What's been happening? Loads.
New customers and designs include:-
- Glassfittings.co.nz
- Wintergardenz greenhouses
- ..more fast food stainless kitchens design
- Helping out Ed Scholten at Globex Ltd - aircraft seats electronics
- Ibex Ltd - work on an abbatoir band saw etc.
- Heaps of new UTE toolboxes etc for Valley Wholesale Ltd
The Eye in the Sky
Also it's worth mentioning on it's own.. The Eye in the Sky kiosks for Fingermark are eventually installed at the top of Auckland Sky Tower (image below).
A year has gone by with hold ups due to EFTPOS certification (swipe card units), Software issues, camera links etc etc.
The Eye in the sky units are massive plasma touchscreens linked to cameras outside at the top of the tower. Moving your finger across the screen allows you to pan, zoom in and out, and pinpoint areas of interest (as well as spying on the public at large). They are HUGE and I believe they had to be partly disassembled to get them up there for installation. The screen bezel had to be modified at one point to relieve pressure on the screen.
because the touchscreem cameras were registering false readings.
Well it's all done now and up and running. Ther EFTPOS units are still switched off and the kiosks are on free mode until it is sorted out.
http://www.fingermarktouchscreenkiosks.com
Glassfittings.co.nz
John at glassfittings contacted me way back in May this year and handed me a handful of sketches for ballustrade glass fitting concepts. We had a few meetings and e-mails went back and forth until we settled on designs for about 5 different deck fittings for glass partitioning (swimming pool fences & balconies etc). They all have in-built adjusters to align the glass panels at the top when the deck surface isn't quite uniform (always the case). John sent the drawings and models off to China and the first castings are back and being load tested as we speak. (image on the right here). They do look sleek and compact in real life I must say and I'm looking forward to doing some more in the future.
Glassfittings.co.nz
http://www.glassfittings.co.nz
Wintergardenz greenhouses & accessories
Been busy with new greenhouse designs & accessories. Just completed the existing range in 3D in Solidworks for John at Wintergardenz Ltd. Polycarb and glass panels in the new range.more at:- http://www.wintergardenz.co.nz
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| 3D model tweaked into a background image & rendered in PhotoView 360 |
Fast food Stainless kitchens
Most of the work I have done over the last 6 months is to do with Stainless kitchens & associated equipment. I upgraded to Solidworks Professional and I am making good use of the PhotoWorks Add-In. Image below from Photoworks.
Not a bad rendering tool. Still getting to grips with the textures. There are so many to choose from and so many scenes and lighting effects. It could take years to become familiar with all of the combinations.
Kingsley Burn
26th Sep 2012
