How do I model skate parks - bowls - pools?
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hey dudes, I'm a new user of sketchUP program, and I am using it to model my work, i am a skate park builter. So I am having lots of troubles to do some part of the parks..
I have to model banks ,bowls, pools, with different radius and diferent levels
i will put some images as examples, cause I really dont know what to use to get the expected result
Can anyone of you guys please help me with some light?
see the attacheds
does anybody knows an easy way to get this transitions of radius and levels like smooth surfaces? i really dont know how to make it manually
thanks so much for yours attention
Peace!
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I think CurviLoft will be a useful tool for this: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=28586
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ummmm...
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I swear I responded to this earlier. anyway.
You'll want to turn on sandbox tools and try them out.
curviloft as Thom said. and perhaps Artisan.
there's also this. http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=19457&start=45#p195465
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curviloft and/or extrude edges by rails. no artisan. a good pool need accuracy.
you make me want to go out and ride those pools instead of being in front of a pc
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@unknownuser said:
Try the research forum with Jeff Hammond
It's a master of this sort of sport modeling!
Look his videos
[flash=560,315:3i9um8wx]http://www.youtube.com/v/N4Z89k3n7Xc[/flash:3i9um8wx]
By Jeff Hammond
do you know the plugins he is using to model this tutorial?
looks so easy oO -
With Bezier Spline and CurviLoft
All by Fredo 6
you can make every thing!
he uses them intensivelyPS And natural tools of Sketchup of course
You have alos Skin and Bubbles & Ferrari but Curviloft is the best for this sport!
Jeff in action
[flash=560,315:2d1a17v4]http://www.youtube.com/v/4Jgj30l29DE[/flash:2d1a17v4]
[flash=560,315:2d1a17v4]http://www.youtube.com/v/59Hwkvi0XUc[/flash:2d1a17v4]
[flash=560,315:2d1a17v4]http://www.youtube.com/v/k4xqXl57888[/flash:2d1a17v4] -
Try the research forum with Jeff Hammond
It's a Master of this sort of sport modeling!Look his videos
[flash=560,315:1nf0oo3d]http://www.youtube.com/v/N4Z89k3n7Xc[/flash:1nf0oo3d]
By Jeff Hammond
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@unknownuser said:
With Bezier Spline and CurviLoft
All by Fredo 6
you can make every thing!
he uses them intensivelyPS And natural tools of Sketchup of course
You have alos Skin and Bubbles & Ferrari but Curviloft is the best for this sport!Jeff in action
[flash=560,315:5bl568qy]http://www.youtube.com/v/4Jgj30l29DE[/flash:5bl568qy]
[flash=560,315:5bl568qy]http://www.youtube.com/v/59Hwkvi0XUc[/flash:5bl568qy]
[flash=560,315:5bl568qy]http://www.youtube.com/v/k4xqXl57888[/flash:5bl568qy]cant do it yet =(
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where i can find the "wave tool" he says in the tutorial video? i dont have or i cant find it here =(
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At what minute, seconds of what video ?
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@anrk_sk8er said:
where i can find the "wave tool" he says in the tutorial video? i dont have or i cant find it here =(
lathe tool?
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@pbacot said:
@anrk_sk8er said:
where i can find the "wave tool" he says in the tutorial video? i dont have or i cant find it here =(
lathe tool?
i think so... lol my english is not so good
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@pbacot said:
@anrk_sk8er said:
where i can find the "wave tool" he says in the tutorial video? i dont have or i cant find it here =(
lathe tool?
by the way, how he can draw the arc by clicing the 3 points of the two segments?
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Peter, it's great that you want to use SketchUp to design skate parks but make sure you aren't trying to run before you've learned to walk. Learn the basics of SketchUp before you get too tangled up in all these plugins. You need those basic skills.
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Else By Jeff Hammond him self
@unknownuser said:
link to TIG's Extrude Edges suite which includes the lathe tool used in the video:
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@dave r said:
Peter, it's great that you want to use SketchUp to design skate parks but make sure you aren't trying to run before you've learned to walk. Learn the basics of SketchUp before you get too tangled up in all these plugins. You need those basic skills.
I think i Know the basics... i did good projects on sketch, but i am not understanding these plugins..
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now it is working, i understood the curviloft and extrusion by lathe ... but i really dont know and that would be very very usefull to model my projects, how did the guy made that semi-circle by clicing 3 times in the end points of the 2 segments? is that a plugin or a simple command of sketchup?
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Ah I understand!
(but when you speak about something inside a video, please give Minutes, second ! It's Arcs tool by Didier Bur
2 methods for draw an arc-circle
By 3 points
or
by Center and 2 points
Dialog box "Precision" will be the number of segments of the arcs!Plug will be in Menu Draw!
He use the Center and 2 points because he draw first 2 edges perpendicular equal
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These are some involved plugins. I'm with you there. I think you may find some help in the curviloft thread itself. Some of these deserve at least a weekend class if not a book.
If you have a specific question like that, Peter. Link to the exact video and give the minute it occurs.
For example could the technique you saw be like in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2pgjs3ao9U&feature=plcp
at 1:20 min.?
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