Google Sketch: Creating a space orbiter

Hi, Everyone!

For this week, I have created a space shuttle orbiter based on 10 training tutorials and what I have learned so far. This space shuttle orbiter is featured with windows, booster, rounded front and wings with colors.I would like you to enjoy learning how I created this space shuttle orbiter which starts from the bottom. On the older posters, there are posts about the tutorial.

This is an Immersive Education course at Boston College (http://immersiveeducation.org)

The program can be downloaded for free at (http://google.sketch.com)

Step 7: the space shuttle orbiter was placed in the middle of universe.

The universe picture was imported and lined with "matching photo".

Step 6: Windows were painted into blue and other parts in grey and black.

Step 5: The edges were painted using "paint bucket". It was colored in black.

View from the side

Step 4: windows and the edge of wings are created.

View from the bottom right

Step 3: Boosters were created by using "pull" tool at the end of the cylinder.

Step 2: A triangle was created to intersect the mid point of the cylinder.

Step 1: A cylinder was created and using offset tool, I made a front of a space shuttle.

This view is from the side and up.

Using the skills obtained during the tutorial, I could build a space shuttle orbiter that looks nice. The space shuttle was created as I looked up the photos provided. Although it does not exactly match a real space shuttle, it was fun to create such an object.

Google Sketch Tutorial #7

This tutorial was about importing an image and using a matching photo.

When the photo is imported, it could be set as a background using a matching photo tool.

Then, the shapes could be created along the lines in the picture.

Google Sketch Tutorial #6

Pulling out a surface of an object along the edges could be done by "offset" tool.

When the object is created, draw a line using offset tool. If I press 'option' key and move tool, I could pull it out.

Google Sketch Tutorial #5

Lining two object could be done easily.

There are a square and a rectangle.

If I want to connect those two, I could click the end point of a square and click the end of a rectangle. Then, as the lines are connected, a new surface between those two could be created.

Google Sketch Tutorial #4

This tutorial was about creating two object and cut one of it.

It could be done as I intersect two objects; a hexagonal and a cylinder.

When I intersected a cylinder, an edge of a hexagon could be cut along the intersected line.

Google Sketch Tutorial #3

When I created a box with four rectangular spaces, I could edit the entity info.

Then, through Window -> Layer, I could name one face as "front wall".

Front wall could be appear or disappear by clicking the switch button.

Google Sketch Tutorial #2

This tutorial was about making a mirror image.

Along the green axis, the object could be copied and duplicated as a mirror image using tool box. It was useful for creating a butterfly wing.

Google Sketch Tutorial #1

This tutorial was about copying the object along the straight line and around axis.

I could copy as many as I want by typing [3x or even 10x]

The rotation could be done as the second part.