Simple way of making Golf Ball with Solidworks!

Yeah, a very good idea, indeed!

The hardest part would be to find challenging models every month...
-h-

 

I will participate only if some of you guys have an handicap, kind of:
modelling with the monitor turned off... ;=}}}

 

How about this for a start:

Since SW is a SolidModeler why not try modeling a solid, an Archimedian
solid. Here is a link to the truncated icosahedron. see
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/TruncatedIcosahedron.html for a
definition.
A. The model must be circumscribed by a 1meter spherical surface
(transparent).
B. Changes to the circumscribing sphere must correctly change the
truncated icosahedron.

Here are the rules (subject to change as agreed upon):

1. Send an email to TOP via google groups when you start. The subject
should be MARCH2006 Model Challenge.
2. TOP will reply and return a real email address and with any
necessary files or information.
3. Complete the challenge
4. zip and send back to TOP

Criteria:
1. Correctness
2. Fewest features (including sketches)
3. Simplest
4. Robustness
5. Models that work without equations or design tables preferred
6. In the case of anything like a tie, first one done and vote by the
NG.
7. This is for fun, please indicate how much fun you had on the
submission.

 

Call me Euclidian, but don't call me late for dinner. I think ruler,
compass and straightedge is appropriate for this one. Future models may
be different.

There is nothing bad about equations in general, but they shouldn't be
needed here. In fact a future challenge should maybe emphasize
equations. What do you think?

 

Now, how about the driven by the circumscribing spherical surface?

 

I'd consider a general, extendable method best -- one that only only
needs the input of each independant variable once into the logic.
After all, it's a parametric solids modeler ... and good design practices
are involved in good design.

 

BTW, I strongly suspect that a non-uniform dimple pattern
will cause balls to curve in odd ways ....