Week 10 - Build a Birdhouse
Using SketchUp for Schools
Task: Create Birdhouse Plans
Now that she has her own personalized watering can, Sophie would like you to design a bird house that she could build from pieces cut from a single 6 inch wide 1 inch thick board. She wants a birdhouse design that is most attractive to house sparrows.
Specifications
Part 1 - Birdhouse Specifications
All of the parts to the birdhouse except for the perch must be cut from a 6" wide by 1" thick board.
No part of the bird house can be longer than 12".
The bird house must have a sloped roof that overhangs a 2 1/2" long perch.
House sparrows desire entrance holes that are around 2" in diameter about 6" above the floor.
House sparrows desire a floor area between 4"x 4" to 5"x 5".
Your name on the bird house underneath the perch (3D Text tool).
The overall width, length, and height of the birdhouse are dimensioned.
Standard Turn-in: Submit to Canvas PNG Images that shows the specifications were met on the Birdhouse.
Part 2 - Dimensioned Cut-Board
Lay out each of the component parts in a line as it would be cut out of a 6" wide, 1" thick board (6' x 6" x 1").
Each of the major parts is labelled and dimensioned.
The diameter of the hole is dimensioned.
Standard Turn-in: Submit to Canvas PNG Images that shows the specifications were met for the Cut-Board.
Part 3 - 3-View of Birdhouse
From Scenes select Front View and Parallel Projection.
Make your bird house into a component.
Make two copies of your bird house - 1 to the side and 1 above your original.
Rotate the side Birdhouse 90 degrees to the right to see the left side.
Rotate the top birdhouse 90 degrees down to see the top of the bird house.
From Styles→ Default Styles, select the X-Ray Style.
Required Instructions
Build a Birdhouse Step-by-Step PDF - Detailed instructions for most of Parts 1 and 2.
Part 1 - Slides 9 to 19
Part 2 - Slides 20 to 22
