Modeling the Eiffel Tower Live!

[TheOnlyAaron]

Let’s model another famous structure! The Eiffel Tower! Join us and help me model it live!

2020-05-22T18:00:00Z

Join me on YouTube, Facebook, or Twitch!

[andybster]

Well, Aaron, you REALLY have your work cut out on this one!!
I found this resource on Wikimedia:
Category:Eiffel Tower plans - Wikimedia Commons - there’s over 50 hi-res plans on there - here are a couple of the “more interesting” ones:

[andybster]

And, again, I started to look for dimensions and ended up building a skeleton in SKP. It’s here if you want to use it as a “boost” from the beginning!!
Eiffel_Skeleton.skp (226.5 KB)

[nigel1]

Hi Aaron
The basic dimensions are 324Meters high and 124Meters at the base.
Hope that helps.

Paul (Taggs Island, Hampton, England)

[eneroth3]

I love the fractal property of this tower - trusses made out of trusses. Very steampunk!

[Gusbert]

Top of the tower

[Gavin_2020]

Does this help

[Gavin_2020]

[Gavin_2020]

Zooming in on this one might help.

[andybster]

How about this?

[Gusbert]

A quick model I threw together since the stream started

[Gusbert]

Some views of this giant conversion from an stl file:

[andybster]

You know that all these "columns are square, right?

. . . and these you’re doing now have a star shaped center!

[andybster]

[andybster]

does this help - I have lightened it.

[Johnny1981]

[TheOnlyAaron]

[mapyx]

https://grabcad.com/library/eiffel-tower-18

[jean_lemire_1]

I am in the process of watching this interesting video and I want to share a trick for those who need to build trusses. See this SU file.

Open truss.skp (242.5 KB)