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    • Jean LemireJ Offline
      Jean Lemire
      last edited by Jean Lemire

      Hi folks.

      See attached SU file for ideas.

      Modelingslenderobjects.jpg


      Modeling slender objects.skp

      Jean (Johnny) Lemire from Repentigny, Quebec, Canada.

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      • bazB Offline
        baz
        last edited by

        what a good idea, I will start using this technique, thanks jean,
        baz

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        • plot-parisP Offline
          plot-paris
          last edited by

          hi Jean Lemire,

          nice trick with the scenes. i didnt use them for drawing purposes yet.

          I know this is not what you wanted to show us here. but I figured out a nice way to draw the form (chair leg?) you created in your tutorial in another way...

          here is the tutorial.

          chair_leg.skp

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          • Mike LuceyM Offline
            Mike Lucey
            last edited by

            Thanks Jean and Jakob for the tuts.

            I'm not sure yet, but Jakob, does your method
            work with Mac?

            Mike

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            • plot-parisP Offline
              plot-paris
              last edited by

              sorry Mike. I have no idea.
              the only time I used a mac i was desperately trying to open the cd-drive until someone showed me, that you have your own key on the keyboard for it πŸ˜†

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              • Jean LemireJ Offline
                Jean Lemire
                last edited by

                Hi Mike, hi folks.

                Yes, any SU file will work on both Mac and PC.

                Just ideas.

                Jean (Johnny) Lemire from Repentigny, Quebec, Canada.

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                • C Offline
                  caddict
                  last edited by

                  @unknownuser said:

                  I know this is not what you wanted to show us here. but I figured out a nice way to draw the form (chair leg?) you created in your tutorial in another way...

                  It's cool that SU automatically models the shape perfectly using the move tool 😎
                  I tried the same using sandbox>from contours, but the result is messy

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                  • R Offline
                    Razor681
                    last edited by

                    Thanks Jean, this tips is very useful for me πŸ‘

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                    • JasonWDJ Offline
                      JasonWD
                      last edited by

                      I'd never thought of actually drawing whilst changing scene ether. Thanks!

                      SketchUp, Thea Render, Vectorworks PC and Mac - Full LayOut workflow Concept>Production

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                      • david_hD Offline
                        david_h
                        last edited by

                        I use scene switching all the time. Great tip. Works for me. Don't forget the AUTOFOLD feature as well. Great tool for making tapered Legs.

                        If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                        • R Offline
                          rdalmeij
                          last edited by

                          @plot-paris said:

                          sorry Mike. I have no idea.
                          the only time I used a mac i was desperately trying to open the cd-drive until someone showed me, that you have your own key on the keyboard for it πŸ˜†

                          It works on the Mac too OSX 10.5.4 and SU 6 but instead of using the ALT key during the move I used the up-arrow-key. With the ALT key you make a copy of the circle using the move tool on the MAC and then it dosn't work.

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                          • irwanwrI Offline
                            irwanwr
                            last edited by

                            thank you for the skp tut πŸ˜„

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