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    jol
    last edited by 28 Aug 2008, 10:16

    Hi
    Been dabbling with sketchup for a few months now (learning mostly) as an aid for pattern creation when making large inflatable objects, namely kite line laundry.
    So far off the drawing board has been a 2m ground display spider, which wasn't hugely successful, but not bad, a slightly better 2m carrot top - another ground anchored inflatable. Going out for testing this weekend hopefully is a 6m felix the cat, which was pretty well entirely drawn up in sketchup 'cept for his hands and feet.
    I havn't been able to find any designing software that was affordable and could do what I wanted in one complete package. Using sketchup certainly is affordable costing nothing and once I've drawn something up, it is exported into Pepakura http://www.tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en/ to create the fabric pattern. in most cases the whole process goes thru about 4 different programs from go to whoa.
    While not a perfect solution for what I use it for, as I get better at using sketchup and manipulating it for pattern template making, there is definitely a lot of promise there.
    cheers
    JoL

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      Chris Fullmer
      last edited by 28 Aug 2008, 15:26

      Very cool Jol. Glad you're here. Kite line laundry sounds interesting, I don't know of anyone else using SketchUp for that. I just went to the Berkeley kite festival a few weeks ago here in California, USA. And I know that Jean Lemire, another long time SU user flys kites. He does 1 man 3 kite ballet stuff up in Canada I think. Anyhow, good to have you!

      Chris

      Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
      All my Plugins I've written

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        robertsonstewartiain
        last edited by 28 Aug 2008, 19:02

        Solo,

        Sorry for the delay in replying. Impressive portfolio.

        I use Mac OS X 10.5.4 or alternatively I have an older version of 10.3.9 on my PowerBook.

        Being an architecture student I create my buildings in SU the drop them into Photoshop to montage the context in.

        I'm not looking for anything spectacular at the moment until I grab the basics of rendering packages, just something to take the SU cartoonish appearance, as I see it, away from my models.

        Thanks again,

        Stew

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          diabloho
          last edited by 28 Aug 2008, 19:15

          Hello

          Im very new to mixing cad and SU, am I able to bring a surface into SU from Civil 3D. I created a dwg with the surface only, but nothing shows up.

          Any help is appreciated.

          Thanks.

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            solo
            last edited by 28 Aug 2008, 19:16

            Stew.

            There are many free and or cheap rendering solutions available these days, maybe slightly less available options for the Mac platform but nevertheless there are some available and they are pretty good.

            I would suggest one of three options:

            Podium: http://www.suplugins.com/
            This is the easiest one to learn and will be sufficient for your intentions. As you have noticed a large number of my renders as seen on my site was done with Podium. There is a free version available but has a render size limitation.

            Kerkythea: http://www.kerkythea.net/joomla/

            This is totally free and is very powerful, it will take a little time to master but is worth the effort as it is capable of amazing results. All the bells and with the exception of one whistle (displacement) is included, and that last whistle is in the making so I hear.

            IDX Renditioner: http://www.idx-design.com/IDX/IDXRenditioner/tabid/709/Default.aspx?gclid=CLrT09WjsZUCFRRhnAodHgk0kQ

            Another easy solution and I believe there is some kind of special available or even a free version, This too is more than adequate for your emmediate needs and pretty simple to learn.

            Good luck and please post as soon as you have something available.

            http://www.solos-art.com

            If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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              diabloho
              last edited by 28 Aug 2008, 20:48

              Solo,

              Thanks for the quick response! I've tried the Kerkthea & Idx programs now, Idx crashes SU every time I run it and Kerkythea won't open the xml file apparently because it's in 3d. πŸ˜’

              I'll try the plugins for su next, my boss wanted me to research this for a couple of hours.... I've been off the clock for 3hrs now. 🀒

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                diabloho
                last edited by 28 Aug 2008, 22:00

                I may have a better idea than bringing in the surface and or the feature lines. I now have the polylines at 0 elevation and am connecting the different elevations in a crisscross design and then using the pull command to give the hill the required height. I’m not sure if this is the best way but it is producing results. 😍

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                  wmanning
                  last edited by 29 Aug 2008, 19:54

                  Diabloho,

                  Thanks for the heads up that IDX was crashing for you -- I assume that is the free version for PC. A few users have had that problem and we're expecting a fix to be released later today if you're interested.

