Filetting and Bullnosing Edges

xrok1

round edges by bezier(ruby).
as you can see it will require a bit of cleanup after.

gaganraj

you can also use subdivide and smooth. run bevels along all the faces very close to the edge. then subdivide.

TeamSDA

Looks great xrok1. Could you describe how you used the bezier tool to smooth the edges. Does this require a specific bezier plugin. If so could you please provide a link.

Thank you
TeamSDA

xrok1

here is a link to the round edge plugin: http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=10370&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=roundedge
you will need to explode your groups then dblclick the top face and run the plugin. i used 1/4" and 3 segments but it would probably look nicer with about 5.
please post your results for us!

ely862me

My option would be sds ..but depends of each one and depends of size

Pod SDS.jpg

Pod SDS.skp

TeamSDA

Hi ely862me,

Could you expand on "sds" as we are not sure as to what this acronym is? Also went to you website and you have done some amazing work. Are you achieving all the organic shapes via SketchUp or are you using another program such as Cinema 4D. We use this program in house and have considered round tripping to accomplish complex geometry and texture mapping. Would prefer staying with SketchUp as our modeler and C4D for all animations and final visualization.

Value your input,
TeamSDA

dylan

SDS is Sub Divide and Smooth
A commercial script available here with videos
SDS - Smustard

xrok1

subdivision surfaces

check it out here: http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=17253&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=subdivide

and it does say on ely862me's website that all the cars are made with sketchup.

TeamSDA

Thank You SketchUcation Community,

Not sure how we missed this one on the Smustard site as we went their first. Appreciate all your input. We are going to try the Smustard plugin as it looks to be just what we are looking for.

Have a good one,
TeamSDA

TeamSDA

Hey we have looked at the tool and its training. We are still a little vague on how to use the tool. For example we would like to know if we could use this tool to smooth certain edges of the pod and leave others unsmoothed. Any additional info/resources would be appreciated.

Thank you,
TeamSDA

dylan

You can use the Crease tool in SDS to keep some edges from being completely smoothed. It may help a little.

ely862me

is quite simple..
u first have to make the normal mesh but low poly
then the lines u want to be sharpen add another round of lines near them

xrok1

very nice, that post should be copied to the sds thread. very helpful tip for using sds. thank you.

ely862me

My pleasure ...

Elisei

ely862me

I ll try to compose a simple tutorial
lets make the main body of an electric guitar :
1:draw the main shape

2:pull it up to achieve the body

3:ad the extra lines (i selected the perimeter and copy paste it on blue axis nearby the up and down perimeter )

4:remove the extra faces for a proper result

5:run sds

6:this is what sds made without those extra lines

7:if u do need more sharpen corners add another round of extra lines(this time i just made an offset)

8:this is the result for 7 after running the sds

Pretty cool ha?!!(and i figured it all by myself)

cheers!!
hope it helps

Elisei

electric quitar.skp

xrok1

hey! you can also do it this way and save about a third of the polys. plus you are sure that the front and back are flat.

ely862me

yeah u can...just on flat areas

Tekkybot

@ely862me said:

is quite simple..
u first have to make the normal mesh but low poly
then the lines u want to be sharpen add another round of lines near them

man! i own this plugin! i thought subdivide and smooth was just a cool gimic that nobody actauly used how wrong i was. installing now

TeamSDA

Hi Elisei

Your input has been quite liberating. We took your advice and built a low poly mesh from scratch then used the sds to smooth it out. We are not as quick as you appear to be, but your advice looks like it will open the door to a lot more creative freedom in sketch up. Below is the new Pod we built using your technique.

Thanks
TeamSDA

p.s. Your technique of adding more lines to reduce the amount of smoothing on edges works great.

p.p.s. We know that turning off hidden geometry in the view menu gets rid of all the mesh lines but there are still artifact lines showing up that we would like to get rid of, have you ever had this problem and if so do you have any ideas about how to fix it.

JVC Pod.jpg

JVC Pod.skp

ely862me

select the geometry right click and click on soften/smooth edges (check the soften coplanar too)