Google Sketchup components?

[mocha]

Apologies if this is in the wrong place.

I'm sure I've seen somewhere some ready made components for Sketchup. Ball nuts, supported rails, bearing blocks that type of thing etc... I thought it was on the 8020 site but can't seem to find it.

Anyone come across these types of thing and can point me to it?

Many thanks!
m

[luke11cnc]

I think you just download them from google ??

James

[luke11cnc]

yes go to 3D warehouse

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehou...sa&prevstart=0

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehou...cc&prevstart=0

James

[mocha]

Thanks James something there will keep me going a while longer! :) I've wandered through those.. couldn't find 25 supported rail tho.

I've been on a web site (in the llast 12 months and my history doesn't go back that far) and my recollection was that there were all the CNC bits you could shake a finely crafted 4 axis stick at! I pulled down a few bits, and still have them just not the right ones for this buid. Searched google for the file names I do have without any joy either...

I thought is was one of the 8020 alloy extrusion sites, but doesn't look like it.

[luke11cnc]

sorry I couldn't help

why don't you draw one and up load it to the site (fame at last) LOL

James

[WandrinAndy]

I've found a few nice components by Jcb121 at http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehou...2035&scoring=m

But the closest I can get to a model of KJN's 45 x 90 aluminium extrusion that many seem to use is http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehou...da&prevstart=0 which I've compared to the diagrams on KJN's website and it seems to be an exact match to their 45x90 (heavy) extrusion, except that it is missing the four cavities just inside the corners. However if one orbits to the cross-section on the opposite end of the model, these cavities are detailed there correctly but not pushed/pulled as "nothing" through the extrusion if that makes any kind of sense...

I've tried to modify these cavities into the model/component... but as a SketchUp (CAD?) newbie of just a few days standing have been spectacularly unsuccessful, and am not even sure if this can be done with the free version of SketchUp.

Would anyone know how to do this?

Cheers,
Andy

PS. The reason I'm trying to do this is that I'm questioning whether I would be able to easily attach the SBR20 Rail to this extrusion using self-tapping screws into these cavities?

[mocha]

lol, I don't think so! It's taken me three hours to figure out how to use the toolbox in there!

The only reason I'm even thinking of using phetch-up is that I've run out of crayons for the designs! :-)

[blackburn mark]

i got mine from here, you can stipulate the length etc then down load in various formats

http://www.boschrexroth.co.uk/countr...m/en/index.jsp

no idea if they will import to Sketchup
file formats are:
DWG
DXF
IGS
STP

lol, I don't think so! It's taken me three hours to figure out how to use the toolbox in there!

lazy sod.... how do you convert crayon to gcode:rofl:

[mocha]

ah of course! Bosch do 8020 stuff... That might well be the one! I'll take a look.
:-)

[mocha]

The boschrethrox do all the art work you'll ever need to design a CNC or a food processing plant! ...and if you are using a real program! lol, I did find some bits in the google areas after all, the ball screws / nuts were of course filed under NEMA 23. (I have much to learn!) I haven't yet found a way of making the ball screws the correct length in the pics, but it's certainly good enough to check positioning and interference etc.

@Mark:
"how do you convert crayon to gcode:rofl:"
Will be posting questions in G-code corner on how to stop the wax blocking the holes in my punched tape reader soon. :rofl: