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    • jgbJ Offline
      jgb
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      If you put your ear to the screen, you can actually hear it running


      jgb

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      • hellnbakH Offline
        hellnbak
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        @jgb said:

        If you put your ear to the screen, you can actually hear it running

        I tried that - burned my ear on the exhaust pipe ๐Ÿ˜’

        "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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          Mmoore3d0324
          last edited by

          Just amazing stuff everyone. I hope I can be half that good some day.

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          • C Offline
            Cherryni
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            I like your third image, so nice.

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            • numbthumbN Offline
              numbthumb
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              Tademaยดs Beckford's Folly:
              finished Image.jpg

              Comfortably numb...

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              • pbacotP Offline
                pbacot
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                a ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘ for both of the last two (Tadema and Axeonalias)! Definitely two of the greatest examples! Peter

                MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                • irwanwrI Offline
                  irwanwr
                  last edited by

                  what about my favourite frigate,
                  made by Axeonalias

                  http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7011/6559275839_bc5682c165_b.jpg

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                  • hellnbakH Offline
                    hellnbak
                    last edited by

                    Just had to submit these, a Honda CT70 motorcycle created by unigami. Incredible detail!


                    Honda CT70 kt rear 900.png


                    Honda CT70 kt front 900.png


                    Honda CT70 left d.png


                    Honda CT70 right d.png


                    Honda CT70 front d.png


                    Honda CT70 speedo d.png


                    Honda CT70 engine right d.png


                    Honda CT70 engine left d.png

                    "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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                      zzchatom
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                      http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/7759/frontqam.jpg

                      By zzchatom at 2012-01-26

                      http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/4283/backrbe.jpg

                      Uploaded with ImageShack.us
                      Architecture bridge house Model

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                      • L Offline
                        liam887
                        last edited by

                        That is great!

                        VISIT MY ONLINE GALLERY
                        http://www.robotsvdinosaurs.com/

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                        • MarianM Offline
                          Marian
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                          Sorry for the big pictures I couldn't resize them with the HTML code.

                          Here are some awesome spaceships done by Scifiwarships. http://scifiwarships.blogspot.com/view/flipcard
                          http://scifiwarships.deviantart.com/gallery/ http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?q=scifiwarships&styp=m&scoring=t&btnG=Search

                          http://th00.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2012/020/a/3/phallanx_tactical_battle_drone_by_scifiwarships-d4n16mq.jpg

                          Rendered with Kerky

                          http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/036/b/b/tac_bat_painted_by_mikemars_by_scifiwarships-d4orxmo.jpg

                          Painted in PS by Michael Marsicano http://mikemars.deviantart.com/gallery/

                          http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2012/031/a/0/meridian_battlecruiser_colors_by_scifiwarships-d4o9aub.jpg

                          http://marian87.deviantart.com/

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                          • MarianM Offline
                            Marian
                            last edited by

                            Also here are the videos showing how that ship was painted ovr in PS.
                            http://vimeo.com/35482176

                            http://marian87.deviantart.com/

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                            • hellnbakH Offline
                              hellnbak
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                              Wow, I'll bet this guy sleeps in a spacesuit with a phaser under his pillow ๐Ÿ˜† I'm not really into spacecraft that much but these are some of the best I've seen. He doesn't go overboard with the details like some I've seen, they are clean and very well thought out.

                              The video tutorial on post processing is excellent, I've only watched about 6 minutes of it and already I've learned a lot.

                              Thanks for posting this Marian ๐Ÿ‘

                              "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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                              • MarianM Offline
                                Marian
                                last edited by

                                Yeah he is pretty amazing.

                                You're welcome ๐Ÿ˜„

                                http://marian87.deviantart.com/

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                                  jgb
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                                  I'm not into post-process rendering, but that was impressive. I watched about 50% (fast fwd through repetitive stuff) and that was an education in itself. I'm a big fan of layers in SU, but using layers like he did in post was an eye opener, and for what little of that I do in my photoeditor, I will be using layers to edit. ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘


                                  jgb

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                                  • jgbJ Offline
                                    jgb
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                                    OK, this isn't SU modeling. ๐ŸŽ‰

                                    I was on the net researching Planetary Gear Drives and computing their ratios, when I found this link.

                                    It gave me the calcs I needed, but then later I started to explore some of the links on the page, and a few hours later, I'm here.

                                    Go to this page, go 1/2 way down and click on "Planetary Gear Drive" or any of the links on page bottom, go watch some videos and be amazed. ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

                                    http://woodgears.ca/gear/planetary.html

                                    ===================================================================
                                    And my SU model in part....... (resulting from that research)

                                    Attached are 4 pics of the gearbox for an actuator I'm working on on my big airplane project.
                                    (Straight from SU, no post rendering)

                                    Sun & Ring Gears - Sun is stationary, the Ring is Input.

                                    Planet Gears & Spider.  The Spider is Output.

                                    Assembled gearbox.  Total ratio in this config is .6:1

                                    Backside view.  The Octagonal ring overlaps the Ring gears octagonal outer edge to drive a cascade of 2 or more gearboxes.


                                    jgb

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                                    • jason_marantoJ Offline
                                      jason_maranto
                                      last edited by

                                      That stuff from Scifiwarships is really awesome -- highly render-able too, this a is try out of Maxwell and you can see his stuff really is ready to go.

                                      Model by Scifiwarships
                                      Thank-you for the heads up, I'll be keeping an eye on him.

                                      Best,
                                      Jason.

                                      I create video tutorial series about several 2D & 3D graphics programs.

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                                      • MarianM Offline
                                        Marian
                                        last edited by

                                        @jason_maranto said:

                                        Thank-you for the heads up, I'll be keeping an eye on him

                                        You're welcome, he's awesome ๐Ÿ˜„ and by the way nice render.

                                        http://marian87.deviantart.com/

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                                          Hussel Hann
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                                          Hi all...
                                          Just wondering...are there any amazing designs that created just by using pure google sketchup (without additional plugins).

                                          I am a newbie here, so my question might look stupid. ๐Ÿค“

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                                          • jgbJ Offline
                                            jgb
                                            last edited by

                                            @hussel hann said:

                                            Hi all...
                                            Just wondering...are there any amazing designs that created just by using pure google sketchup (without additional plugins).

                                            I am a newbie here, so my question might look stupid. ๐Ÿค“

                                            There is no such thing as a stupid question, especially when from a novice.

                                            The object behind nearly all pluggins is either to correct a deficiency or to enhance a feature, or most usually, make a tedious task easier, faster or more accurately.

                                            The rendering you see in preceding posts are all after the fact of drawing the model. There is very little "rendering" capability in SU, so 3rd party apps or pluggins are needed to "put the lipstick and eye shadow" on. You still need the skills in SU to make a realistic model before you dress it up.

                                            So, yes, you can make a model in SU without any pluggins, but it will take a lot more effort.

                                            As an example, I design airplanes, and not just the exterior views, I put in components and assemblies, such as structure, mechanics, etc. It used to take me a week to make a fairing (the curved skin where 2 parts of the structure meet, such as wing to fuselage) in native SU.

                                            Then Curviloft came along and that reduced to about 2 days. I need to draw both the outer skin or moldline and the inner surface of composite panels that were usually 1/2 to 1 inch thick. I could not simply copy the outer skin 1/2 inch away, then join the edges, as the inner curve changes with the thickness.

                                            Then Joint-Push-Pull came along and the construction time for a fairing is now a few hours.


                                            jgb

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