sketchucation logo sketchucation
    • Login
    ℹ️ Licensed Extensions | FredoBatch, ElevationProfile, FredoSketch, LayOps, MatSim and Pic2Shape will require license from Sept 1st More Info

    3D Blueprint Style Experiment

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved SketchUp Components, Materials & Styles
    sketchup
    25 Posts 10 Posters 2.7k Views 10 Watching
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • cottyC Offline
      cotty
      last edited by

      Both are great! By the way, I love your trees, I have traced one of them some times ago, but have no model where I need a tree πŸ˜‰

      my SketchUp gallery

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • Dave RD Offline
        Dave R
        last edited by

        Gilles, I see what you mean. πŸ˜‰

        Cotty, thanks. The trees are Boofredlay's. I've had them a long time but I think he posted them here. They are cool, aren't they?

        Etaoin Shrdlu

        %

        (THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE)

        G28 X0.0 Y0.0 Z0.0

        M30

        %

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • urgenU Offline
          urgen
          last edited by

          ....interesting style.Thanks Dave for idea. πŸ‘

          --pupil forever...------

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • jeff hammondJ Offline
            jeff hammond
            last edited by

            @dave r said:

            Of the second, right?

            Thanks.

            right.. the 2nd

            but now i'm messing around with the idea of trying a personal style.. (i really don't know why i've never done this stuff before.. i mean i often use styles for 2D output so...

            i do have a question for you though if you'd be so kind..
            in the sky, you'll see a watermark using a mask which shows up depending on brightness (at least i think that's what it's doing?)

            what i'd like to do is use another watermark which will only show up on the textures or faces of the model? do you know of any way to do that?

            DefaultModel.jpg

            [Edit-- something like this (which i faked)]

            DefaultModel2.jpg

            which used this as the hypothetical texture-affecting-only watermark..

            black1926_small.jpg

            [and if you know of a more appropriate thread to discuss this in, let me know and i'll move it over there.. thanks]

            dotdotdot

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • Dave RD Offline
              Dave R
              last edited by

              Jeff, I guess this is as good a place as any to discuss this.

              That's an interesting start.

              Unfortunately there is no way to have a texture image show on just the faces using a watermark. You could do it easily enough in post processing but not directly in SketchUp. You could put in a watermark image as an overlay but of course it'll also show over the background and mask the lines.

              Maybe you should make a feature request for that. I put in a feature request for a face style which is a cross between Hidden Line and Wireframe. I think that would be a great addition if you want to use watermark images. Here's an example:

              Smudged Paper.png
              This is a style I made a long time ago. In order for the marks on the old paper to show where the model would otherwise mask it, I used an overlay image but it must be made somewhat transparent so the model shows. Unfortunately the lines aren't as dark as I'd like.

              Smudge Wireframe.png
              If I use the watermark image in the background and switch to wireframe, the lines are now on top and much nicer. The downside is the it gets too confusing because you see everything.

              Pilot on old paper.png
              My cross between Hidden Line and Wireframe would look like this as a direct export from SketchUp. Of course I made this image from the image used for the watermark and a Hidden Line with no watermark and a white background export. The images were then combined in post.

              Etaoin Shrdlu

              %

              (THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE)

              G28 X0.0 Y0.0 Z0.0

              M30

              %

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • jeff hammondJ Offline
                jeff hammond
                last edited by

                @dave r said:

                Maybe you should make a feature request for that.

                πŸ‘ took your advice earlier and did just that..
                forgot to report back bcause i got caught up in another long winding/winded discussion πŸ˜‰

                @unknownuser said:

                I put in a feature request for a face style which is a cross between Hidden Line and Wireframe. I think that would be a great addition if you want to use watermark images. Here's an example:

                ah.. yeah.. i see the possibilities..
                dunno, this (styles) seems an area where the devs could open up the governor a little bit.. loosen their belts..

                i mean, how bad could they potentially screw up sketchup by adding 10 new things at once to the styles dialogs.. not bad at all..

                but they need (ok.. i don't actually know what they need πŸ˜„ ) to have a little experimental/loose zone where they can be more playful with the developing process.. and this seems like a good place to do it..

                dotdotdot

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • Dave RD Offline
                  Dave R
                  last edited by

                  More experimentation. Different line style, subtle changes to the blue color and the overlay. Probably better exported large and resized smaller.


                  Blueprint_13.png


                  Blueprint_13 3D.png

                  Etaoin Shrdlu

                  %

                  (THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE)

                  G28 X0.0 Y0.0 Z0.0

                  M30

                  %

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • MatteM Offline
                    Matte
                    last edited by

                    Both original images look great! the top for more 3D feel and the lower for more of a 2D feel. Great Work!
                    Matte

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • daleD Offline
                      dale
                      last edited by

                      I can smell the ammonia πŸ˜„ πŸ‘

                      Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • D Offline
                        designforgood
                        last edited by

                        @dale said:

                        I can smell the ammonia πŸ˜„ πŸ‘

                        Oh yeah, I could too. I almost saw someone pass out once, changing out a bottle.

                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • daforumD Offline
                          daforum
                          last edited by

                          @dave r said:

                          Gilles, I see what you mean. πŸ˜‰

                          Cotty, thanks. The trees are Boofredlay's. I've had them a long time but I think he posted them here. They are cool, aren't they?

                          Hi Dave R,

                          I love your Blueprint style, both really good (top one 3d, 2nd one 2d) πŸ˜„
                          Are Boofredlays trees still available to download?

                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • Dave RD Offline
                            Dave R
                            last edited by

                            Thanks.

                            Did you try a search? It worked for me.

                            Etaoin Shrdlu

                            %

                            (THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE)

                            G28 X0.0 Y0.0 Z0.0

                            M30

                            %

                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • daforumD Offline
                              daforum
                              last edited by

                              Thanks for the link πŸ˜„
                              Unfortunately the link goes to a "GONE" webpage, so not there anymore 😞

                              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • Dave RD Offline
                                Dave R
                                last edited by

                                Sorry. I didn't try the link. Maybe Eric will repost them.

                                Etaoin Shrdlu

                                %

                                (THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE)

                                G28 X0.0 Y0.0 Z0.0

                                M30

                                %

                                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • daforumD Offline
                                  daforum
                                  last edited by

                                  No worries Dave, thanks anyway. I've contacted Eric to see if he can re-post.

                                  Will your Blueprint style be available to download?

                                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • Dave RD Offline
                                    Dave R
                                    last edited by

                                    I'm not sure. At this point there's very little of it that works as a real style in SketchUp. To make the two images you liked I had to do some post processing. The texture over the image is overlaid in an image editor. Putting the image in as a watermark masks the lines and it doesn't look very good. I showed some other examples of that problem on the first page.

                                    Etaoin Shrdlu

                                    %

                                    (THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE)

                                    G28 X0.0 Y0.0 Z0.0

                                    M30

                                    %

                                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • KrisidiousK Offline
                                      Krisidious
                                      last edited by

                                      I used to run blue lines when I was a kid... We had a blue print machine in the spare bedroom. Then one of my first jobs was at A&B Blue Print. The good ole days.

                                      By: Kristoff Rand
                                      Home DesignerUnique House Plans

                                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • 1
                                      • 2
                                      • 1 / 2
                                      • First post
                                        Last post
                                      Buy SketchPlus
                                      Buy SUbD
                                      Buy WrapR
                                      Buy eBook
                                      Buy Modelur
                                      Buy Vertex Tools
                                      Buy SketchCuisine
                                      Buy FormFonts

                                      Advertisement