Example 14

This will show you, in simple steps, how to make a lamp like this one.

The "electrical" section of the lamp will be covered in the next example.

To make this lamp I will only use the cube.

Since lamps have very small parts, and also a very small diameter, all measurements in this example are based on a scale 16 times the real size, or SuperScale4(16).

 

On the left we can see the lamp post with a small horizontal module that will be the base of the lamps. These are sequence 1 and 2 on the macro list.

On the right is the first lamp base, a tiny cube of 1x1x4 meters. Don't forget all measurements are based on a 1/16 scale. This will be sequence 3 in the macro list.

Finally another tiny piece of 2x8x8, the lamp itself, will be sequence 4 in the macro list.

Now we need to angle the lamp so it will point down to the ground rather than to the front.

I will use one of the Cube special options - the skew base which is shown here. This option may require some experiment the first time you use it but it is very easy to test and verify. Since I have to rotate the cube to the front I have to skew it a negative value.
But this, as if by magic, makes the front of the cube disappear as we can see very clearly.
Even if the selection is right the front side of the cube has disappeared due to the angle. The Cube doesn't have the Invert button option since it is not needed but you can draw the internal side of it to get exactly the same result. This is the way to make the front lamp side visible. Notice that the external front side is unchecked, or not drawn, but the internal front side is.
Finally, and in the main panel, I will copy all of the left side parts to the right side parts and the lamp is finished. Well, the mechanic part at least. In the next example I'll show how to light it up.