Invitation to the SketchUcation collection

Hazza

You seem to have some expertise with SU, would you share some of your models with us ?

Ha ha.. I am no expert I have only been using it for 4 weeks now. All of my models can be found on the 3D warehouse here.

I just took to SketchUp like a duck to water. Back in the early 90's I helped out in the graphics section of where I worked. The guy that was showing me the ropes had a REAL eye for details. I carried that through to my photography using GIMP and now to SU.

Jean-Franco

Ok, I see
Hazza, a point that i forgot to mention in my previous post. There is no error on the table top. (Error within the meaning of SketchUp). This table top will be done in mdf or in plywood and will be venereed. This choice is for a better stability. SU component for inlay has no meaning here. The veneer is 0.6 to 0.9 mm thick, so i see no interest to give it a thickness in SketchUp. Any woodworker will understand this. But everyone can have different opinions. I build furniture as hobbyist and i am using SketchUp as help tool. So I do not have necessarily the need to draw all details as long as I know where i want to go.

Hazza

@jean-franco said:

This table top will be done in mdf or in plywood and will be venereed.

Ok cool, it has been added.

Jean-Franco

Hazza could you tell me how to use your script for updating my models already posted on 3D Warehouse ?

Hazza

It's not so much a script to do the uploading, it just tracks the Model ID. After you have installed the script the Model ID tracking is automatic when you upload to the 3D warehouse. If you have already uploaded a model before you installed the script and you want to replace it you need to set the model ID manually:

Visit the models web page.
Click on the "Link"
At the end of the link it will show the model ID, for example my Queens size bed model has "....ls?mid=5511166e3a0b199c4cc1952ae0d6e81a"
Copy the models ID number.
In the model, go "Plugins -> Model ID -> Set Model ID"
Paste in the Model ID.

You will now be able to replace the model with the new improved version. You can tell if setting the Model ID was successful because the upload window will show the description etc from the warehouse that you already had up there.

BTW. A little tip, save the model, upload it, save again, the model ID is the "change" between saves. If you don't save the second time you will have to set the model ID manually...or you could just save once after you upload.

Gaieus

This is a nice idea in general, Hazza!

Just an addon about the model ID thing: if you have anything uploaded in the WH and you download it for further enhancement, it will already contain the model ID so if you re-upload the revise model, you need not fiddle with setting it up again.

Of course this only works with your own model at this time.

Hazza

@gaieus said:

This is a nice idea in general, Hazza!

Thanks, do you have any models to add?

Gaieus

I don't really do woodworking but maybe I'll have some thing in the future.

Jean-Franco

Hi All,
Hazza, you can visit this link and you will find interesting things. I know Bert and he his doing SketchUp plans in a very clear and strict manner. All models have been really produced in his workshop. You can contact him. http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?uq=03655370778484262638&start=0

Bert

Hi Hazza

Here is the link to my writing desk

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=36179e51944bd454e9186c52976f79ea

Hazza

Bert,

I have only looked at a couple of your models but they are all so well done I would like to add all of them. I was not aware you were already a member of this forum, that's why I used the contact link on that desk.

There are a couple of reversed faces on some of the pieces I have looked at but that does not stop them from being included in the collection. If you would like to know which faces on which pieces I can let you know.

Hazza

If anyone wants to see excellent examples of not only the finished model but the layout of the scenes then they should have a look at Berts models. A few of them have small issues like overlapping solids or the solid is incomplete but they are all high quality.

The majority of Berts models have a scene for each component individually and dislays the measurements for them as well. I think I will revisit my models to do the same thing.

Jean-Franco

Hazza, the console project has been updated and you can check if it's convenient for you.
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=883f5e54f764056f6dd4165bd7fb497
I don't spend time to place all measurements on my plans until I decide to effectively build them.
The four exemples shawn were just exercices to learn SketchUp and not more.

Bert is really doing well with SU and in his shop !

Bert

Tank you guys but I have to admit that I was not too much concerned about reverses faces.

If I understand right it is more important if you export to another application

My method of adding cotations is (for beginners) a little bit heavy but once you get used to it
it is just a simple routine.

Having acquired the pro version I do export my drawings to LAYOUT and then I can make PDF document of it
You can have a look at some of them at that location https://cid-ef5ebd0cbc32b77f.skydrive.live.com/home.aspx

Hazza

@unknownuser said:

If I understand right it is more important if you export to another application

That's my understanding as well, that's why reversed faces does not stop the model from being included in the collection.

Bert, as complex as your models are it is very easy for me to check them. Each piece has it's own page and you have inspired me to do the same. There are a couple of models with overlapping or incomplete solids though.

You have to look quite hard at some of your models to find the issues but the quailty of the collection will be determined by what is excluded.

Having said that, if anyone notices a problem with a model that is in the collection please let me know, after all I am only human and I may have missed something.

Hazza

@jean-franco said:

Hazza, the console project has been updated and you can check if it's convenient for you.

If you say that your model has been updated and the problems fixed then I believe you... not only that, the computer I am on does not have SU on it

watkins

Dear Hazza,

Do you know about these models?

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?uq=11855258480682725115

Regards,
Bob

Hazza

@watkins said:

Do you know about these models?

I do now, are they yours?

I will download them and check them out when I can get on a computer with SU on it.

watkins

Dear Hazza,

No they are not mine, but they look to be well drawn.

Regards,
Bob

Hazza

@watkins said:

No they are not mine, but they look to be well drawn.

They are all well made models, sadly all but one of the models fail the criteria. Almost all of them have several pieces of wood as a single component.

The model pages don't allow me to contact the owner but one had their web site so I can send them an e-mail. I will ask their permission to fix the minor errors that stop them being included.