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| Re: Designing dice for dice snobs [message #20074 is a reply to message #20073 ] Thu, 04 November 2010 01:58 UTC |
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those are pretty cool looking dice. Like the D20. I can figure out how you would get the texture on the outside but how did you get it to be on the inside of the numbers also?
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| Re: Designing dice for dice snobs [message #20075 is a reply to message #16979 ] Thu, 04 November 2010 02:06 UTC |
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I'm experimenting with new stuff almost every day and really grow my 3d knowledge and tools.
Just now i uploaded 2 cool rings just by slicing a geometric shape from both sides and applying some re-meshing filters that took me some time to perfect.
Very cool stuff.
So in a nut shell it's all about experimenting and using the right tools such as meshlab's filters tab and others.
http://www.3Dizingof.com
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| Re: Designing dice for dice snobs [message #20076 is a reply to message #20075 ] Thu, 04 November 2010 03:32 UTC |
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Someone must really not like my cross die. only one that someone has given a rating to and they gave a 1. Well any thing religious can be controversial.
Anyways some good news for everyone. All my fair dice are now priced at under $10 in WSF.
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| Re: Designing dice for dice snobs [message #20299 is a reply to message #20298 ] Wed, 10 November 2010 06:44 UTC |
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Very nice! I wanted to try this kind of flexible structure, but with spheres at the vertices (not at the center) and in a bigger network.
I am curious to know how flexible it is...
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| Re: Designing dice for dice snobs [message #20447 is a reply to message #20397 ] Fri, 12 November 2010 21:13 UTC |
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Just wanted to let you know my build your own die has been tested and works(though shapeways broke off one tab before sending to me so I had to super glue one in)
Still waiting for the steel core piece. Think it will look pretty good with the red faces I have left over from the kit
Video available here
[Updated on: Fri, 12 November 2010 21:15 UTC]
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| Re: Designing dice for dice snobs [message #20722 is a reply to message #20476 ] Fri, 19 November 2010 07:13 UTC |
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| mctrivia wrote on Sun, 14 November 2010 06:03 |
A colege of mine came up with a cool coin based design that should be available as soon as his shop is open. In the mean time it got me thinking and I have designed this ring on the same principle.
D6 Ring (Size [0-4] [4.25-8] [8.25-12] [12.25-16])
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Great idea! An ''always have on you'' die... smart.
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| Re: Designing dice for dice snobs [message #20724 is a reply to message #20722 ] Fri, 19 November 2010 07:27 UTC |
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I already have plans for a ring with numbers on it in another field, but the idea of having a die at your finger is very inspiring... D6 Ring, Ring'n'Roll, rolling a die: all is mixing in my head... 
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| Re: Designing dice for dice snobs [message #20882 is a reply to message #20873 ] Wed, 24 November 2010 13:19 UTC |
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Mm, not sure about that pi-shaped die. It isn't just about center of gravity and area. Take a regular square-edged die and file down a few thousandths of an inch along the edges of one face. The areas of the faces and the center of gravity aren't really affected, but the odds sure will be. It's a matter of shape and energy: how much energy does it take to roll off one face and onto another.
Still, looks cool, and could be fair. Might be interesting to check its statistics.
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| Re: Designing dice for dice snobs [message #20894 is a reply to message #20882 ] Thu, 25 November 2010 00:13 UTC |
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I am going to be getting printed in Alumide soon so I can check for sure that it is fair. but I have tried from a mathematical stand point to asure this.
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| Re: Designing dice for dice snobs [message #21411 is a reply to message #21410 ] Wed, 08 December 2010 15:00 UTC |
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Where puzzle design joins die design!
Excellent idea!
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| Re: Designing dice for dice snobs [message #21412 is a reply to message #21411 ] Wed, 08 December 2010 15:48 UTC |
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Looks cool but it looks like the odds of landing on a corner is as good as odds of landing on a face. Probably won't make a good die. Would love to know the results after you print.
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| Re: Designing dice for dice snobs [message #21414 is a reply to message #16979 ] Wed, 08 December 2010 16:03 UTC |
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Thanks
The corners have no "flat surface" to land on.. gravity will land it on a flat number.
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| Re: Designing dice for dice snobs [message #21416 is a reply to message #16979 ] Wed, 08 December 2010 16:44 UTC |
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Each face has more printing material then the empty corners...
(i'm using a special hollowing method) so gravity will indeed do its job.
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| Re: Designing dice for dice snobs [message #21419 is a reply to message #16979 ] Wed, 08 December 2010 17:20 UTC |
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Sorry but the weighted ends will rougly cancel out putting the center of gravity in the middle ofthe die. Center of gravity determins where it will fall not positin of mass
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| Re: Designing dice for dice snobs [message #21424 is a reply to message #16979 ] Wed, 08 December 2010 17:56 UTC |
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you forget the inertia factor
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| Re: Designing dice for dice snobs [message #21425 is a reply to message #21424 ] Wed, 08 December 2010 18:10 UTC |
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No I haven't. Innertia will not make it more likely to fall on the flat. It will make it more likely to roll of the flat on to the convex.
You should know I got 100% on all my college physics classes.
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| Re: Designing dice for dice snobs [message #21427 is a reply to message #16979 ] Wed, 08 December 2010 18:16 UTC |
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Naaa... i still think it will land of a face.
The faces are heavier then the convex and will pull the dice to land on a face.
I got confirmation on that from a dice collector on some other of my dies with same probabilities. weight wins.
Cheers
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| Re: Designing dice for dice snobs [message #21428 is a reply to message #16979 ] Wed, 08 December 2010 18:56 UTC |
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Idono, looking at Magics diagram, if the die were to land on that red square where 4 points from each face would contact the surface, the inertia and gravity and any other physical property shouldn't "force" it to go to a number.
The Mad Moder
michael@shapeways.com
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