                  -- William

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                    Malert
                    last edited by 31 Aug 2008, 18:17

                    Hi my name is Mikhail, I new to the whole sketchup program as well as this forum and I just wanted to make sure that this was the right place for me to ask future questions about sketchup when I run into problems.

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                      troyhome
                      last edited by 31 Aug 2008, 18:47

                      You bet it is... welcome to Sketchup (crowd cheers)

                      IOviz.com
                      SU Pro 2024 PC

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                        CameronVan
                        last edited by 31 Aug 2008, 22:48

                        Long time SU user.
                        No longer a lurker here.

                        Great site!

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                          Chris Fullmer
                          last edited by 1 Sept 2008, 00:10

                          Cool, good to have you!

                          Chris

                          Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                          All my Plugins I've written

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                            Gaieus
                            last edited by 1 Sept 2008, 10:12

                            Welcome, Mikhail and yes, this is the place.

                            Also, glad you broke the silence, Cameron! πŸ‘

                            Gai...

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                              Dorsal
                              last edited by 4 Sept 2008, 04:26

                              Hello - I just joined the Forum, so I can learn Sketchup for drawing plans for my new Phlatprinter. Wahoo!
                              Not a newbie to solid modeling and drafting, but I use SDRC I-Deas at work and Sketchup speaks in a different language. Hope you folks don't mind dumb questions. 😳

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                                Gaieus
                                last edited by 4 Sept 2008, 06:43

                                Welcome Dorsal and no, we don't mind dumb questions. We all used to ask them at a certain point. πŸ˜„

                                Gai...

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                                  remus
                                  last edited by 4 Sept 2008, 08:15

                                  I still ask them on a regular basis πŸ‘ and welcome.

                                  http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                                    Gaieus
                                    last edited by 4 Sept 2008, 08:28

                                    Yeah, I can confirm that! πŸ˜„

                                    Gai...

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                                      Tekkybot
                                      last edited by 5 Sept 2008, 22:29

                                      @chris fullmer said:

                                      Welcome, and one way to do that is to make the one block. THen select it all and turn it into a component. Then copy and paste the component (or I would use the move tool and hold down ctrl (on a PC)). Move+ctrl = move a copy. So this would would move a copy of the component over to where I want it. Then with the copy of the component, I would select it and activate the scale tool and scale it to negative 1 along the same axis I moved it. So if I moved the copy along the red axis, I would then scale the copy to -1 along the red axis too.

                                      So now I would edit one of the components and it will change both components equally, but mirrored towards eachother, thus giving you the symmetry you need.

                                      It sounds much more complicated than it actually is. I can put together a quick tutorial if my vague instructions don't help, or there probably is one already in the tutorials section on the forum. At any rate, have fun with SketchUp!

                                      Chris

                                      oh, I forgot to mention that you can not push/pull 2 faces simultaneously in SketchUp, though I think there might be an additional script you can download and install that will give you this functionality. Someone else will have to provide a link to this though.

                                      just figured this out

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                                        Aernoud
                                        last edited by 8 Sept 2008, 15:10

                                        Hi everyone!
                                        Im Aernoud and im 16 years old, i really like sketchup and it is as a hobby for me!
                                        I really like organic modeling, (im going to buy the smooth subdivide tool soon πŸ˜› )
                                        Most of the time i make animal models, or own designed Metroid prime models.
                                        Im not new to Sketchup but im new to this forum!

                                        I already checked the gallery on the forum! Fantastic work to see there!
                                        My models can been seen on the 3d warehouse...
                                        Im currently working on a great progress, T-REX... Hope i can animate it with help.. in blender3d...

                                        Aernoud

                                        Currently SU project:

                                        • Metroid Prime large leviathan (own design)
                                        • Metroid prime plasma turret (own design)
                                        • Metroid prime Armour clubber (own design)
                                        • The Minas Tirith project
                                        • Mobile phone (own design)
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                                          Malert
                                          last edited by 9 Sept 2008, 03:52

                                          I would like to know how you make a group or copy of one object after selecting it..any help please

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