After toying with different ways of producing instructions for my new 3D printer design I think I may settle for small videos which are clear and precise.
What does everyone think?
http://youtu.be/VHuDV7bnDAg
Looks awesome! What’d you use to produce the assembly videos?
@ThantiK thanks for the comment 
I used Solidworks
@Simon_Day personally if i was using this for assembly, i would want a version that is easier to pause at points of interest. maybe a spin about the vertical axis in the beginning to see the hidden parts ( i know that they are pretty minimal. I don’t know how hard this would be in the animation). i give it an A, but with a rotation to see the back side before the assembly i and a spin to see the finished product, i would give it an A+
Nice video, better than the low light Web cam video instructions I have seen and done before… May need to try it with the actual hardware to really test out I like the small footprint and part count.
Nice, very self explanatory. I just figure the audience you’re catering to should already know their way around a 3d cad program like sketchup - so why not just give them a model and let them figure out how to slice/dice it for use?
Btw, I love how you put the drive gear inside the larger gear - nice touch.
I would slow it down to make it easier for the user to pause the video while they complete each step. Also, adding a delay between each of the part movements would make each step more distinct… This is still one of the best/simplest assembly instructions I’ve ever seen. Great work!
I agree with @Matthew_Satterlee , a pause after each distinct step would be good. Also, if you could rotate and zoom to show the parts that are actually moving in each step, it would be perfect!
Nice work.
Great work, how many hours did you put into that?
Everyone thanks for the comments, exactly what I was after. Though from the comments still a lot of work needed!
This small clip (21 seconds) rendered at only 7.5 frames per second took 14 hours of processing! Unfortunately to slow the video down and add more rotations will take a lot longer, so I may have to reduce the quality of the rendering!
I was hoping that lots of small clips like that could be paused by the viewer during the build.
As a small update I’m just starting to build the first prototype of this printer. Once I’ve ironed out the kinks I will upload all the files for others to attempt
My only concern would be confusion over which parts to use. Maybe open the video with a list with the corresponding CAD next to the text?
You could slow it down by reducing the frame rate in post processing