Barn WIP

Mannie

Thanks, i got it now.

solo

Mannie, I did one a year or so ago for an in-game load image, no rendering straight photo texturing, thought maybe you could reference from it (it's part of my Tudor collection)

Mannie

That's a mighty fine looking barn. And it has something i am planning to add to, first have to figure out how to make those hehe. I'm talking about the barrels, i want one that i like to place under a rain pipe commin from the gutter. Still alot to do and learn

Gaieus

Barrels (and such geometry in general) are easy to be lathed around a circular path with the Follow me tool just draw the cross section from two lines and two adjacent arcs.

Mannie

Thanks will try that. However i needed a break from this started ti miss vue hehe, so i did a render of what i had now to see how it would look in vue and i must say that i am quite pleased with the result even though it isn't finnished yet.
http://www.mannie-things.eu/barn-wip/test.jpg

Gaieus

Now that's superb! Even of a half ready model that's already a nice render, congrats!

solo

Mannie that looks great, if I may make one observation, the wall panels seem to bump out at the seams, try reversing the bump in the material editor in Vue. (negative value)

Mannie

Good tip Solo, thanks. These textures where the free low res ones from arroway, i'm looking at my budget and maybe buy that disc cause good textures will do alot to the model.

Mannie

I'm getting all kinds of weird shapes but nothing like a barrel lol

solo

try this quick tut.

basic barrel.skp

Mannie

Thanks, i'll try that tomorow. Tonight i'm not doing anything on the pc

Mannie

Ok , im halfway thru the tut, now i am stuck at the step where you copy it 24 times around the rim. How does that work do i have to copy it manually 24x and rotate each or is there a fast way to do this ?

Gaieus

Hi Mannie,

That's done with the Rotate tool and the Ctrl button. This way you don't only copy the thng but by typing the number of copies and hitting enter you can make multiple copies.

Rad more srolling down to "Radial arrays" here:
http://download.sketchup.com/sketchuphelp/gsu6_win/Content/D-Modification_Tools/ModTool-Rotate.htm

Mannie

That's what i was trying but what i be getting each time is weird stuff like this

Gaieus

Because you are rotating those pieces around a corner of them. You should select the one you make first then get the centerpoint of the circle and rotate them around the centre of the circle. Right click on the circle line and select Centerpoint to get a guide point in the centre.

Mannie

Well i just don't get it, call me stupid lol

Gaieus

No, I don't want to call you stupid.
Now you have one piece of that barrel nicely aligned along one segment of the circle, right?

select the piece with the Select tool (the piece is highlighted)
Place the Rotate tool onto the centerpoint of the circle
Press Ctrl (to make copies)
click onto one endpoint of the piece to start the rotation
click on the other side of it to finish the rotation (now you have made one copy)
now type 23 (don't click into the box to type just type) and hit enter (no need to type 24 since the original piece is the one to which we aded 23 now)
So just try it again!

Mannie

Thanks, will try that, made a ladder instead just now in the meantime

solo

Csaba, I normally type x23.

Anyway, mannie I hope this helps:

Mannie

Ah, that is easier to follow thanks Solo, gonna give this a try in a few mins
just finnished the ladder