How can I make a twisted window?

Gaieus

Hi Marco and welcome to SCF!

The file itself would be better. I cannot really see what's going on in that far end of the image...

Krisidious

option 1
build the window square... and true... then use Fredo's scaling tools to twist it.

option 2
use curviloft to build one window and copy along the path.

Gaieus

Kris, he says he is completely new to SU. We cannot bombard him with complex plugins on the first day - and also he should first learn how to do it with native tools!

Krisidious

ahh sorry... native tools... mmm that will be hard.

Wo3Dan

Hi Marco,

For presentation purposes attached file may explain how to do this with native SU.

To narrow down inaccuracy to ~0mm you may need to repeat the few steps on top geometry before smoothing edges.
Toggle 'Hidden Geometry' on/off in last scene to see which smooth edges I mean.

So in short: make correct top selection > rotare and scale (rotate and scale) > final correcton at pole > smooth.

twisted windows by rotating and streching top geometry

Gaieus

@krisidious said:

ahh sorry... native tools... mmm that will be hard.

No prob, Kris (and he was not asking for native tools only) it's just the learning curve, you know.

Wodan; I really wonder how you could get any relevant info from that skewed image!

TIG

You can do it several other ways too

marcominoru

first of all, i want to thank u guys^^

So, maybe i'm not so new in the sketchup...

Oh sorry i'm without the file, in monday i post here again. But let me make a question, how can i decrease the file size, cause it has 20mb =[

Thxx for the replies!!

marcominoru

Here is the file

I reduced the size file =], i don`t know why but reduced a lot

So thks!!

Maybe i will need a lot of help in this model, and hopefuly i found this forum.

twisted window - upload.skp

marcominoru

Hey guys

I don`t know how but i could reduce the file size. =], Maybe is because the components definitions someone know how to explain how i can reduce the number of components definitions

and this is the file:

twisted window - upload.skp

marcominoru

Thank u so much for the possibilites, i`m gonna try now

marcominoru

Yeah, its ok now, thank u guys! I used the Frodo Scale something like that, and it was ok. Thk u TIG, cause i saw ur explanation about the Edge Extrude and ive done the dome

I need to reduce the size of my file, i could reduce the file attached but i dont know what ive done. XD

The original file have 17mb, i will try to fix it

This forum is really nice, i`m so glad i found it

Hugs!!