 inches in total - 5 inches for the flat face, and 1 inch each for the bead details, giving  inches for each face in total.

[Doctor Iz]

Thanks for working on some plans on the Met Boxes.  Once all the dimensions are finalize post a final schematic would great... Many thanks on your hard work...

Cheers,
Jon~

[anita]

Thanks  Jon!

Is anyone clever enough to create a Sketchup box using the plans?
I'd love to see this as a three dimensional image before it's built. 
I've been trying to get my head around sketchup but it's eluding me right at the moment.

Anita

[thedoctor]

I'm sure some talented chap or chapess will do one in sketchup. When I get a bit of time I shall do a 3d one in Maya...

[anita]

I spent a few hours learning the basics of Sketchup and I've managed to produce a basic box which I'm pretty happy with - what do you think of it so far?

[DoctorWho8]

It's looking really good.  Keep it up!
Bill Rudloff

[dalethetimelord]

That's going REALLY well, I'm very impressed, Anita!!

[atomicgraph]

agreed. this sketch up program looks pretty nifty how do i get a copy, and most important is it free?

[anita]

agreed. this sketch up program looks pretty nifty how do i get a copy, and most important is it free?

Totally free from google - it's really fantastic and pretty easy to use.

Download it here;

http://sketchup.google.com/download/gsup.html

Anita

[anita]

Some minor updates...

[atomicgraph]

great looking shots they're very dynamic and thanks for the link

[anita]

Not too far from being finished now.

[policeboxnut]

i tried that - a variation on the s18 box but I couldn't quite get the hang of sketchup because I am congenitally thick, basically. So mine looked like this.
[noIMG]http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g44/philmace50/tardis2.jpg[/img]
Plus, I've lost the original image and all I have is a basic work in progress so I guess I'll have to start all over again.......
Oh well!!
:-)

[anita]

I have your season 18 and it's a bloody nice Sketchup, all you have to do is change the design style and the lines will show up better...
Here's mine at about 95% - I'm very, very pleased with how the the Fresnel turned out.

[DoctorWho8]

Well done madam!  I think the only thing missing is the corner post caps. Now you should import a picture f yorself and act like you are hugging it.
Bill Rudloff