Hi, need help with modeling a stadium

gborregof · 19 Jun 2008, 18:49

hello, i'm new in the forum but i've been using sketchup for a while.
i've been asked to modeled a stadium but i don't know how to start it
any tips?
thanks

solo · 19 Jun 2008, 18:55

Hi gborregof and welcome to SCF.

I have never modelled one however i believe there are a few in the 3D warehouse that you could download and use to learn from. I am sure one of our members will jump in and give you help soon if that does not help.

johnsenior1973 · 19 Jun 2008, 19:14

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?uq=03918786441184062862

Here are all of my stadiums on 3D Warehouse. Stadiums are my favourite thing to build with Sketchup.

I'd say the best way to start is with the pitch. Then work from there. Are you designing your own stadium from scratch or do you want to take elements of existing grounds?

gborregof · 19 Jun 2008, 20:25

sorry i'm new in this forum... how can i post images?? i tried with the upload attachment label but it didn't let me because of the size

solo · 19 Jun 2008, 20:35

try scaling down to 700x...

remus · 19 Jun 2008, 20:36

If you upload the images to a site like flickr and then link the to here using he [img] tag in the toolbar, that should work.

gborregof · 19 Jun 2008, 20:45

ok... again

johnsenior1973 · 19 Jun 2008, 20:58

Just draw an outline of the stand, then use the follow me tool around the pitch and the stadium will be pretty much done.

cheffey · 19 Jun 2008, 21:14

that's what i love about this forum.

I'm sitting here wondering how does he start with this thing, and JohnSenior clears it up with one sentence!

gborregof · 19 Jun 2008, 21:40

thanks johnsenior.. i will try it tonight

cheffey:
i agree with you... i just signed in this forum, just asked about this and i already have the answer...

gborregof · 19 Jun 2008, 23:14

i just need detail in some areas like the restaurant and the outside i might add some people on photoshop
here are some images of what i like to achieve...

gborregof · 20 Jun 2008, 01:51

it is my own stadium, well a friend's proposal, he just gave me the stadium in .dwg files but i have no clue how to start modeling it, it has a kind of cone shape with some structure elements on the sides, i´ll attach some images, i hope they help me explain myself better.
sorry but my english

edit: remove images... they were big

gborregof · 22 Jun 2008, 01:19

hi... this is what i have so far... i had problems with the follow me tool.. it wasn't closing the geometry.... it has to be done by tuesday night...

Gaieus · 22 Jun 2008, 06:12

So far it looks quite OK I think. Did you turn those pillars into components and copied along that way?

gborregof · 22 Jun 2008, 06:19

no i didn't.... i turn it into group... is that wrong?

Gaieus · 22 Jun 2008, 06:24

Well, better than nothing

Components (when using more instances of the same component) have some advantages over groups:

the geometry is only counted once so the file size is smaller in general
when you make some changes in a component, all instances will change
you can use "dummy components" in a very complex model and only "reload" them with the final ones once you are ready with the model thus being able to handle big models etc.
This is particularly useful if you use many instances of the same geometry (pillars here or even more; seats in a stadium if you really want to model them - but that would most probably kill your computer)

gborregof · 22 Jun 2008, 06:35

oh thanks! i've used created components before but here i didn't used because those are all the pillars i'm going to use... if it starts to get heavy i'll change them... thanks for the advice

johnsenior1973 · 22 Jun 2008, 07:14

If you go on youtube and type in stadium and sketchup there's a few simple examples of people making stadiums on there.

gborregof · 23 Jun 2008, 06:54

hi all... it me again... just an update

Gaieus · 23 Jun 2008, 07:37

Looks good to me so far.