Orrery

[Alan CharlestonParticipant @alancharleston78882]

Hi,

Does anyone know where to source plans for an orrery. Not sure at this stage whether I want one for the whole system or just the sun, earth and moon.

I've searched online but can't find a set of drawings I can download.

Regards,

Alan

[Alan CharlestonParticipant @alancharleston78882]

[DiogenesParticipant @diogenes]

Here's one..

MEWS – A Simple Orrery Julius de Waal

..it is quite simple..

Edited By Diogenes on 04/10/2023 06:24:34

[bernard towersParticipant @bernardtowers37738]

try the zeaman one

[V8EngParticipant @v8eng]

Zeamon pages here:-

Zeamon

 

Edited By V8Eng on 04/10/2023 19:11:08

[DiogenesParticipant @diogenes]

../never found that one – thanks both…

[Alan CharlestonParticipant @alancharleston78882]

Thanks for the replies. I followed up Zeamon on YouTube and found this video:

He has made a 3D pdf of his orrery which can be downloaded and explains how to view it in Adobe. It can be downloaded here:

http://www.zeamon.com/download/ZeamonOrrery.pdf

I never realised you could use Adobe in this way. It's really clever but not much help if your trying to build one. I've looked but can't find a set of 2D drawings in the 3D pdf. Can anybody who is familiar with 3D drawing tell me if it's possible to extract a set of dimensioned 2D drawings from the 3D pdf?

Thanks,

Alan C.

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