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Posted by German Marin (Member # 918) on 06-06-2002, 08:40 PM:

I just want to show some of my drawing.

I would like to draw a projector, but it's hard to take the measures, Would some of you have the measures of one projector? I prefer Prevost, but will be interesting to draw a Christie. Thanks.

Posted by Daniel Boisson (Member # 1027) on 06-06-2002, 08:43 PM:

those are really good. I know that program has a bit of a learning curve.

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Posted by John Walsh (Member # 168) on 06-06-2002, 10:45 PM:

Those are pretty good!

I've used CADKEY to do similar 3D rendering, but it was a lot of work! Sorry, I don't know of anyone who has the actual dimensions of the outer casting of a projector.

I do notice though, many manufacturers now provide DXF drawings of their products to help designers. AMP was always good about this.

Posted by Richard Fowler (Member # 893) on 06-06-2002, 10:48 PM:

German was going to school to be an engineer before working in cinemas....maybe John at Kodak needs a South American assistant

Richard Fowler
TVP-Theatre & Video Products Inc. www.tvpmiami.com

Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 06-06-2002, 11:24 PM:

German,

Did you model the shapes manually, or did you use any AutoLISP programming to get some of your work done? CAD/CAE programs do have a very serious learning curve to them, especially those dealing in 3D programming scripting languages like AutoLISP. I just wish I could get hold of a current copy of Autodesk/Kintex Studio3D Max.

Posted by German Marin (Member # 918) on 06-07-2002, 06:56 AM:

Richard

thanks. I would like to be an assistant of a great person like John!. I'm trying to return to the university, but I'll change from civil to mechanical engineerig (I really love this one).
Bobby, I use x-y-z coordinate and I just need to type the center, radii and height of a cylinder to draw it, and so with some solids. I can intercept, join and substrac severals objects. I'm learning to use this program yet.

Posted by Oscar Neundorfer (Member # 458) on 06-07-2002, 07:00 AM:

German,

Your drawings are very nice. I have been using AutoCAD for about 16 years, and I still cannot do the 3D drawings. I tried a few times, but it was beyond me for some reason.

Keep up the good work.

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Oscar Neundorfer
Chief Engineer
SMART Devices, Inc.

oscar@smartdev.com

Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 06-07-2002, 07:19 AM:

Kodak has manufacturing facilities in Brazil and Mexico, and engineering/sales representatives throughout Latin America. There are also some very good film laboratories in countries like Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, and Mexico.

Here is a link to Kodak's Latin American website for motion picture information:
http://www.kodak.com/cluster/lar/es/motion/index.shtml

And for Venezuela:
http://www.kodak.com/cluster/lar/es/motion/paises/indexVenezuela.shtml

And for Kodak Digital Cinema:
http://www.kodak.com/cluster/lar/es/motion/digitalEs/index.shtml

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John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7525A
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: +1 585 477 5325 Cell: +1 585 781 4036 Fax: +1 585 722 7243
e-mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com
Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion

Posted by Barry Floyd (Member # 385) on 06-07-2002, 10:48 AM:

German,
I do the same type of drawings everyday at the Engineering firm I work for here in Nashville. Although we don't draw projectors, platters, or splicers, our main focus is on Water and Sewer Treatment Plant design.

Below is a rendered image of a "Raw Water Intake Structure" that I modeled using Microstation "J". Microstation is the PC spin-off of the huge Intergraph Machines and software I worked on in college. Microstation and Autocad are almost identical now.. though I prefer Microstation.

This structure pictured below is a massive steel structure that pumps water out of a lake and sends it up to the treatment plant for purification. The things we all can do with computers nowdays is amazing.

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Barry Floyd
Floyd Entertainment Group
Nashville, Tennessee
(Drive-In Theatre - Start-Up)

Posted by Jerry Chase (Member # 660) on 06-07-2002, 11:08 AM:

WTF??? I was reading the thread and the host for German's pictures wanted to dump a cookie on me. What kind of provider are you using, German?

BTW, babelfish does an interesting translation of your "La Cabina" site. It has you "ARMING And DISARMING FILMS"

Posted by John Walsh (Member # 168) on 06-07-2002, 11:06 PM:

Barry;

I worked on an interesting system about 6 years ago using Intergraph work stations. New York city had a goal of scanning in all the electrical, steam, sewage and water drawings (ie; drawings showing where all the pipes went under the street.) Some of these drawings were big; "J" roll size, and some dated back to the 1900's. Actually I just worked on the "proof-of-concept" using the water supply, and did some of the I/O design.

After they were scanned, icons were associated to each valve or metered flow. The idea was you could call up the water drawing, say for example, for 5th Ave. Every valve or metering station would be shown, and by clicking on the icon, you could open or close the actual valve under the street, or get water flow data from the metering station. So if there was a water main break, you could find where excessive water was going and close off valves to prevent the water flow to the broken area. Eventually, the system would be programed to take care of such things itself. (In the lower part of Manhattan, crews looking for leaking water mains still find wooden tar coated "pipe" installed in the late 1890's - that's still being used.)

Posted by German Marin (Member # 918) on 06-08-2002, 12:50 PM:

Jonh, I didn't know about the kodak site for Venezuela, thanks for show me

Barry, Your work is very interesting and I would like to work in the same area someday.
Jerry, What does "WTF" means? Is it "what t.. f..." or something? (lol). I'm using a provider called "Cantv.net" but I don't know what kind it is.

Posted by Jerry Chase (Member # 660) on 06-08-2002, 01:12 PM:

German, WTF = what the fuck? There is no valid reason for your provider to try to drop a cookie on people wanting to see an image on your website.

Posted by Barry Floyd (Member # 385) on 06-10-2002, 08:21 AM:

John, the system you worked with sounds like a GIS system (Geographic Information System) - but a little more advanced than some I've worked with... especially the automated valves.

The firm I work for here in town handles GIS applications for several counties here in Tennessee. You can bring up a map on the screen, and by "tagging" a valve, fire hydrant, waterline, etc. you can bring up the "flow data" and "maintenance records", etc. on a table. Very useful information.