Creating planks on a circle

garfield

Hi all,

I'm wanting to draw up a wishing well I've been asked to make up and I'd love to draw it in sketchup first. I'm wondering how I would start a drawing like that? If I created a circle first and then used the push/pull tool to make it the desired height and then make a rectangle to the height and with of a plank to go around that circle?

I've tried to attach a picture of my sketch to help explain exactly what I'm trying to achieve but can't do it, so some help with that as well please

Cheers
Geoff

Gaieus

Hi Geoff,

I'm not sure I understand what you mean to model but is it something like this attatched?

well.skp

garfield

@gaieus said:

Hi Geoff,

I'm not sure I understand what you mean to model but is it something like this attatched?

Hi Gaieus, Mate I can't open the attachment you sent me as I have Sketchup 5. Is there some other way I can open the file?

Cheers
Geoff

Gaieus

Attached in v5 format (still I1m not sure that I understood your question)

well.skp

garfield

@gaieus said:

Attached in v5 format (still I1m not sure that I understood your question)

Thanks Gaieus. Yes that's exactly what I want to achieve. How would I draw that? Is there a specific video tutorial for drawing something like that?

Cheers
Geoff

Gaieus

Not really.

This is like step by step:

Draw a circle (remember it midpoint - in my example it was at the origin)
push-pull it up
turn hidden geometry on
select one facet and turn into a component
edit the component and push/pull its face out a bit (this is the thickness of the plank)
delete the rest of the well (keep the bottom circle for water if you wish) and Copy/rotate the component around the midpoint of the circle.

It takes longer to write it down than to make it.

garfield

I really appreciate your help with this Gaieus. I'm about to hit the sack as it's getting late here, but I'll give it a crack tomorrow and I'll let you know how I got on.

Cheers
Geoff

Alan Fraser

An even easier method, if you wanted the planks to appear mitered ...as in barrel staves...would be to simply use a circle, as shown. If you wanted to show separation on the top edge, you just draw in the lines joining the outer and inner circles.

well.skp

Jean Lemire

Hi folks.

If you want to avoid drawing the lines, suggested by Alan, one by one, see the attached SU file for ideas.

Wooden well.skp

garfield

@alan fraser said:

An even easier method, if you wanted the planks to appear mitered ...as in barrel staves...would be to simply use a circle, as shown. If you wanted to show separation on the top edge, you just draw in the lines joining the outer and inner circles.

Thanks Alan