The Cube Design Thread

[dieguito]

that'd be sweet.

 

[gundamslicer]

Can we see each individual part?
Edit: didn't read the above

 

[Ltsurge]

<a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=2uos0o3" target="_blank"><img src="http://i53.tinypic.com/2uos0o3.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a>
Edge

<a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=10nvnuo" target="_blank"><img src="http://i52.tinypic.com/10nvnuo.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a>
Center Cap

<a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=vijp1e" target="_blank"><img src="http://i52.tinypic.com/vijp1e.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a>
Center cap assembly

(the center is a seperate piece but i can't be bothered to upload it seperate )

<a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=14lpw5l" target="_blank"><img src="http://i55.tinypic.com/14lpw5l.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a>

Core assembly

(the core is a seperate piece but i can't be bothered to upload it seperate )

<a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=e5oc2q" target="_blank"><img src="http://i52.tinypic.com/e5oc2q.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a>
corner piece

<a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=vcx64z" target="_blank"><img src="http://i56.tinypic.com/vcx64z.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a>
Corner Edge interaction

There finally

 

[collinbxyz]

http://i53.tinypic.com/2uos0o3.jpg
http://i52.tinypic.com/10nvnuo.jpg
http://i52.tinypic.com/vijp1e.jpg
http://i55.tinypic.com/14lpw5l.jpg
http://i52.tinypic.com/e5oc2q.jpg
http://i56.tinypic.com/vcx64z.jpg

 

[gundamslicer]

(the center is a seperate piece but i can't be bothered to upload it seperate )

Core assembly

(the core is a seperate piece but i can't be bothered to upload it seperate )

http://i56.tinypic.com/vcx64z.jpg[/IMG]

There finally

Fixing
Edit: ninja'd

 

[Ltsurge]

http://i53.tinypic.com/2uos0o3.jpg
http://i52.tinypic.com/10nvnuo.jpg
http://i52.tinypic.com/vijp1e.jpg
http://i55.tinypic.com/14lpw5l.jpg
http://i52.tinypic.com/e5oc2q.jpg
http://i56.tinypic.com/vcx64z.jpg

Thanks
what do you think?

 

[gundamslicer]

Thanks
what do you think?

Why is there a cylinder on the bottom of the edge?
I think the corners will rotate ezily

 

[Shamankian]

To me the edges look very edgy, kinda like if you look at a storeboughts corner. Even though I don't know like anything about designing cubes I think it looks too edgy. The edge also looks a bit like the Haiyan's Haiyan with the "anti-pop" on it. However, I got no clue how this design would work, this is just what I think would happen.

 

[Ltsurge]

yeah its only a prototype,
Im pretty sure it would work
wether or not it does well, that entirely different

EDIT: I made sure that it would work using the constraint testing using inventor
PS the cylinders on the edge were meant to have a ball on the end like the corner but i need to work it in more (it doesn't fit well enough)

 

[dieguito]

well when the cube is put together, the corners will have NOTHING AT ALL to grab from, therefore, the cube will fall apart when you turn it.

 

[Ltsurge]

Why is there a cylinder on the bottom of the edge?
I think the corners will rotate ezily

The corners are held in place by the edges (as in it can't rotate because the edges are in place)

I think...

As i said i need to edit and refine the design but this is the first prototype

 

[Ltsurge]

well when the cube is put together, the corners will have NOTHING AT ALL to grab from, therefore, the cube will fall apart when you turn it.

what do you suggest to solve this problem *not intended to sound defensive*

 

[collinbxyz]

I was just wondering what you were going to do with this design if you designed it with the community's help?

EDIT: You said you would put the "ball" on the edges, right? Well that could easily be like lunhui/zhanchi torpedo piece, to lock on the the corner. Although you would need to change up the corner a lot.

EDIT 2: After looking at the corner and edge picture http://i56.tinypic.com/vcx64z.jpg you might be able to get rid of the edge "stalk" and just add a sphere. Then if you design the corner so that instead of a sphere, it has an end (sort of like at the end of a dayan corner, but not quite) that is rounded so that the sphere can half on both corners next to it. You would also have to change the lengths and angles of the pieces too.

Sorry for the long post...

 

[Vinny]

what do you suggest to solve this problem *not intended to sound defensive*

You're going to have to make some sort of base for the corner so it has something to be held in by.

 

[Ltsurge]

hmm what about the ball at the end of the stalk
it was intended to solve that problem in the first place though

 

[Vinny]

hmm what about the ball at the end of the stalk
it was intended to solve that problem in the first place though

Well if the ball is JUST big enough to serve that purpose, that means that there would probably be a really high chance of the corners popping out.

 

[Ltsurge]

I was just wondering what you were going to do with this design if you designed it with the community's help?

I was hoping somebody would offer to produce it *half joking*
seriously maybe lubix or somebody if it was really good

 

[Ltsurge]

Well if the ball is JUST big enough to serve that purpose, that means that there would probably be a really high chance of the corners popping out.

hmm you've got a point there
so maybe i should make the ball bigger y/n and add an attachment to the stalk so that it holds in the edge

g2g for now

 

[collinbxyz]

I was hoping somebody would offer to produce it *half joking*
seriously maybe lubix or somebody if it was really good

See my lest post. I edited it a few times, and think you might want to see.

 

[dillonbladez]

Wow, cubes look good.
The corner needs a ton of work though.
Circular ball foot sounds like it's gonna rotate a ton, and if it's just big enough to fit then it'll pop easily.

I recommend having pieces that have perpendicular sub pieces (think torpedo design) because if you do it correctly it will be fast, and won't pop.