Modeling a dog.
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Hi guys,
I urgently need to model Oscar the dog by Hans Bolling. I have 10 days to start and finish it. I have no experience in modeling that type of objects. I have bought Artisan plugin. But don't know how to start.
Do you have any ideas to help? Are there any tutorials about Artisan?
Are there any other usefull plugins I should obtain?
The model should be maximally correct and detailed.
Thanks in advance and sorry for my english.
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If you carefully examine the dog, all wooden parts are lathe turned then cut.
do the same inside SU no plugin needed.
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Oscar looks pretty simple for the most part. It looks like the real thing is made of simple saw cuts. It appears the legs are turned on a lathe and have a simple flat cut where they attach to the body. it appears all four are the same.
Break the model down into component parts as if they were being made in the shop. I'm not going to try to talk you out of using Artisan but I probably wouldn't for this model. Maybe for the ears but for them I would be more inclined to use TIG's Extrude Tools for that.
I don't have access to SketchUp at the moment or I would make you some illustrations.
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For the creation of Artisan proxies you can get some ideas at the Artisan simple examples collection...
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Thanks for your answers. Going to start modelling now, will show my progress. Thanks
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I would not get put off by the shape It is all quite basic geometry and simple machining.
The shape of the leg is basically a 'Squashed' baseball bat, scaled down upon its longest axis. This could be achieved with the "follow me tool" It is basically "Lathe" in other programs. Then a bit of it is removed by putting a box or plane against the "leg" and look at 'intersect faces' to remove the box or plane leaving a flat bit on the lathed leg to fit against the flat side of the body. You are subtracting a plane or box from the lathed leg. I have attached an image of basically how you could do a leg. It is not in proportion though.
Hope this is some help
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