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    • GaieusG Offline
      Gaieus
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      To elaborate Dave's advice; you can only position a texture/material on a single face. "Not single faces" are (and the "Texture item thus doesn't even appear in the context menu):
      [list:32expikr][:32expikr]groups/components - like in your case. Dave explained how to solve this.[/β“‚32expikr]
      [*:32expikr]curved/smoothed surfaces - let them be "really" curved or even just coplanar with a softened, dividing edge (in fact, these edges should be deleted instead of being dealt with like below). With curved/smoothed surfaces however you can do the following

      • Go to View > Hidden geometry; this will reveal the "facets" building up a curved surface
      • these facets can be manipulated like single faces - i.e. in this case you can position a texture on one
      • Now select the Paint bucket tool and pres the Alt key > the tool will turn into an eyedropper/sampler tool
      • sample the positioned material on the above "one" face
      • Turn off hidden geometry (again; uncheck it in the View menu)
      • Paint the whole, curved/smoothed surface with the positioned > sampled material.[/listβ­•32expikr]Sounds to be a lot more complicated and longer than doing it with a little routine...

      Gai...

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        brandy20
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        Good shot Gaeius! πŸ‘ I normally use the projection mode to texture curved surfaces and I'm going to try your method.

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        • GaieusG Offline
          Gaieus
          last edited by

          Projection is fast and handy but when the curve goes round too much, it is distorted on the sides. Or actually it is always distorted just in these cases it is too apparent.
          With positioning however, though it may look "nicer", it is a bit tiresome.

          Gai...

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            brandy20
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            Actually I noticed that in a curved leg I made

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            • Dave RD Offline
              Dave R
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              Nice bed Keith.

              Funny thing, though. The table looks like the bed. πŸ˜‰

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                ktkoh
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                Here are 2 new models that may meet the requirements for the collection. One is extra long twin bed made as a captians bed with drawers below the bed. The other is a twin pedestal dining room table.

                Keith

                http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=f21822974c8c492085c5f690e9252fc5
                http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=615b800fb332525385c5f690e9252fc5

                Edited link to Table

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                  ericschimel
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                  I just posted this model in another thread, but I think its appropriate here.... Its a dynamic, reconfigurable door. I use it all the time for my woodworking plans...

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                  -Eric
                  http://plugin.sketchthis.net
                  Sketchup Kitchen Design Plugin
                  Custom Models

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                    mics_54
                    last edited by

                    Thanks Eric

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                      CactusMatt
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                      This is the Heirloom Hope Chest orginally publised by Wood Magazine in Issue 142 (june/July 2002). I built this chest as a Christmas present to my wife in 2008.

                      From the original plans from Wood:

                      http://www.the-fam.us/images/Blanket chest from Wood Magazine.jpg

                      From my model:

                      http://www.the-fam.us/images/bct.jpg

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                        mics_54
                        last edited by

                        Excellent!

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                          ericschimel
                          last edited by

                          Nice model! I really like it.

                          Did you use LayOut, or the CutList plugin to figure out how to build it?

                          -Eric
                          http://plugin.sketchthis.net
                          Sketchup Kitchen Design Plugin
                          Custom Models

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                            CactusMatt
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                            @gaieus said:

                            To elaborate Dave's advice; you can only position a texture/material on a single face. "Not single faces" are (and the "Texture item thus doesn't even appear in the context menu):
                            [list:3i32cga8][:3i32cga8]groups/components - like in your case. Dave explained how to solve this.[/β“‚3i32cga8]
                            [*:3i32cga8]curved/smoothed surfaces - let them be "really" curved or even just coplanar with a softened, dividing edge (in fact, these edges should be deleted instead of being dealt with like below). With curved/smoothed surfaces however you can do the following

                            • Go to View > Hidden geometry; this will reveal the "facets" building up a curved surface
                            • these facets can be manipulated like single faces - i.e. in this case you can position a texture on one
                            • Now select the Paint bucket tool and pres the Alt key > the tool will turn into an eyedropper/sampler tool
                            • sample the positioned material on the above "one" face
                            • Turn off hidden geometry (again; uncheck it in the View menu)
                            • Paint the whole, curved/smoothed surface with the positioned > sampled material.[/listβ­•3i32cga8]Sounds to be a lot more complicated and longer than doing it with a little routine...

                            Thanks for this Gaieus!
                            I cannot tell you the frustration I've had when trying to tweak some textures on certain surfaces that 'appeared' flat. The "Texture" part of the right-click menu just did not show up (as in the post above). All of these problem-surfaces (it turns out) had some kind of rounded edge-treatment applied (using follow-me). Using your advice, I was able to go back into several of my models and turn-on hidden geometry. Voila! -- I was able to isolate my flat-surfaces ad scale my textures the way I wanted.

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                              Laxian Key
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                              My first complex model in SketchUp. This is my interpretation of Christian Becksvoort's Shaker Collector Cabinet.

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                                Laxian Key
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                                I'm new to SketchUp and there is still a lot I have to learn. I had already finished the knobs before I saw Tim Killen's video about Shaker Knobs on another blog.

                                I had seen this cabinet in a couple of different publications and I wanted to get the proportions and approximate measurements in case my woodworking skills take a quantum leap...

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                                  Dave R
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                                  Interesting cabinet. It's a pretty big file for such a small cabinet. I purged unused stuff and got rid of 26 unused components and 4 unused materials. If you'd apply the materials to the faces instead of the components, you could eliminate one each of the Cherry and Maple materials. And why are the knobs buried in 17 component levels? The knobs are rather high poly for no larger than they are.

                                  Why are there two copies of the right side panel in the same space? And why do you have a single group inside a component? There's a lot of unneeded nesting going on throughout. This makes it difficult to work with the model. I found three drawer sides in one component. So if you want to open one of those drawers, all three of those sides move out at the same time.
                                  Cab.jpg

                                  I'm not trying to be critical but I think your modeling could be a lot easier. It all looks like you're working pretty hard and you should need to do that.

                                  By the way, where did you find this piece? I'm working on larger a Becksvoort Shaker piece right now. I've already done his little Classic Shaker table with two leg options and a chest of drawers

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                                    Dave R
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                                    The SketchUp stuff and the woodworking will come.

                                    Are you going to build this piece? Hand cut all those dovetails? That'll make your woodworking skills take that leap. After this piece you'll be able to cut those dovetails with your eyes closed. πŸ˜„

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                                      davidheim1
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                                      Here's a small Arts & Crafts table I designed recently. It features legs with a subtle curve on their outside edges and through-tenons to hold the stretchers to the legs. The stretchers join with a half-lap joint.
                                      If this model passes muster, I'll share others.
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                                        Dave R
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                                        Nice little table, David. Are you building it after the BombΓ© chest? πŸ˜„

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                                          davidheim1
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                                          No, Dave, the little table comes first. It's something I'm actually capable of building. The bombe chest is another story. That one's going to exist strictly in SketchUp for a very long time.
                                          I'll try to add the file for the current model. I just refined the feet to model the ball-and-claw detail more completely.


                                          bombe chest for forum.skp

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                                          • Dave RD Offline
                                            Dave R
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                                            Those ball-and-claw feet look better. They are a bit of a challenge to do. It's something I want to do a blog post on when I have time to work out a good method that I can do and describe.

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