Some tips and tricks from out of the Box

Box

Using a .png image as a texture is a handy way of faking detailed geometry.

Box

Here's a simple method for making low poly vent louvers.

baz

I Lurve a Louvre.
Nicely done.
Cheers Baz.

PS: You don't need to get out more?

Box

One of the many useful tools that people often miss amongst all of Fredo's wonders is the Convert to Arc/Circle (part of Curvisard) that puts arcs and circles back together so the Cardinal points function.
Follow me explodes Arcs and Circles and if you weld them they become Curves, which don't have the special feature that is Cardinals.

GD3Design

@box said:

One of the many useful tools that people often miss amongst all of Fredo's wonders is the Convert to Arc/Circle (part of Curvisard) that puts arcs and circles back together so the Cardinal points function.
Follow me explodes Arcs and Circles and if you weld them they become Curves, which don't have the special feature that is Cardinals.

Every time I check this thread, I either learn something new or realize a different way to approach a problem. Thanks for sharing, Box!

Box

That's good, I'm glad a few people get something out of my ramblings.

Box

Here's a pretty simple twilight render of a basic scene animation. Two components, 17 scenes, odd number because it loops.

HornOxx

@gd3design said:

...Every time I check this thread, I either learn something new or realize a different way to approach a problem. Thanks for sharing, Box!
So do I

Box

Here's a dose of Fredo.
Curved wall framing for windows.

HornOxx

Thanks! an extremely instructive Dose of Fredo video! Everything 3D is generated from this "curved sheet of paper"

Box

I did miss one pane of glass though, so it will be a bit drafty.

Box

Some things in Sketchup aren't immediately obvious, one is that when you use the 'Hide Rest of Model' option, you can still intersect faces with things that aren't visible.

Box

Here's a little tip for making all those fancy railing fences.
Note: I'm using keyboard shortcuts for copy and paste in place.

tuna1957

Bravo ! The Box goodness never ends

Box

Here's a Sunday doodle
Arch tunnel.jpg
and the method used to make it.

HornOxx

...toll toll toll!

pilou

Simple is beautiful!

Box

Some pipes and the basic method used to make them.

Box

Tig's excellent Grow plugin makes creating tapering dots very simple.

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Glenn at home

LOL, nice exhaust header tutorial, great stuff! I just had some installed on my car last week. I should have took a shot at designing my own
Thanks for sharing.