Car Shock Absorber

[Luis Esteves]

Good day everybody,

Here's a render just for fun. I was learning how to build springs, and I finally did a shock absorber.
The modeling is not perfect, but I like the result (anyway I have to improve it).

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[Carrozza]

Hi Luis, I would be very interested to know how you did model the spring!
Great rendering, by the way; V-Ray is the best.

[Luis Esteves]

@carrozza said:

Hi Luis, I would be very interested to know how you did model the spring!
Great rendering, by the way; V-Ray is the best.

Hi Carrozza,

Modelling a spring is not difficult.
I simply found the solution on Google SketchUp Warehouse. There is a lot on good stuff there.

The link : http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=3277705e558ca6dcd0341d9d8a035ecc

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Spring.skp

[Carrozza]

Thanks a lot for pointing me to Google Warehouse: it deserves a better exploration.

[ely862me]

[flash=425,344:1dupbml4]http://www.youtube.com/v/H1IO2f1xvd0&hl=en_US&fs=1&[/flash:1dupbml4]

a lot easier

Elisei

[TIG]

You show the easiest manual method to do this, but you could use the Helix and the PipeAlongPath [or TubeAlongPath] Rubies to make it even more easily ?

[Luis Esteves]

Thank you TIG, I will try these scripts.

ely862me : nice and faster way to do it !

Thanks.

[dolphus]

Your Shock Absorber looks very good nice render as well, i also use the helix and tube along path rubies very easy and accurate well done

[Luis Esteves]

Thank you dolphus for your reply. I will try these scripts tonight.

[mitcorb]

May I ask if you used any scale techniques, or is this just by eye?

[stefanq]

Magnífico! What render engine did you used , Luis?

[Luis Esteves]

Thanks for your comments.

@stefanq : The scene has been rendered with Vray for Sketchup Trial (maybe I will buy it).
@mitcorb : I used basic forms (cylanders, cubes and curved lines).

[olishea]

excellent

[david_h]

Its so beautiful, it's a shame that it ends up on the bottom of some car. It needs to be out there!

[ely862me]

and still they do good job down there

[meak]

bravo,
good job very realistic!