Water

SketchUpNoobie · 5 Nov 2010, 11:21

Hmmmm. Would it work for a fountain though?

Here's a picture of the fountain I am trying to model. It's pretty smooth water which, I would assume, would make it easier to model than say, a waterfall.

mitcorb · 5 Nov 2010, 11:41

To get a photoreal effect, you will have to use an external renderer.
Drape Cpoints probably can work for the model.

numbthumb · 5 Nov 2010, 11:44

EarthMover was very kind to create a tutorial on how to make a waterfall here:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=21801
On the bottom of the post you´ll find the link for Points_Cloud_Triangulation.rb

SketchUpNoobie · 5 Nov 2010, 11:47

Ya I saw that. Thanks. I'll take a look at it.

EarthMover · 5 Nov 2010, 14:23

I would just use a curved plane for the sheer decent and a texture. I've got a texture somewhere that would be perfect. I'll post it later when I have more time.

SketchUpNoobie · 5 Nov 2010, 14:37

Thanks Adam. I tried drape Cpoints and triangulate point plugins but failed. =P I guess all I need is a curved plane. I'll be out of town but I'll try it when I get back. Also, a nice texture would be awesome.

EarthMover · 6 Nov 2010, 15:47

Here is one of my firepit components that I modified to add the water bowls. Textured .skp found here - http://www.box.net/shared/qusijnpht1 It's fairly high poly. I used TIG's Extrude Edges by Lathe and Bezier line tool to make the bowls and water. I used Whaat's UV Tools set to spherical for the texture on the water. I couldn't get the bowls to map right without crashing.

Enjoy!

SketchUpNoobie · 6 Nov 2010, 22:25

Sorry, where is the texture again? I think I missed it. =P Nice model by the way. Also, do you have any good fire face me components? Did you make the fire in that model?

EarthMover · 6 Nov 2010, 22:48

If you download the .skp file of the model through the box.net link, the fire faceme component is in there and also the material for the waterfall. In the render I would've had a more realistic look to use just water shader for the sheer decent, without the .png waterfall image, but if you are not rendering, then at least the texture gives the impression of falling water. Did you understand how I made the geometry for the water? I can do a quick video if you are still unclear.

SketchUpNoobie · 6 Nov 2010, 23:03

No I don't. I know how to make that shape I just don't know exactly how you made it textured.