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Eiffel tower

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I am making a Eiffel tower from scratch. This is going to be a very fun project and I’m very exited to make this.

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This is my project Eiffel Tower!!!

What is this project about?

This project is about my journey from making my project Eiffel tower, This was a very cool project it took me a lot of time to learn about the Eiffel tower like how to Eiffel tower used to be a different color that it actually is. But it was fun to learn about the Eiffel tower and also learning more Onshape controls.

Why did I want to make this?

I wanted to make this project because I want more stardust so I can buy the keyboard in the shop, I’m very close so I thought that I could finish this before the deadline (before the deadline expanded)

How hard was it to make?

It was pretty hard to make, Ill give you some examples like the actual shape of the Eiffel tower. The shape is very hard to perfect like the beams ; there is the triangle pattern to make the beams stronger . The next one was color because the color did not match, but I will follow it up more in challenges.

Challenges

Some of the challenges where colors (follow up) the colors where very hard to do because I wasn’t sure what the Eiffel tower looked like (color) so I colored it all grey but when I looed it up it was a copper color so I had to change it back that took me 40 minutes to do but now it looks very nice. Another challenge was the shape of the structure. The Eiffel tower has a very unique shape it has all theses curves sharp edges and little details I had to implement I didn’t add all the little details but I did the best I could and I think it looks pretty realistic.

Conclusion

In all, this was one of the funniest projects I made! I really enjoyed working on it and it make me learn about real structures like the Eiffel tower. so in conclusion I think this was a great learning experience and a fun experience!

The pictures at the bottom is the finished result.

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Eiffel Tower done!!!!!

This is what the Eiffel Tower looks like now . I fixed the colors of the Eiffel Tower to be more realistic like the real thing.

Challenges

The one challenge that I had was coloring everything because some of the colors did not look realistic at all compared to the real Eiffel Tower, so I had to change the colors like halfway through, but I got it to work out!

Conclusion

This was super fun and exciting to make. I really liked learning all the features of Onshape, and I had a really good time doing this . I would recommend this.

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Hello, I’m currently making the Eiffel tower with onshape. This is what its looking like right now!

What I’m working on rn

I’m trying to improve the detail of the Eiffel tower such as the supports and the Gard rails. I also want to improve the top of the Eiffel tower as that is the most detailed part of it

What has been done(new list)

-All 3 layers
-crossbeams
-beams (up and down)

Challenges

I have had many challenges such as the Eiffel tower had 4 floors instead of 3 so I had to make the beams bigger to close it off. The size was hard to do because some pillars have to be the same size exactly so that was a challenge.

Conclusion

this project is very fun and I’m almost done I can wait to keep you guys updated!

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Hi, I am making the Eiffel tower with onshape, this is what it looks like right now! this part was painful but worth it!


Challenges


There was many challenges such as the Corner Column (The green part) This one was very hard, because I couldn’t extrude it to make it filled in so it wasn’t paper thin but it didn’t work so I had to work around it by making a box then extruding it then cutting off the access pieces I didn’t need (such as the pieces that hang out) so I had to make a sketch to outline and cut it the final result looks very clean now!

I also did have troubles on the Decorative Arch (Arch Rib / Spandrel Arch and the yellow one) This was hard because it was such a unique shape that I had to sketch something new for each one then the cutouts didn’t work on each side (It didn’t fit correctly) so I had to make it custom for each one this was one of the longer edits. Then I did have to shrink the Decorative Arch because it didn’t fit correctly (this piece was thin) the pattern was also hard but all I did was did a quick sketch to make it looks like the real thing.

My last thing was the Rivet (The red circle) the rivet mirrored good but it didn’t mirror in the right spot so I had to transform it so it would move then I had to mirror it one the other side, this was the real challenge because it didn’t rotate correct. What I had to do to fix it was easy. All I had to do was make a sketch and make it vertical this way I could make it rotate properly.


Process


What I will do is add the detail first this will make it so when I change it its better to fix all the errors first then later on because you might forget some. I will go layer by layer for detail (fist layer ill try to do as much detail as I can).


What I need to work on


I will also not have the same amount of Rivet that the Eiffel tower has just because the Eiffel tower has about 2.5 million Rivets.

  • More Detail
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  • I will need some work on the truss
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  • Platforms (1st, 2nd, and 3rd Levels)
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  • Railings
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  • Observation Deck
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  • Tower Shaft
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  • Broadcast Antenna
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  • adding more Rivets

Conclusion

I cant wait to show your more on this project I feel really happy on how this turned out and exited to see how it will turn out.

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I’m working on the Eiffel tower right now, I need to add more to it but these are the thing I have right now

What I’ve added

  • Foundation (the foundation is the blue part)

  • The main legs or the Pylons (4 large angled
    pieces)

  • Arched Braces / Arches (Curved pieces between legs)

  • Rim / Guard Rail / Trim (The yellow strip at the top, and blue, and orange)

  • Support Beams / Columns ( Vertical pieces supporting the platform)

  • Cross Braces ( Small pieces connecting the legs)

  • Corner Cap / Connector (The blue, yellow, light blue and white pieces on the corner)


What I Want to add (veg)


More details to the body such as the grid support, also have the guardrail have holes in it adding the rest of the base and and coloring it to the correct color.



Some of the challenges was making the arches because the arch has such a weird shape to it and this was hard to sketch it out but eventually I found the right tool. Another problem was when I tried to mirror it, it wasn’t faced the right way, I overcame this challenge by using the transform tool to rotate it into place then used the same tool to move it into place.



this will be a very fun project to make, This is my second cad project and of course I will try to make it look more alike the real thing but so far its looking good!

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