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    • jo-keJ
      jo-ke
      last edited by jo-ke

      I am still struggling with the best way of setting complex rails to my model.

      is the newest profile builder really the best way to setup complex rails with junctions and so on?

      here I have a typical project to solve:

      I have set the way for the rails and the proxy for followme.

      duew-depot1-1.jpg

      duew-depot1-1.skp

      http://www.zz7.de

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      • Rich O BrienR
        Rich O Brien Moderator
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        ProfileBuilder won't one-shot that network because there are so many branches.

        Here is what PB4 will produce if you try to loft the profile across that network or splines.

        duew-depot1-1_PB.skp

        Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp 📖

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        • jo-keJ
          jo-ke
          last edited by

          Wow this one looks great.

          You used profile builder 4 and what did you do then?

          you took each part and do it one after one?

          http://www.zz7.de

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          • Rich O BrienR
            Rich O Brien Moderator @jo-ke
            last edited by

            @jo-ke said:

            what did you do then?

            I rotated your profile to lie on XY plane so I could assign it as a Profile.

            Then selected all the network of splines and used Build Along Path to create what you see in the file I shared.

            Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp 📖

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            • jo-keJ
              jo-ke
              last edited by

              OK, I think I have to buy profilebuilder
              Thank you

              http://www.zz7.de

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              • jo-keJ
                jo-ke
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                depot-düw-su.jpg_2K_202608202237pp.jpg

                http://www.zz7.de

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                • jo-keJ
                  jo-ke
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                  depot-düw-su4sw.jpg

                  depot-düw-su5pp.jpg

                  http://www.zz7.de

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                  • jo-keJ
                    jo-ke
                    last edited by

                    new vehicle created with meshyAI

                    turmwagen001.jpg

                    turmwagen001pp.jpg

                    http://www.zz7.de

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                    • KrassK
                      Krass
                      last edited by

                      great ! The model and render are excellent!
                      But I don't understant why you use meshy ai ? It's a 3d model from photos service.? What ai model did you use for the render?

                      Krass

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                      • jo-keJ
                        jo-ke @Krass
                        last edited by jo-ke

                        @Krass

                        The model of the car was made with meshyAI. I took some views, meshyAI created the base model and I made some modifications.

                        The render was done with nano banana pro

                        overview.jpg

                        http://www.zz7.de

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                        • KrassK
                          Krass
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                          Impressive. I always prefered tencent Hunyuan for modeling from photos, (20 free models per day!) but it seems you did well with meshy.
                          https://3d.hunyuanglobal.com/
                          Do you use Universal Importer (by Samuel Tallet) to Import the GLB files?

                          Krass

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                          • jo-keJ
                            jo-ke @Krass
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                            @Krass I import it to blender as glb and export it as dae to sketchup. It gave me the best results. sometimes glb are to heavy for SU to handle.

                            http://www.zz7.de

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                            • jo-keJ
                              jo-ke
                              last edited by

                              hst1-rnv-pp.jpg

                              hst1.jpg

                              sketchup and AI- really good combination.

                              http://www.zz7.de

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                              • KrassK
                                Krass
                                last edited by

                                Very nice

                                Krass

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                                • jo-keJ
                                  jo-ke
                                  last edited by

                                  I remodelled the car, this time with SketchupAI modelling and the result should be used for 3D Printing. I came out surpriseingly good!

                                  SketchupAI: ist better for 3D printing, less geometrie
                                  uhiwa009.jpg

                                  meshyAI: better for rendering, heavy mesh
                                  uhiwa010.jpg

                                  render of the meshyAI Model with Gemini NanoBanana:
                                  uhiwa003pp.jpg

                                  http://www.zz7.de

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                                  • KrassK
                                    Krass
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                                    Yes! and the car on the right is a german Opel !

                                    Krass

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                                    • Mike AmosM
                                      Mike Amos
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                                      An Ascona, if my memory is working today.

                                      Absentia mortis praesentiam vitae probat, vita autem est argumentum constantiae.

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                                      • jo-keJ
                                        jo-ke
                                        last edited by

                                        Maybe, but it is Nanao Bananas phantasy

                                        http://www.zz7.de

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                                        • jo-keJ
                                          jo-ke
                                          last edited by

                                          3D warehousemodel S- Bahn Berlin

                                          s-bahn-berlin001pp.jpg

                                          s-bahn-berlin.jpg

                                          http://www.zz7.de

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                                          • KrassK
                                            Krass
                                            last edited by

                                            Hello,
                                            It's good, but this time that overly clean train doesn't fit well into the almost post-apocalyptic streets.

                                            Krass

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