Modelling by equation
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Hello everyone!
Ok, here's the deal, I have an equation for a curve that i want to model within sketchup and I am wondering if this is possible, and if so, how would i go about doing it.
The background behind this, I am designing a solar concentrator that uses two mirrors and I was hoping to be able to model it and do a ray trace on them just to see how they worked.
any other suggestions would be helpful.
Thanks !
Mike
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I believe that you can import a matrix of points with a plug : Cloud V6 by Didier Bur
So use Excel for exemple or Calc (free) from Open Open Office then import data
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yeah i have that plug, lol used it a few times.
have not been successful at getting it to create faces very well. usually it gives up after only a few. and this is for a simple shape...lol. any suggestions on that?
I was hoping to avoid going by that route as it would take quite a doing to get a decent shape, but if that is the route, then that is the route...lol
thanks
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Wait some script answers' Gurus
Another thing: make the render in Twilight ans see the path of light
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lol wow, that is awesome,
yeah i was goign to try something like that with Kerky, though I might just have to give twilight a shot.
I've not had too much lick with rendering in the past. so I am sure i'll be back with plenty of questions(and on the twilight forum)I'll have to toy around with Cloud to see if i can get it to do the surfaces I want.
Tried to model a sinusoidal cam a few weeks ago, ended up having to join all the points by hand. lol was quite tedious to say the least.thanks again Pilou
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Hi Mike, hi folks.
Make sure that the values that you will import are not too small. SU has problem creating faces with edges smaller than about 1 mm.
It is best to import using meters as units and/or scale the points after import, if you want to make surfaces with them.
Just ideas.
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