Fibonacci Overlay Styles [TUTORIAL]
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Hello all,
I haven't posted here for a while due to a 2 month batch of cluster headaches that are only now going away, so I thought I'd come back with a little gift for everybody.
I stumbled across this: http://jakegarn.com/the-rule-of-thirds/ and thought it might be useful to have a simple style with the Fibonacci spiral as an overlay for image composition.
The style itself is just the basic default one without visible axis and a transparent overlay.In the attached zip file (FibonacciSTYLES.zip) there is a folder with 8 styles; 4 portrait and 4 landscape with the spiral rotated/flipped in each 4.
Copy the folder to your styles folder (usually C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 7\Styles) and you should find it in the dropdown list on the Styles Pallet/Window
I've also attached the original 8 PNG's that I used in case you want them.
The way I see them being used is that you'd switch to one of the Fibonacci styles, compose the view, switch back to your preferred style and then save the scene.
Enjoy...
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Dear Paul,
Thank you for posting the new styles. I'm sure that architects and furniture designers will find them very useful. In engineering we have a saying, "if it looks right, it probably is right", and so perhaps Fibonacci spirals appear in the design of many objects.
I have noted over the past year or so that you have been plagued with ill-health. I wish you well, and happy and healthy 2010.
Kind regards,
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Hi Paul,
Welcome back. I hope you remain on the mend. Thanks for these zips. I will find them useful as the Golden Ratio often plays a part in the design work that I do, particular window proportions.
Your 'shortcut' idea is very clever indeed.
I've tagged this thread a TUTORIAL as we explain the way in which to implement the (assistance) styles.
Mike
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What a great idea! Thanks a lot for this.
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You have just answered a question I have been asking myself all my life, not kidding.
Thank you, oh so much!!
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Paul,
Welcome to the world of cluster headaches. I have had them for 14 months straight (upwards of 30-45 minutes a piece and 7-8 a day). What have the doctors done so far for you?
Nice style by the way.
Scott
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Nice find, Paul. I am always on the lookout for this type of info.....
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Hello all, thanks for the comments. Personally I need all the help I can get to produce a decent image, I'm OK at the building side of things but when it comes to anything artistic I'm usually stumped.
Scott,
Holy S*** Scott, I'm episodic so only get them periodically, I don't think I could cope with chronic CH's, 14 months @ 7-8/day...boy you must be going through the pure oxygen faster than a rain forest can make it!EDIT:
I wrote the stuff below before I re-read Scots post and realised that what he's suffering is measurably worse than I go through, I was going to take it out because I wrote it assuming Scott was new to the world of CH's and some of it would have been/is patronising.
I've decided to leave it here in case there is anyone else out there who suffers or more importantly doesn't know that the excruciating pain they get all of a sudden at 3am every day is actually treatable.
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I've suffered from cluster headaches for about 8 years, the first batch were about 6-10 events and as I didn't know they were CH's. I just used regular pain med's putting them down to stress - FAIL!
When I got the 2nd batch (15-20 events) about a year later I was straight down the doctors and was very very lucky to have a doctor who had studied neurology and knew them straight away. They are often mis-diagnosed for years in some people leading a number of them to commit suicide. CH's are also known as suicide headaches by the way!!
The doctor prescribed me Imigran tablets(Sumatriptan) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumatriptan. These are MAGIC tablets, never have I taken any med's that and have an effect so quickly; about 1/2-3/4 hour from taking one to pain free.
Since then I've had them about every 18 months with (worryingly) the last 2 clusters lasting about 2 months with on average 2 attacks a day.
For this most recent cluster (40-50 events)I got Imigran Injections, they're like the disposable ones diabetics use that do all the nasty work for you, all you have to do is put it against your thigh and press the button....Ouch! WOW what a difference; 10 mins from pain to COMPLETELY pain free.
The only problem with Sumatriptan is that any more than 2 tablets/injections in 24 hours and you run the risk of stopping your heart. I weighed this up on a couple of occasions and chose the chance of death over the CH pain and took once or twice upto 4 in 24 hours!!Here's some links:
Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_headache
Organisation for the Understanding of Cluster Headache (UK based):
http://www.ouchuk.org
US Cluster headache site:
http://www.clusterheadaches.com
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