User:Nkim5706/ENES-100/Project 1/Personal CDIO

Problem statement

 * What can be a creative topic for Rube Goldberg?
 * Design a storyboard and find a staring point.
 * To design a Rube Goldberg machine, what programs can be used?
 * To build a Rube Goldberg machine, what materials can be used?

[Target Audience]

 * People who want to install Google Sketchup.

[Starting Point]

 * Google Sketchup.

[Replication Goal]

 * Download Google Sketchup and install it on computer successfully.
 * Also, download SketchyPhysics and combined it with Sketchup.

[Procedure for the installation of Sketchup]

 * (1) Open the Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google chrome.
 * (2) Type "Sketchup" and search it.
 * (3) Click the website "Trimble SketchUp."
 * (4) Click the download button on the top of the right side of the first page.

[Procedure for combining Sketchup with SketchyPhysics]

 * (1) Open the Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google chrome.
 * (2) Type "Sketchyphsics download" and search it.
 * (3) Click the website which shows up on the very top of the Internet Explorer.


 * (7) Run Sketchup as usual, and you will see some tools of sketchyphysics.

[Target Audience]

 * People who want to download designs from "3D warehouse."

[Starting Point]

 * Google Sketchup.

[Replication Goal]

 * Download designs some else already made and add them on to Google Sketchup.

[Procedure for downloading designs from 3D warehouse]

 * (1) Open the Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google chrome.
 * (2) Type "3D warehouse" and search it.
 * (3) Look up for what you want to download.

[Target Audience]

 * People who want to make a solid ramp on Sketchup.

[Starting Point]

 * Google Sketchup.

[Replication Goal]

 * Build a curved ramp on Google Sketchup.

[Procedure for making a solid ramp so that a ball smoothly skied down the hill]

 * (1) Create a solid floor - It's on the sketchy solids menu - Any objects on this solid floor is not going to fall down through it.
 * (2) Click "Rectangle" on the top Manu bars and draw a rectangle any size you want.
 * (3) Using "Push/Pull" button, drag the rectangle vertically and make it as 3-dimension.

"Build a simple Goldberg machine"

 * Make a curved ramp and put a ball on the top of it.
 * Arrange some domino blocks and make a heart shape.
 * Set a tiny ball on a little ramp in the middle of the heart.
 * Color them so that it looks more clear to move.


 * Download a Bowling Design from 3D Warehouse and combine it with another Goldberg machine.


 * Combined all simple goldberg machines I made and downloaded as one.
 * Here is a video how it moves.

Possible implementation process improvements

 * Learn more about Sketchup and create more complex machines.

Next Steps

 * Practice and learn more features of Sketchy Physics to be able to build more complex machine.
 * Design and build another "parts" and combine them all together.