Designing and creating high quality furniture
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Hi Shanna (and welcome).
Round corner can be found here: http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=20485 (Edit: I see in another topic you have found it already).
There is a sticky post in the Plugins Forum (you can also access it directly from the menu above: Resources > Plugins): our current "Plugin Index".
Artisan is indeed a good plugin but you will definitely need to practice a bit with it - especially to "plan ahead" and start with the right proxies. We also have an "Organic modelling" subforum where you can find lots of good tips for this.
What will also be indispensable however (at least in my opinion) for organic furniture is SketchUV - in order to easily and quickly texture those irregular shapes.
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It is difficult to answer this question in general. If you have a specific problem and ask the forum, you will get many answers with solutions and plugin suggestions within minutes...
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Welcome Shanna
I agree that Dave R is the go to guy for woodworking and furniture.
He has a great bog, really worth the visit, and a huge tool in your arsenal.
It's called Design Click Build and you can visit it here: http://www.finewoodworking.com/blog/design-click-build
A fantastic plugin for you if you are having your designs manufactured is "Cutlist"
which, if you do a little pre-prep in your model will print out a full, and detailed list of parts that you can pass on to your cabinetmaker. Here is a download link https://www.box.com/shared/ce18vpk36l Once again Dave writes about it in depth in several articles, just type cutlist in the "search" box on his site, and they will come up.
And if you want a taste of the kind of help you can get here, have a look at this recent thread. http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=451998#p451998
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Hi Shanna,
I've done a ton of this kind of content over the years. I'd go with everything so far said...Artisan almost indispensable for certain types of content, as was it's predecessor Subdivide and Smooth. Round Corners and Chris Fulmer's Shape Bender are also really helpful. I'd also recommend looking at either (or both) Fredo's or TIG's various lofting and skinning plugins...very useful for handling stuff like this Butterfly Chair, in which the outline might be a little more critical than you can achieve by using Artisan's proxy morphing. Then, having got yourself a single skin, there's Fredo's Joint Push Pull if you need to give it some volume.
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These are all great responses... I will look into all of the suggestions... I just came up for air after finishing up a project that was due today... now, I plan to spend some more time honing my skills so that the next project goes more smoothly. I also found Vertex tools that seems to be great for editing and seems like when combined with artisan and vray makes sketchup competitive with Maya and the other 3d modeling programs...Actually, Sketchup has way more to offer with all the other easy to use plugins like round corners etc... Im so looking forward to taking my sketchup work to the next level and am glad to have a commuity of folks to collaborate with who are also using it!
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Don't miss out Curviloft - a definite favorite! (or did I miss that mention?) I think it took me about a year of discovering, learning & eventually honing down an extended list of plugins to about 20 regularly used ones. And as everyone here will tell you - there's always something new to discover - I still check through the newest posts almost every day.
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@emerald15 said:
Don't miss out Curviloft - a definite favorite! (or did I miss that mention?) I think it took me about a year of discovering, learning & eventually honing down an extended list of plugins to about 20 regularly used ones. And as everyone here will tell you - there's always something new to discover - I still check through the newest posts almost every day.
Thanks for this, as an interior designer which Renderer do you use? I was just looking over Podium and it looks like it has a lot built in materials, plants, furniture, accessories etc.. (but that costs extra). Looks like the materials like the granite, stone, leather, carpet are pretty good and it would be nice not to have to start from scratch when creating each material... also they have a bunch of prebuilt and pre lit light fixtures... I have downloaded the trial version of podium but now it looks like if i want to be able to try the paid content I will have to buy it first... : ( here is a link to the page that talks about paid content... just curious if you have used this or have something similar that you use?
http://www.suplugins.com/su_podium_browser_help.php#purchase
Thanks!
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I will add Soap Skin and bubble to the list of must haves, FYI. I am sure you are all using it already but i just discovered it. I was wondering if Artisan was able to do the same thing? If so how?
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Artisan is more for "Subdivison modeling" than Tensile Structure
So with it make a "Proxy" (very low poly model) and imagine what will be the result subdivided!
Look this fabulous thread of Artisan Examples!
By Cotty with Artisan
About free tensile structure plug try also Ferrari maybe more precise!
Soap Skin Bubble
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcOrlX5wgLE
When you have the surface you can add thickness if necessary with Joint Push Pull
by Fredo6
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Nice, I will check out Ferrari, I have been playing with soap skin and Artisan and love them both! Just trying to figure out what is best for what... but I guess it just takes time and experimentation.
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Yes key is training, training, training and again!
Then you can choose the more fitted tool or plugin to your wished modeling!
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@shannakae said:
as an interior designer which Renderer do you use?
Actually Shannakae, although I have Twilight I actual render very little. My business specifically is design of exhibition stands. As the design & planning process is very fast & fluid, for the most part native SketchUp output is sufficient to get the ideas across.
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@shannakae said:
Hi there, I am new to this forum. I am an interior designer and have been using 3d programs like form z and sketch up for about 12 years now. I have recently decided to commit myself to mastering Sketchup. After spending hours upon hours going through tutorials and trying out the trial versions of Maya and Cinema 4d I finally realized that Sketchup was Sooooooooo much easier to use (for my purposes, interior design). I have been using Sketchup with a renderer for the past 7 to 8 years but had not really committed myself to learning it or exploring all that it had to offer. After trying to learn Maya and 4D Sketchup is like a DREAM! Now I see that there are all these great plugins that allow for fantastic sculpting and realistic modeling (sooo easy to use).
So far here is what I have set up. I have Sketchup pro (so i can create my own custom furniture and options for easy interior design changes and for easy furniture and fixture schedules with pricing etc...) I have V-ray for rendering, and I have installed Artisan (for creating complex organic shapes). I was reading about something called "round corners" that I am about to install... Does anyone have any additional cool plugins or advise for me for creating hight quality furniture and interior design renderings for my interior design business?
Thanks so much I look forward to being a part of this community!
Hello. I am also new to interior design and use SketchUp.
Two months ago, I started work on redecorating my apartment. Independently worked on interior design. The most difficult moment was the decoration of the walls. As a result, I decided to just make the walls in gray-beige tones, purchased wallpaper in https://fancywalls.eu/peel-and-stick-wallpaper-wholesale/ and pasted over the walls with them. I will attach a photo below. Seems to look good
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