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Yes, I know that. That is not where the problem is. The problem is in the mounting hole spacing for the holes that would attach to the chassis of a robot - those are spaced to far apart in the model of the new MMT-02. Unfortunately, I seem to have lost the drawing of the new MMT-02.

The motor mount holes are fine, and I have adjusted them to make sure they mate correctly with the GHM-04 model, and future motor models I create. I am working on a GHM-14 model.

It's one of those real life versus modeling things. I had to make a similar adjustmet to the servo model to make sure it can align all four holes to the ASB-04.

8-Dale

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ok, got it.

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Jim Frye, the Robot Guy
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Wait a second... Is Alibre your new standard Jim / Beth / James?

I saw a reference to it being used in house on the 3D model page!

(and if so, please continue to export to stp, as not all of us can run Alibre!)

We purchased it. Hope to use it to model some assembly guides. Exploded views, that sort of thing. We will try to export STP versions for parts we model.

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We'll continue to export all of our models into every format available to us. At the moment Alibre is the only program we have working, but we are hoping to get Solidworks working soon as well, so we can export to Alibre and Solidworks formats.

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Beth
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THANKS I COULD HELP BRO

Wow, I never expected to see this, but am sure happy you have it. It will make it exceedingly easy for us to exchange models and work on stuff together if that is needed.

Did you see my post about the mounting holes on the mmt02c model being spaced too wide?

8-Dale

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i have not read thru all of this yet. so many fun pages.

but i will offer my modeling skills. right no now i can make them into just about any format. My main skills however are with .max or max's export .3ds. Others include .dts, .dif, .low, .dxf, .w3d, .obj, and .stl i can also do them for most other 3d rendering programs like Brice, Carrara, and Daz Studio.

if any need to be made or converted give me a shout out! be happy to help.

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Will do.

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just a Note: when i did my first rig up i had to convert all the .3ds files from there current convertion containing far to many polys to make building in Max Free flowing. to a more optimized models containing less then 200-300 poly from there 5-6k polys. i also have made sevral other parts that you don't have on the 3d list that i can add to it. but i'd have to make sure the parts are correct first (need dimentions)

here is the list i have converted so far.
Servo (basic), Servo (full detail), asb-02, asb-04, asb-06, asb-09, asb-10, asb-11, asb-12, asb-13, asb-14, asb-15, asb-16, asb-17, asb-18, asb-19, asb-21, asb-201 (need Dimentions), asb-202 (need dimentions), asb-5xx, hub-01, hub-08 (need dimentions), hub-09, hub-12 (need Dimentions), hub-13, AHC-01-03, SSC-32, BotBoardII, Standoffs, screws, wires, and zip-ties (i'd share these but only help you if your making my robot)

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I think the completed servo model in Alibre format (servo-complete.AD_ASM) has some issues. When I try to insert that part into an assembly, an error dialog comes up saying that it's missing designs. It lists two missing items and shows file paths that appear to be hardcoded to something like U:\Users\dalew\{etc}.

I'm very new to Alibre, but I believe if you want to distribute assemblies, you should use the .stp format to package the individual parts inside the .stp file vs. having them referenced externally.

I'm using Alibre Express (free) version 11.0. All the modeled parts of the servo seem to work fine, and so it's possible to take these individual parts to create a servo assembly. I can send my assembly if you'd like, but might better to get it from someone with more experience. (I couldn't figure out how to accurately constrain the spline shaft position).

The latest model for the servo I sent to Beth sometime ago is correct and should be working perfectly. It's the exact model I have converted all of my designs to use before I lost them all. If this is not the case, I will see if I can fix it after I reinstall Alibre Design on my PC and download what is available in the Lynxmotion model database. I don't know when I will get to this though. All I can say is what I sent to Beth last time is what works.

If I included the entire assembly for the servo, assembled from the individual parts, this was an error as it won't work that way. As far as I know, you have to assemble the servo parts to create your own servo model. It's possible that an Alibre STP version of the model might work and be made available for download in the servo model archive. I'll check into this when I get a chance, but no guarantees when I will do that.

8-Dale

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I use Viacad and .stp files work for me also. Alibre is a good choice since it has a free download that any Lynxmotion member can download and use, infact perhaps there could be a dowload link put up on the 3D models web page?

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Mike

The robotics nut.

Hi Dale, ltns

We have quarter scale and micro servo brackets now too. If you wanna take a stab at making the 3D files I can send you the drawings. Let me know...

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I'm still recovering from having lost all my 3D model stuff, including the drawings you had already sent me. Sure, go ahead and send whatever you want. I'm going to reinstall Alibre Design here and get back into designing wild, strange, and always unique robots. Please resend the drawings for the A4WD1 Rovers. I never did get to finish those models and I want to do that. I wish I could remember the other drawings you had sent me, but for those I think I can just download my completed models from the database and go from there.

I've actually put one leg of a quad together and assembled the brackets for a second leg. This is based heavily on what on what innerbreed did, but my design is 100% SES.

I've even had the completed leg, although I still have to reorient the first joint, connected up to my Arduino and have tinkered with moving it around a bit. Now I have a Sanguino I built up from a kit, which is basically a more powerful and I/O right Arduino. I'll be using the Sanguino for future tinkering since it has a second serial port I can connect one of my SSC-32s up to.

Yeah, yeah, I know, I need to post pictures (and I do have some still on my phone).

8-Dale

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I will give you the new A4WD2 files as they will be replacing the A4WD1 kit. It's 1.0" wider, 1.0" longer and the chassis is 0.5" taller than the A4WD1. They also have more SES holes on the front, rear and sides.

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