Trying to draw an elliptical cone
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@frascati said:
Is there an elegant workaround without using a plugin?
It depends on what version of SketchUp are you using. Please complete your forum profile with that information.
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Smoove has a falloff that could achieve such a result...
Here's a very basic example.
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Ok
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@frascati said:
Really no way to do this natively in Sketchup?
Rich showed you a native way to do it.
Another non-extension way to do it would be to stitch the vertices together with the 2-point Arc and Line tools.
The method I showed in that thread of using Follow Me and then scaling the large end to make an ellipse doesn't require any extensions.
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Smoove is a tool under Sandbox
Falloff is a linear decline in influence over distance
Potatoes are not vegetables.
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...but crabs sometimes repurpose shells
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@frascati said:
...but crabs sometimes swap shells
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Ok
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I see
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Thank you
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- Draw the primitive divided circle
- Scale from centre along an axis
- Select the boundary edges and active Smoove. Set a value for your falloff
- Position geometry and shade smooth
I can't give you precise values as I didn't do it to any particular size. So you may have experiment with your falloff values using Smoove.
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Too many straws.
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it's a profile using an elliptical shape with follow me. all native tools.
if you're trying to duplicate the HF drive on the speaker in your first post - Genelec uses a mathematical model to generate it, not drawing tools. when i model their speakers for recording studio designs, i use the profile and elliptical curve or the scaling method - which ever one looks "close enough" since i'm not actually making the speaker, just need it for size and rendering purposes.
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Follow me on an ellipse will not produce the shape you want.
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@unknownuser said:
But I thought I'd try an elliptical horn rather than round. I had no idea I was opening a new can of worms
The worm is the native only approach. Since SU is primarily a conceptual design tool and you require some level of accuracy its supported via extensibility.
The core can't do it but it can be done.
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