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    • soloS Offline
      solo
      last edited by

      Great start Adam, I was thinking along the same lines, using 'Booltools' for the intersecting groups.

      http://www.solos-art.com

      If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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      • EarthMoverE Offline
        EarthMover
        last edited by

        Definitely challenging Pete. I'm going to try playing with TIG's sweep along rails plugin to see if I can get a cleaner mesh, then booltools as well. TOS & JPP seems to leave me with undesirable mesh. Also thought about SDS, but it will take some trial and error to get right.

        3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
        Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
        Content Creator at Skapeup

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        • K Offline
          kwistenbiebel
          last edited by

          Wow, this is a nutcracker.
          I don't have a clue how to pull this off to be honest.

          Adams results are already quite good.
          Adam, could you explain the abbreviations VPP and SSB (below the images)?

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          • Rich O BrienR Offline
            Rich O Brien Moderator
            last edited by

            VPP could be Vector Push Pull from. Joint Push Pull plugin as for SSB, I thought itwas for Subdivide and Smooth but now you mention it I'm stumped

            excellent modeling Adam BTW. Really innovative thinking

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            • EarthMoverE Offline
              EarthMover
              last edited by

              Sorry bout the abbreviations. SSB = Soap Skin Bubble and yes VPP = Vector Push Pull.

              3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
              Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
              Content Creator at Skapeup

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                nomeradona
                last edited by

                wow thank you for those screen shots its very easy to follow.

                visit my blog: http://www.nomeradona.blogspot.com

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                • S Offline
                  Slimdog
                  last edited by

                  Holy crap I am still working on the first challenge. Guess I will have to hurry up with the first one.

                  This one looks to be quite a bit above my head for sure.

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                  • D Offline
                    dedmin
                    last edited by

                    http://www.rwlabs.com/article.php?cat=&id=152&pagenumber=4
                    http://metku.net/index.html?path=reviews/spaceexplorer/index_eng2

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                    • pilouP Offline
                      pilou
                      last edited by

                      Funny thing of this design model is that is like a shoe! πŸ˜„

                      Yes maybe the new Tig plug sweep 2 rails can help you on this shoe under the hand πŸ˜‰

                      Frenchy Pilou
                      Is beautiful that please without concept!
                      My Little site :)

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                      • U Offline
                        Ultimatez 32
                        last edited by

                        tried using sds.. result better then expected πŸ˜„


                        basic side view outline


                        basic top view outline


                        after intersection and erase


                        erased bottom, and sds 3 iterations

                        Windows 7 64-bit, Intel Core i3 M350 @2.27GHz, nVidia GEFORCE 310M 512Mb with CUDA, 4gb RAM

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                        • soloS Offline
                          solo
                          last edited by

                          I gave it a quick try using Bool tools, Poly reduce and SDS.


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                          http://www.solos-art.com

                          If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                          • EarthMoverE Offline
                            EarthMover
                            last edited by

                            Nice Pete. What did you use to reduce the mesh before SDS?

                            Nevermind, I see you used Polyreduce. Nice trick to get a clean mesh!!

                            3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
                            Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
                            Content Creator at Skapeup

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                            • jeff hammondJ Offline
                              jeff hammond
                              last edited by

                              a not so quick try... a lot of manual stuff with

                              definitely not impossible to do in sketchup but i would put it near the bottom of the list as the go-to app for doing it πŸ˜„

                              i'm not sure how much further i'll be able to go with this one (i'm already 2.5 hrs in) but i'll clean up some of the mesh and post it here incase someone wants to add on to it..

                              a couple of bumps in there and the nose is too pointy but it shouldn't be too hard to correct..

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                              dotdotdot

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                              • soloS Offline
                                solo
                                last edited by

                                Okay, now for a different approach, I made a thumb sucky proxy (as I do for making cartoon characters, by trial and error)

                                It's not accurate but definitely looks better and smoother.

                                I have added the basic SDS model if y'all wanna play.


                                proxy


                                proxy


                                SDS of proxy


                                Intersect plane for bottom


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                                SDS version model

                                http://www.solos-art.com

                                If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                                • S Offline
                                  Solidseal
                                  last edited by

                                  My work so far πŸ˜„
                                  Not perfect but thats all I know about this programm πŸ˜„

                                  No plug ins used
                                  and the big knob is a tad to big


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                                  • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                    jeff hammond
                                    last edited by

                                    ok, here's my stopping point.. i might draw it in rhino eventually for practice but i'm already burned out on the SU version πŸ˜„

                                    feel free to use the mesh to take it further though i'm not sure it's at the best point for that..

                                    the attached skp looks like this

                                    i used tig's Extrude Edges By Rail.. the hardest part for that was getting the curves to have an equal number of segments (which isn't necessary for the plugin.. it's just that the poly count can go through the roof if it isn't done like that.)


                                    navigator_JH.skp

                                    dotdotdot

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                                    • ely862meE Offline
                                      ely862me
                                      last edited by

                                      Here is my try..got lazy at the finish and i didn t pay much attention to the keys ..
                                      Tools used...hmm:line,move,scale,ffd,joint push&pull,sds..
                                      Take care!

                                      Elisei


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                                      Elisei (sketchupper)


                                      Before no life was done on Earth it was THE LIFE ITSELF...GOD
                                      Come and See EliseiDesign

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                                      • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                        jeff hammond
                                        last edited by

                                        awesome job ely!

                                        that's a big time SDS ad right there πŸ˜„

                                        [edit] seriously impressive.. i didn't think anyone was going to get that close.
                                        a few years worth of modeling cars in SU really pays off huh.. πŸ˜„

                                        dotdotdot

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                                          Solidseal
                                          last edited by

                                          @ely862me said:

                                          πŸ˜„ Thanks!
                                          Sorry i didn t kept the model without subdividing ..Maybe other time!

                                          Elisei

                                          Elisei .. I have seen your vids @ tube making that supercar (posted there also πŸ˜› )
                                          I was just wondering. What kinda system do you have ?

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                                          • ely862meE Offline
                                            ely862me
                                            last edited by

                                            It s not that good.. trust me..
                                            Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual Core 2.80 Ghz
                                            1 Gb ram
                                            nVidia 8600Gt 1 Gb video card

                                            Why are u asking!?

                                            Elisei

                                            Elisei (sketchupper)


                                            Before no life was done on Earth it was THE LIFE ITSELF...GOD
                                            Come and See EliseiDesign

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