Car Shock Absorber

Luis Esteves

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

Spring.skp

Carrozza

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

ely862me

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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!