tayjuswinn
11-30-2007, 11:05 AM
Hi All,
New to the forums, but been looking at building a couple MHS Sabers for myself and my son. I got into building a nicer machined-type saber after we built 'custom' sabers at Disney World this summer.
Since I'm a visual guy, I wanted a way to piece the components together and take a gander at my planned saber. I created the components using Google SketchUp. Their not entirely accurate, measurements-wise, but you can certainly get a good idea of what your saber would look like (from the outside). And I didn't have a CAD program to import the CAD model that was posted.
Anyway, I thought I would share since SketchUp is free. You can download the components in a zip file here:
http://home.comcast.net/~chrisecks/MHS_Lightsaber.zip
Extract to a folder in your Google SketchUp/Components directory and you should be able to re-use them.
A lot of the components have "cross-hairs" at either end. I start with a pommel and draw a vertical line from the center of the pommel. Then you can use the move tool to attach the cross-hairs to the line and move them up and down the line (using the up-arrow to restrict the dimension in which you are moving).
Anyway, hope some people find it helpful.
Pics of a couple finished ones, here, if you'd like to see. They are a bit large.
http://home.comcast.net/~chrisecks/Jakes_Saber.png
http://home.comcast.net/~chrisecks/My_Saber.png
EDIT: Forgot to mention in the original post that I only did the LED holders, and didn't add the EL adapters.
New to the forums, but been looking at building a couple MHS Sabers for myself and my son. I got into building a nicer machined-type saber after we built 'custom' sabers at Disney World this summer.
Since I'm a visual guy, I wanted a way to piece the components together and take a gander at my planned saber. I created the components using Google SketchUp. Their not entirely accurate, measurements-wise, but you can certainly get a good idea of what your saber would look like (from the outside). And I didn't have a CAD program to import the CAD model that was posted.
Anyway, I thought I would share since SketchUp is free. You can download the components in a zip file here:
http://home.comcast.net/~chrisecks/MHS_Lightsaber.zip
Extract to a folder in your Google SketchUp/Components directory and you should be able to re-use them.
A lot of the components have "cross-hairs" at either end. I start with a pommel and draw a vertical line from the center of the pommel. Then you can use the move tool to attach the cross-hairs to the line and move them up and down the line (using the up-arrow to restrict the dimension in which you are moving).
Anyway, hope some people find it helpful.
Pics of a couple finished ones, here, if you'd like to see. They are a bit large.
http://home.comcast.net/~chrisecks/Jakes_Saber.png
http://home.comcast.net/~chrisecks/My_Saber.png
EDIT: Forgot to mention in the original post that I only did the LED holders, and didn't add the EL adapters.