I thought I would share how I use MOI3D. Mostly I use the program to prototype experiments to ensure the parts will fit and to get a visual feel for how the experiment will look. It gives me more confidence to know that once I order and assemble the parts, that they will not conflict in any meaningful way.


Anyway thanks Michael! Without MOI3D this would have been much more labor intensive and I am not sure I would bother. Most of the components where built using simple volumes and booleans. Now most vacuum part vendors provide step files that you can import, but I have at one time or another built all the geometry by hand. This was rendered in MODO, because it delivers excellent quality render with very little hassle compared to other programs. There are some issues, such as the laser beams (the red cylinders) having shadows on them, but this rough sketch only took about 3.5 hours total.

Cheers!

paul

Ah! Great use of MoI, Paul!

Just think, some of the greatest advancements in the future of mankind may be created with the help of MoI!
That is, when Michael finally makes the holographic 3D display version. ;-)

Very cool Paul!

I use MoI a lot not only with my custom injection molded plastic components, but for fixtures as well. For off the shelf items, I download a lot of STEP files from the McMaster-Carr website for nuts and bolts, plates, clamps etc. that we order from them, so it's pretty nice to have the component catalog number so when I am done, the engineer can order parts while I am finishing up the custom portion of the fixtures to be machined, etc.

MoI is an absolute must have tool!

Michael T.

Hi Paul, thanks very much for sharing, that is a really cool way to use MoI!

That's a great quality sketch result, especially for the small amount of time put into it.

That was one of the big ideas for MoI - trying to make it easier to crunch geometry out quickly so you could get prototypes and ideas out in some kind of concrete form. So I'm really glad that you have been able to use it for this purpose.

Hope all goes well with the experiment!

- Michael

Great stuff!

Michael, can you tell me where I can download this holographic version Mike mentioned?
Or will it be implemented in Version 4

Steve

> Michael, can you tell me where I can download this
> holographic version Mike mentioned?
> Or will it be implemented in Version 4

Oh, that was implemented in version 1 as an easter egg, you just need to know the special shortcut key to enable it. Hmmm, what was it - I can't remember... ;)

- Michael

Lol

I did this all in MOI3D other than the render, no post, cuz I am lazy. I saw in another thread someone posted a ring so I decided to make one. It turns out proportions really matter if you want to get that light back out like a real diamond. Cheers!

Hi Paul, nice model and render of your ring!

Do you ever use diamonds as part of your experiments or is that one just a nice looking ring and not any kind of experiment? :)

- Michael

Try not to create a black hole and destroy the universe.

However, if you can create a stable wormhole and build your own Stargate - more power to ya! ;-)

Michael,

Without revealing what I actually do, which is not secret but private. I am involved with research using diamonds, specifically Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) diamond experiments. These are actually little defects or color centers that can be used as clocks and magnetometers, of course they are not like the rings you would where but carefully grown substrates with special properties. This is a new and exciting field with lots of potential.

Cheers

Sounds like interesting work Paul, and it's really cool that you're able to do a quick prototype of your experiments!

- Michael