Barn WIP

Mannie

Well i just don't get it, call me stupid lol

Gaieus

No, I don't want to call you stupid.
Now you have one piece of that barrel nicely aligned along one segment of the circle, right?

select the piece with the Select tool (the piece is highlighted)
Place the Rotate tool onto the centerpoint of the circle
Press Ctrl (to make copies)
click onto one endpoint of the piece to start the rotation
click on the other side of it to finish the rotation (now you have made one copy)
now type 23 (don't click into the box to type just type) and hit enter (no need to type 24 since the original piece is the one to which we aded 23 now)
So just try it again!

Mannie

Thanks, will try that, made a ladder instead just now in the meantime

solo

Csaba, I normally type x23.

Anyway, mannie I hope this helps:

Mannie

Ah, that is easier to follow thanks Solo, gonna give this a try in a few mins
just finnished the ladder

Gaieus

@solo said:

Csaba, I normally type x23...

Yes, exactly. Sorry Mannie for misleading you!

Mannie

Almmost i guess, except for the openings betweeen the planks that is.

Mannie

with straight planks i can do it now

Gaieus

I think an easier way is to use the follow me tool.

Attached is a file. When you open it,

click on the surface of the circle with the Select tool (note that I exploded the circle to get the pieces to be faceded instead of softened but it could have been done by lowering the softening angle as well)
then click on the face of the piece with the Follow me tool
If you still want to assemble it from pieces, now turn one of them into a component, delete the rest and do the radial array with this component (they will obviously fit nicely).

Barrel.skp

Mannie

Thanks that is easier indeed, however i learned both ways now so that is allways a good thing

Gaieus

Yes, exactly, that's the main point.

Mannie

Good morning
One last question about this, i think i calling it done, but i noticed when i did the test render in vue to see how it would look like the materials on the inside became the same as i stick on the outside in vue. Is this normal ? or do i have to do something to it so that won't happen ?

Thanks in advance
M.

Gaieus

Where inside? On the back faces?

Mannie

Yes i think the back faces when i give it a material in SU that is ok but in vue it aint

Gaieus

Topmost rule when it comes to rendering: in SU never let a back face be displayed (and never try to render it in an external renderer). If you see any back (blueish) face while modeling, immediately right click and "reverse faces" (you can do this with a whole selection set as well).

So was thisthe problem or have I misunderstood something?

Mannie

That is the problem then, if i reverse one side the other side get purple and vice versa

Gaieus

Well, obviously a face has two sides; a fron one (generally some kind of white or beige) and a back one (some greyish blue by default).

Mannie

next time i close the doors

Gaieus

No, just in general give everything a thickness - like in real life.

Mannie

Thanks. i'll remember that for my next one, scene in vue is almost set up now .