Six Years Of Try'n... Think I'll Ask, Whew!

DamaTheCat

Ok, Ok... I give.....

I'm trying to draw chair backs. The back is curved and has an arc at the top edge.... I can do either very well, but can not seem to find a way to put them together....... duh!

I think I'm "wrapped around the axle' again.... Here is an attachment of the back. I need to do a arc on top.....

I'm glad that the system is back up and running OK.

Don't laugh,,,, I know it's easy... just point me in the right direction....

solo

Got an image of how it should look?

fossa

Try the Design Click Build blog at Finewoodworking. He seems to specialize in chairs. You may have to hunt around a little on their site they just changed over to a new one so the posts are kind of broken up.

http://finewoodworking.taunton.com/blog/design-click-build

TaffGoch

Mike,

Intersecting surfaces will do the trick. Chair back construction/modeling (in SketchUp) has been a topic of interest over at Fine Woodworking's "Design.Click.Build" blog.

Be sure to check the other articles and the archive, for many articles on chair modeling (ladder-back and windsor.)

Here's a second "Design.Click.Build" article, showing the construction process in more detail:
Drawing Pieces with Complex Curves

Regards,
Taff

DamaTheCat

Gotta be truthful.... I didn't spend "six years try'n"... I was just being dramatic....

Anyway, TaffGoch and all the rest that commented,,,, I got it! To easy. Just wish I could have figured it out instead of hollering for help.

Now,, with all this knowledge I'm off to infinity and beyond...... (probably hid a an asteroid along the way, puke)

Thanks to all.....

Hazza

@damathecat said:

Just wish I could have figured it out instead of hollering for help.

This attitude is strange to me, I search for, then then ask for help as soon as I get stuck.

Nobody can know everything and there is no point in re-inventing the wheel. I figure someone out there somewhere knows how to do this, so I will see if they can help me.

I get ALOT more done that way.

DamaTheCat

Hazza,

I can't believe you fell for my "line"...... you are correct! But it does feel gooooood when I can figure something out for myself. Sometimes I will try for a least 90 seconds..........

Hey, where can I look to find out what all the boxes/*/pencils mean next to the posts??? And if one of my posts are answered is there a way for me to mark it as answered??

Hazza

@damathecat said:

I can't believe you fell for my "line"...... you are correct! But it does feel gooooood when I can figure something out for myself. Sometimes I will try for a least 90 seconds..........

Hey, where can I look to find out what all the boxes/*/pencils mean next to the posts??? And if one of my posts are answered is there a way for me to mark it as answered??

You can edit the original post and change the title, add to the front (Solved), that way when someone does a search in the future they see your question and that fact that the thread contains the answer.

I "fell for it" because I know and have seen that sort of attitude in the past. One guy at work, who has since "moved on", gave the attitude that he knew exactly what he was doing... we are still finding stuff he scr*wed.