Fluted domes n details

Gaieus

Hi rjb,

This is nice challange. I have moved your topic to the main dicussion page under SketchUp for more attention. Will come up with something soon.

Gaieus

Hi rjb,

This is just a baic stuf for you to unerstand the process (I didn't want to go fully into the details nor I had enough time for it now)
The "thinner" ribs abd the "cap" on top of the main dome are therefore mising, however you can also ad them using these similar techniques (or wait till I'll have more time )

![This will be the "final" scene in this tutorial](/uploads/imported_attachments/HSSF_DomeTut-1.jpg "This will be the "final" scene in this tutorial")
In the attached skp file, go fom scene tab to scene tab to see the steps - and do what is said there.

DomeTut-1.skp

pbacot

Gaieus,

Could you explain the use of scale tool in the second scene? I don't see the result of it's use. It looks like a follow-me was executed.

Thank you for posting the tutorial. I'm not building one of these, but it's educational none-the-less.

I hope we get to see the finished models here.

Peter

Voder Vocoder

Here's another approach.

~Voder

fluted_dome.skp

remus

I think the scaling was to flatten out the arc a bit and so produce a slightly flattened dome, as in your image.

Gaieus

@pbacot said:

Gaieus,

Could you explain the use of scale tool in the second scene? I don't see the result of it's use. It looks like a follow-me was executed.

Thanks for bringing this up, Peter
Yes, it was a mistake - I corrected it and uploaded the new version.

Remus - the scale tool was already used in the first scene - see the "Note" in the text for that arc

Voder - yes, another (nice) approach. And this time (though skin.rb is not really finshed yet as you complained previously) it does make nice job indeed! (And you have already included the thinner "ribs" which I still missed in this Tut-1)

rjb

hi!

Gaieus n Voder - thanks a ton for the tut. m tryin out d flutes today. though i found the approach by Voder a simpler one towards a tedious job of detailing.

shall post if i come across ne other answers. plz post if u all come across ne easier method towards this.

adios
rjb

Voder Vocoder

@gaieus said:

though skin.rb is not really finshed yet as you complained previously

I would say it was more of a "lament" than a "complaint."

~Voder

Gaieus

OK, fine little details and distinctions between synonims a foreign speaker cannot always make difference between.

david_h

Very useful Tut. And FUN!

pbacot

This would be good for Pumpkins and Halloween competition!

Gaieus

When I was ready with the dome, exactly the same parachute came to my mind