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    • C Offline
      ccs1987
      last edited by

      Good morning everyone,
      http://www.designboom.com/cms/images/ridcue/helpme01.jpg

      i was wondering about the facade that i am going to build according to this picture.I want to get similar facade skin that is in the picture. How should i do it ? I was thinking of making out a a curvy vertical skin along the 4 side of the building, then i will use plugin that i can draw lines on curvy face and then take away the intersected holes between the lines. After that extrude it.

      I have artisan installed too.
      or should use http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=217663#p217663 extrude edges plugin?

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      • DareDevilD Offline
        DareDevil
        last edited by

        Hello,
        This facade is flat with curvy lines... My way to produce this kind of net will use Illustrator before SU.
        In Illustrator, make a regular weaving and distort it. Export it in DXF or DWG and import in SU. Then just extrude it.
        Illustrator.jpg
        SketchUp.jpg

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        • pilouP Offline
          pilou
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          Illustrator if you have some money ๐Ÿ’š
          Seems Inskcape for that can make the same for free ๐Ÿ˜‰

          And if you want the best ergonomy in 2D take Moment of Inspiration! โ˜€
          The demo infinite (without save) is sufficient here
          Make a snapshot of the screen as PNG with transparence! ๐Ÿ˜‰
          And use the tricky plugin of TIG Trimer image for pushpull the image! ๐Ÿ˜‰

          Frenchy Pilou
          Is beautiful that please without concept!
          My Little site :)

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          • brookefoxB Offline
            brookefox
            last edited by

            Not going the image way, how to do this (in a way appropriate to this thread, that is)? How to distort a grid of faces and edges, before or after extrusion?


            faced grid.skp


            faced grid-1.JPG

            ~ Brooke

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            • pilouP Offline
              pilou
              last edited by

              Look the gride, it's a funny optic effect!
              See at each intersection : a point appears and disapears successivelly! โ˜€

              Frenchy Pilou
              Is beautiful that please without concept!
              My Little site :)

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              • brookefoxB Offline
                brookefox
                last edited by

                @brookefox said:

                Not going the image way, how to do this (in a way appropriate to this thread, that is)? How to distort a grid of faces and edges, before or after extrusion?

                Lay a smaller grid on it, intersect and warp with what tool?

                ~ Brooke

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                • pbacotP Offline
                  pbacot
                  last edited by

                  You have to "do the warp" in illustrator or another application. IDK if there's a feasible way in SU.

                  Actually I ran a test with a Gimp png image and TIG's Image trimmer. Not sure if it can be made smooth enough (either by the plugin's simplification or more detailed import). Perhaps multiple images must be imported and trimmed. If this is a ramen bar, mine looked like crispy noodles.

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                  • DareDevilD Offline
                    DareDevil
                    last edited by

                    @brookefox said:

                    Not going the image way, how to do this (in a way appropriate to this thread, that is)? How to distort a grid of faces and edges, before or after extrusion?

                    You can use SketchyFFD (Free Form Deformation). I tried it first for this question, but it's too much for my computer... The Illustrator way is very very lighter !

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                    • pbacotP Offline
                      pbacot
                      last edited by

                      I think it is more appropriate to draw the mesh and not necessarily warp it. It doesn't need to be processed by the computer. The artist can draw the shapes required. It would be better in a freehand application, rather than SU with its omnipresent inferencing. The only issue I find is you have to do the nasty DXF or DWG import and make all the faces behave. I drew it in my CAD, created polygons of all the holes and imported that. I think the OP implies the lattice-like facade is also deformed perpendicular to the building perimeter. IDK.

                      I attempted with bezier curves and Lattice Maker and did not succeed. LM placed the offsets every which way and never completed. So if you do it all natively in SU how would you make the offsets?

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                      • pbacotP Offline
                        pbacot
                        last edited by

                        ๐Ÿ‘ A tool I've never used ๐Ÿ˜ณ Looks great! ๐Ÿ‘

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                        • pilouP Offline
                          pilou
                          last edited by

                          Bezier Curves By Fredo6

                          Use the Didier Bur Projection Tools
                          The last tool permits to make a sort of "Flat Offset" with Vector direction

                          Make 2 CleanUP for the Intersections ๐Ÿค“

                          Projection.jpg

                          If you want some crazzy no orthogonal sections use successivelly "Projection" with Vector direction
                          and draw the last segment on the first! โ˜€

                          Frenchy Pilou
                          Is beautiful that please without concept!
                          My Little site :)

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                          • pilouP Offline
                            pilou
                            last edited by

                            Another possibilities ๐Ÿ˜„

                            Lattice-izer by Tig

                            http://forums.sketchucation.com/download/file.php?id=28261&t=1

                            http://forums.sketchucation.com/download/file.php?id=28262&mode=view

                            "City Steet generator" by Thomthom

                            http://forums.sketchucation.com/download/file.php?id=42058&t=1

                            http://forums.sketchucation.com/download/file.php?id=42039

                            Frenchy Pilou
                            Is beautiful that please without concept!
                            My Little site :)

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                            • pilouP Offline
                              pilou
                              last edited by

                              You have also Doubleline again by Didier Bur โ˜€
                              Advantage extremities are perpendicular with the last segment! ๐Ÿค“

                              Clean Up by Thomthom

                              doubleline1.jpg
                              doubleline2.jpg

                              Frenchy Pilou
                              Is beautiful that please without concept!
                              My Little site :)

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                              • brookefoxB Offline
                                brookefox
                                last edited by

                                Looking good to me. Very nice, Pilou. I'm going to take the opportunity to encourage someone to get in touch with Sketchy FFD, as per daredevil's rec... It seemingly would allow manipulation so that the grid remained more faithful to the original, rather than being really a non-grid.

                                Well, I tried it on the simple grid and crashed twice, which is enough for me.

                                ~ Brooke

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                                • C Offline
                                  ccs1987
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi Guys, let's say that when you look at the plan of the building. The wall i wanted to be curvy. from the picture it might seem to be a straight wall just with pattern on the wall

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                                  • pilouP Offline
                                    pilou
                                    last edited by

                                    @unknownuser said:

                                    The wall i wanted to be curvy

                                    You can curve it!
                                    With Shape Bender by Chris Fullmer or Fredo Scale by Fredo6 ๐Ÿ˜‰

                                    Here Shape Bender : Arc can be any curve
                                    The straight line must be parallal to the red Axis!
                                    Wall must be a group or component

                                    shapeB.jpg

                                    and then twisted with Fredo Scale ๐Ÿ˜‰
                                    etc...

                                    twisted.jpg

                                    Frenchy Pilou
                                    Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                    My Little site :)

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                                      ccs1987
                                      last edited by

                                      simply amazing...

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