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    • TaffGochT Offline
      TaffGoch
      last edited by

      Of course it looks realistic -- It's a photograph of the actual chair!

      (pbacot, I had to laugh. Sorry.)

      And yes, multiple angles, of unspecified degree.

      -Taff

      "Information is not knowledge." -- Albert Einstein

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      • pbacotP Offline
        pbacot
        last edited by

        I didn't read down far enough. Figured you already knocked it out. Now you really have to make it just as realistic.

        MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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        • cottyC Offline
          cotty
          last edited by

          My approach for this nice chair...

          • one component
          • arc tool
          • scale tool
          • circle tool
          • rotation tool
          • mirror plugin

          rising-chair.jpg

          The rotational part was done with some helping circles like this...

          risingchairrotate2.gif

          (After it was finished, I've realized that another rotation point in the center of the boards would have been better...)


          rising_chair_cotty.zip

          my SketchUp gallery

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          • HornOxxH Offline
            HornOxx
            last edited by

            Taff, that´s a great task!
            I also thought at first, that´s a rendering :- ))

            Cotty - your presentation is overwhelming! 👍

            never trust a skinny cook

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            • alvisA Offline
              alvis
              last edited by

              @hornoxx said:

              Cotty - your presentation is overwhelming! 👍

              I agree completely!

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              • cottyC Offline
                cotty
                last edited by

                Thank you. I've thought about a SketchyPhsics solution which allows the animation of the movement, but I haven't enough time for this...

                I would love to see other (faster?) attempts here too!

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                • BoxB Offline
                  Box
                  last edited by

                  Couldn't agree with you more Cotty on the Sketchy Physics idea, hit me as soon as I looked at it. If I can get off this phone and Win8 tablet back to an old laptop that still has 2014 I'll knock one up. I can already picture a flat wall of slats falling into a chair position.

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                  • D Offline
                    driven
                    last edited by

                    I like the concept and will make a model when I get a moment [or many...]

                    in the meanwhile I did a Visualizer run on Cotty's version...

                    came out nice so thought I'd post it...
                    yes it a quick render of cotty's chair...
                    john

                    learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                    • cottyC Offline
                      cotty
                      last edited by

                      Nice, John!

                      A version with texture (same for all component copies, a little bit repetitive 😉 )...

                      rising_chair_cotty_render.jpg

                      my SketchUp gallery

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                      • TaffGochT Offline
                        TaffGoch
                        last edited by

                        @cotty said:

                        My approach for this nice chair...

                        • one component
                        • arc tool
                        • scale tool
                        • circle tool
                        • rotation tool
                        • mirror plugin

                        Commendations, cotty!  Your method is precisely the approach that I took. (Nice, concise presentation, by the way.)

                        For the confused, the "trick" was to look for additional online photos, to find the "slab" mounted on the wall (or lying on the floor.)  I imported a "slab" photo, as a texture, which I formatted to correct the perspective distortion. That one image provides the relative lengths of all the parts.

                        http://www.designboom.com/cms/images/user_submit/2011/04/copy_0_dsc03238.jpg

                        Getting the footprint "spread" (distance, front-to-back)  is, then, the only factor requiring some trial-and-error. Even then, there is a clue in the first photo. (Look for the two front stiles that are near vertical.)

                        'Rising' Chair - RobertVanEmbricqs.png

                        'Rising' Chair - RobertVanEmbricqs 2.png
                        Well, I have to say that, apparently, the challenge wasn't much of a skills test, for you insightful sketchUcation members. Regardless, I hope that, if you haven't yet given it a try, that you will -- adding something of value to your skill set.

                        (I agree with other participants, that an animated depiction would be nice to see.)

                        -Taff


                        'Rising' Chair - RobertVanEmbricqs.skp

                        "Information is not knowledge." -- Albert Einstein

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                        • cottyC Offline
                          cotty
                          last edited by

                          Thank you. Your smaller (drawn to scale) wooden slats looks much nicer and the sitting angle seems to be more comfortable.

                          Thank you again for this challenge.

                          my SketchUp gallery

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                          • Mike AmosM Offline
                            Mike Amos
                            last edited by

                            Nicely done Taff, thanks for making the model available to us. Very generous.

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                            • BoxB Offline
                              Box
                              last edited by

                              As promised,
                              How to make a slab of timber batons into a nice chair, the Sketchy Physics method.


                              Rising Chair.gif

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                              • HornOxxH Offline
                                HornOxx
                                last edited by

                                👍 😆 👍

                                never trust a skinny cook

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                                • pilouP Offline
                                  pilou
                                  last edited by

                                  THX to Taff Goch! 😎

                                  Any idea of the real articulation on the Up part moving corner ?

                                  Pasted scotch, velchro double face, hinge, ... ?

                                  geant_chairs.jpg

                                  Ps Funny: materials seems French fries! 💚

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

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                                  • TIGT Offline
                                    TIG Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    'Pilou

                                    It's hinged.
                                    The metal [stainless-steel?] hinges are set flush into the wood.
                                    They are on the back-side of the folded-flat version - you do not see them unless it's assembled, and even then they are underneath the wooden pieces.


                                    Hinges.png

                                    TIG

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                                    • D Offline
                                      driven
                                      last edited by

                                      closer look...

                                      learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                                      • pilouP Offline
                                        pilou
                                        last edited by

                                        Thx for the info! 👍

                                        Seems a dangerous chair for hands' children or old person! 😉

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

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                                        • TaffGochT Offline
                                          TaffGoch
                                          last edited by

                                          @pilou said:

                                          Seems a dangerous chair for hands' children or old person! 😉

                                          I would add, "fragile" and "unstable," as well.

                                          There is no lateral (side-to-side)  connection, except at the floor "hinge." Any lateral force, up top, will bend and/or break things, down below.

                                          Attractive visually, but needs some serious real-world engineering to make it practical furniture.


                                          All I can think to say,Box, is that your posted image is, indeed, an animation. 😒

                                          -Taff

                                          "Information is not knowledge." -- Albert Einstein

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