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    Rich O Brien Moderator
    last edited by 10 Apr 2015, 09:49

    attached is a zipped .blend file. you can see in the animated .gif below the setting to change to affect the height...

    landscape.gif

    ...when happy click the apply button on all 3 modifiers to make the actual mesh and export to .dae

    landscape.zip

    this will tax your system less than SketchUp will and give you more control.

    Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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      pilou
      last edited by 10 Apr 2015, 09:52

      Appetizing birthday cake! πŸ˜„

      Frenchy Pilou
      Is beautiful that please without concept!
      My Little site :)

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        Rich O Brien Moderator
        last edited by 10 Apr 2015, 12:00

        [edg3d:3t8cla6v]SoFlZ8yn4gXn6nB[/edg3d:3t8cla6v]

        polycrunching the mesh can get it as low as <3mb...

        landscape.zip

        ...an interesting challenge for sure. thanks for sharing it!

        looking forward to final output.

        Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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          hellnbak
          last edited by 12 Apr 2015, 23:29

          My computer could handle it, but I couldn't. Most of what you guys are talking about is WAY over my head πŸ˜’

          "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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            Lersince1991
            last edited by 30 Apr 2015, 17:14

            Completed! πŸ‘

            Took 60 hours on the CNC milling bed using a 6mm drill bit, I wanted smaller but it was unrealistic.
            from 36mm Birch plywood (2x 18mm 4' x 4').

            Next stages for it are to fill in areas of water with resin, not decided on the colour or to leave it clear yet though!
            And 3D printed buildings will be set on top of that.

            I will also use the digital model for some renders.

            IMG_3602.jpg
            IMG_3603.jpg
            IMG_3604.jpg

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              ely862me
              last edited by 30 Apr 2015, 18:53

              Nice ! πŸ‘
              60 hours , woah, is it worthy ? Power consumption wise ?
              I hope to finish my CNC setup soon and I will be looking forward for some tips and tricks about sketchup and cnc.

              Elisei (sketchupper)


              Before no life was done on Earth it was THE LIFE ITSELF...GOD
              Come and See EliseiDesign

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                Lersince1991
                last edited by 2 Jun 2015, 18:39

                Hi, Just a follow up.

                I've attached a photo of the final model including 3d printed parts and 5kg of tinted black resin for the water and a welded steel stand consisting of 18 unsupported legs.

                If your interested you can see the rest of the project which is now on my website, all modelled in sketchup and rendered manually in photoshop. - I still have a lot of images to add but you can scroll down to view whats there at the minute.

                http://www.lukeriggall.co.uk/architecture/the-arc-centre

                The final master model stats were around 25 million edges, 10 million faces within 400k components, performance was manageable (on 2015) by using layers.

                28f.jpg

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                  Krisidious
                  last edited by 3 Jun 2015, 05:38

                  Nice work guys... Nice method Rich. An interesting project. I saw one online that used plywood sheets and created a large and rolling topographical map and was then filled with glass and in the end it made a beautiful body of water cut from earth.

                  Only a few thousand...

                  :DUFFY

                  favicon

                  :DUFFY (duffylondon.com)

                  http://duffylondon.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Abyss-Table_03b_web-800x800.jpg

                  And here's another I liked. More simple and natural... As well as feasible.

                  http://netdna.coolthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/greg-klassen-river-collection-tables-1.jpg

                  By: Kristoff Rand
                  Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                    hellnbak
                    last edited by 3 Jun 2015, 08:37

                    @krisidious said:

                    Nice work guys... Nice method Rich. An interesting project. I saw one online that used plywood sheets and created a large and rolling topographical map and was then filled with glass and in the end it made a beautiful body of water cut from earth.

                    Only a few thousand...

                    :DUFFY

                    favicon

                    :DUFFY (duffylondon.com)

                    http://duffylondon.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Abyss-Table_03b_web-800x800.jpg

                    Wow, I really like the looks of that Abyss table, absolutely mesmerizing. Don't know why they are limiting it to just 25 copies after working on the design for a year. Unless they are being realistic about how many they will sell at that price! And you would think they would be a tad more specific about the type of wood used, instead of just saying "high-quality wood". And they give the dimensions, but not the weight. All that wood and glass gotta weigh quite a bit (unless their idea of high-quality wood is balsa πŸ˜† )
                    I would definitely cover it with bulletproof glass or something unbreakable, can't imagine what it would cost to replace one of those custom glass layers.
                    Abyss table.png
                    Definitely gonna get one or two of them, just as soon as I buy a lottery ticket (and win)

                    "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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                      Krisidious
                      last edited by 3 Jun 2015, 09:08

                      I did a design for one after seeing it and estimated it to be about 6k in cost of materials I think. I'd have to go find it to be sure. And I considered the same thing. VERY heavy. I bid mine using 4x8 sheets though. And if someone was smart enough to design wisely and to use a CNC to optimize the cutting, you might be able to trim some cost in reusing scraps.

                      By: Kristoff Rand
                      Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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