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    • J Offline
      johnwmcc
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      Stair assemblyDetail view of part of the stair assembly, from the rear

      In the course of designing a stage set which makes extensive use of scaffolding, I have modelled a range of scaffolding fittings in Sketchup which may be of use to others.

      The play, Wuthering Heights, is to be performed at our amateur Abbey Theatre, St Albans, in November 2013 (see http://www.abbeytheatre.org.uk).

      To reduce the polycount in the main assembly models, the fittings are drawn somewhat simplified, and with only eight segments representing a circle. I use a slightly adapted version of TIG's plugin PipeAlongPath.rb to draw scaffold poles, also using eight segment circles for their cross section. In use, I place a line for the centreline of a pole, add a fitting or fittings, aligned on a centreline in the fitting, then create the pole as a 1.9 inch diameter cylinder. I assign a keyboard shortcut (I use Ctrl+Shift+A which can be 'typed' with one hand) to run the PipeAlongPath plugin on the selected line.

      Another line can be extended from the centreline in the other part of the fitting, and again converted to a cylinder using PipeAlongPath.

      I attach a zip file of Sketchup drawings of individual fittings, and an assembly drawing (Stair assy.skp) of part of the set, which illustrates the use of many of them. I also attach the modified PipeAlongPath plugin. It has been adapted to draw cylinders with an outside diameter of 1.9 inches by default, eight segments per circle. It makes a component of the resulting scaffold pole, and offers a prompt to name it after drawing it.

      I have found it useful to use the Xref Manager plugin to include the scaffold fittings, so that if any are modified, the assembly drawing can be easily updated.

      If a higher resolution/high polycount rendering were to be needed, the fittings could be redrawn with more segments per circle, but I haven't myself found a need for that.

      I hope these may be of some use to others.

      If anyone is interested, I may try (as a complete novice at it) to make a video of the process of drawing a scaffolding assembly, and add it to this post.

      John McC


      Zipped file containing Sketchup drawings of scaffolding fittings.


      Example of fittings in use


      Adapted PipeAlongPath plugin to draw scaffold poles on a line.

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      • J Offline
        jpalm32
        last edited by

        Nice work. Thanks for sharing

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          jpalm32
          last edited by

          Anyway to get these in V8?

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          • ely862meE Offline
            ely862me
            last edited by

            Here you go !


            Stair assy.skp

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            • dcauldwellD Offline
              dcauldwell
              last edited by

              Neat work. Thanks for sharing - I'll store it away in case I need it.
              (can't get to St Albans though, good luck with the production.

              Sketchup 2017
              (vray 2.00)

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                jpalm32
                last edited by

                Thank you!

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                  johnwmcc
                  last edited by

                  In response to jpalm32

                  If you find you need any fittings that are in the Zip file, but not in the assembly drawing that ely862me has so quickly uploaded, let me know. I can save them as v8, and re-zip the file, but it will take a day or two before I am free to do it.

                  John McC

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                    johnwmcc
                    last edited by

                    I attach a single drawing containing all the fittings I have drawn, saved as SU v8.

                    John McC


                    Contains one example of each fitting, saved as v8

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                      dtrarch
                      last edited by

                      Hi John
                      Thank you for the super fitting library. πŸ‘ πŸ‘
                      Much used for even permanent interior work

                      dtr

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                        gbing
                        last edited by

                        Thank you for sharing!
                        Regards

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