Real world model entirely modelled in Sketchup

cotty

WOW! Impressive video. How long did you work on this? Did you lasercut the parts?

orgelf

excellent work !

nice use of the snowflake

pieterv

Thanks!

@ Pbacot: I'll add some more 'behind the scenes' materials. I think you have a good point: I could have stuck with the dramatic (North-Korean) opening music, but it was not so easy to find a piece of classical music that would fit because of the high tempo of the footage. My knowledge on different genres of music is not so great, so if anyone has a suggestion, it's always welcome!

@ Cotty: I worked on the project (from the first sketches to the final result) for about a year (mostly in the weekends). Yes, it is lasercut.

@ Orgelf: Thanks!

Here is a video where you see how I cut angled corners onto the different pieces. (Do not try this at home actualy. I am not following the safety instructions closely). You can find more pictures on my blog ( http://pietervermeersch.blogspot.be ) but I'll also add some pictures here:

About 1845 parts in total.

Sketchup construction drawings:

First sketches

d12dozr

Crazy cool! I think it deserves a place in the Sketchup Showcase: http://showcase.sketchup.com/ Have you thought about submitting it there?

pbacot

...yes and "most impressive sketchup modelling" thread!

pieterv

Thanks!

@d12dozr: Thanks for the tip! Maybe I'll just do that!

pilou

Constructivism revival!

pieterv

Here is another project where I have used Sketchup to make the illustration and the construction. You can find more photos here: http://pietervermeersch.blogspot.be/2010/09/nieuwe-fotos-project-m2.html

notareal

@pieterv said:

Here is a video where you see how I cut angled corners onto the different pieces. (Do not try this at home actualy. I am not following the safety instructions closely).

Quite job... I was thinking that this must be done with laser cutting

pieterv

Hey Notareal,

All the peices are done with lasercutting, but I have done the angled corners with the saw.

Tobobo

That is very nice work.

Did you use layout to arrange the pieces for the laser cutter?

pieterv

Hey Tobobo,

Thanks, I have used illustrator to arrange the pieces.

Tobobo

@pieterv said:

Hey Tobobo,

Thanks, I have used illustrator to arrange the pieces.

When I did my MA, I used Illustrator to do the same thing but then had to eps it. As the driver only worked through Corel Draw.

Krisidious

That is AWESOME Pieterv...

boofredlay

Great work.

cadmunkey

Insanely brilliant!! Wow.

tomasz

Great patience and excellent result! I admire your passion for the design & construction.

pieterv

@ Boofredlay:
@ cadmunkey:
@ Tomasz:

Thanks a lot!