Canopy

[fhenaux]

Hi, Would anybody be able to give me any pointers on how to draw a canopy?
I have attached an skp file of the canopy top I'm trying to draw, I can draw the out line ok but I can't seem to be able to create a flowing material face (if that makes sense!). I've tryed using the contours tool but this creates un-even surfaces.

It also needs to be hollow!!!!

Hope all that makes sense!!!

Thanks

Fred

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Canopy top

[Rich O Brien]

Tig's Extrude Tool Set should do the trick

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=25362&hilit=+plugin

or you can just use the Extrude by Rails Plugin on its own

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=23662&hilit=plugin

[massimo]

Hi Fred, if you need something like the picture below, it's 2 min of work with SoapSkin&Bubble plugin.

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Canopy.skp

[dedmin]

Extrude Edges by Rails. Reduce the segments of the curves - the file is gonna be huge!

Canopy-2.skp

[fhenaux]

@dedmin said:

Extrude Edges by Rails. Reduce the segments of the curves - the file is gonna be huge!

[attachment=0:3fsissi5]<!-- ia0 -->Clipboard-1.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:3fsissi5]

[attachment=1:3fsissi5]<!-- ia1 -->Canopy-2.skp<!-- ia1 -->[/attachment:3fsissi5]

Hi, Thanks for the tips, where can I down load the extrude by rails plugin please?

fred

[Rich O Brien]

Read the first reply

[fhenaux]

@unknownuser said:

Read the first reply

Thank you, much appreciated for everyones help.

Thanks again

Fred

[fhenaux]

@dedmin said:

Extrude Edges by Rails. Reduce the segments of the curves - the file is gonna be huge!

[attachment=0:3o6ouh6g]<!-- ia0 -->Clipboard-1.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:3o6ouh6g]

[attachment=1:3o6ouh6g]<!-- ia1 -->Canopy-2.skp<!-- ia1 -->[/attachment:3o6ouh6g]

Hi, Thank you for the advice, could you please tell me how I can reduce the No. of segments of curves with out having to re-draw the canopy?

Thanks

Fred

[Rich O Brien]

Double click your grouped geometry to edit it

select each curve one at a time and right click and select entity info

under segments you'll see 100 ,change that to 20 for example. Repeat fir each curve

[fhenaux]

@unknownuser said:

Double click your grouped geometry to edit it

select each curve one at a time and right click and select entity info

under segments you'll see 100 ,change that to 20 for example. Repeat fir each curve

Many thanks.

Fred