Virtual chair
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Option 1? Preserved for posterior?
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No WTF on it's way.
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When I saw this video I realize instantantly that " SU is a twisted redondance" and the secret is on twIStEd not on redondance. Thanks Solo.
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=33226&hilit=photo
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Please,how to assign an icon to a plugin in sketchup ?
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Which plugin?
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Bonjour Dave,
My question is: How to make a new plugin, once installed, visible in toolbar via an icon.
Hope this make sens.
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Are you planning to write the plugin? If so, you should inquire in the Plugins forum. If you have installed a plugin and it has a toolbar or even a single btton associated with it, you should first go to Preferences>Extensions and check all of the boxes you find there. (That's the easiest thing to tell you.) Then go to View>Toolbars and select the desired toolbar to turn it on.
If you have installed a plugin that doesn't have a toolbar associated with it, I suppose you could edit it and add a toolbar button or more but again, you should inquire about this in the Plugins forum.
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Thanks for the help. It's more clear now.
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Woodgrain, a headache for me. PLEASE, would someone explain the lexique and composition of the grain with a file like this attached.
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I'm not exactly sure what you want to know about wood grain. Do you want to know the names for different methods of cutting? Or are you just thinking about my comment on correcting the grain direction in your model?
If it is the latter, the point is that the grain should run the long direction on the part, not across it. There are two reasons for this. First, it is usually difficult if not impossible to find boards wide enough to allow parts to be cut out across the grain. The most important reason, though, is that wood doesn't have much strength across the grain but it has a great deal of strength along the grain.
Suppose your chairs were built with the grain running across the arm rests as you show. If someone were to sit on the arm rest, they would likely break it.
If you are more interested in learning about methods of cutting logs into boards, you might want to take a look at sites like this and this for examples.
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Thnx dave for your celerity.
First, I am not a woodworker, so be indulgent.
When I saw a piece of wood I am confused with the grain variation from one essence of wood to another. So, IF , I think, we modelled a log of wood in SU and then slice it we can see the grains and then grasp the structure behind.
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A parliament or a boxing hall ... as you like.
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It works for me. I don't know why it didn't work for you. How were you trying to extrude it?
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Hello Dave,
With Joint Push Pull. It works for the first file and not for the second. It looks like it's me who doesn't work.
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I just used the normal Push/Pull to do that. Joint Push/Pull is not required.
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You're RIGHT, Dave. I did it now.
It appears that this is a straight grain. I'll do the same thing with spiral and reverse-spiral (interlocked ?). reverse-spiral is from me. Is there others type of grains?. My ambition is to recognize any part of wood by its grain. Yet it will stay a hobby. Any suggestions?
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My suggestion would be to skip trying to draw wood gain in SketchUp. Your drawing doesn't actually show how the grain of the wood will be. It just shows the annular rings. Interlocking grain and other grain features would be very difficult to draw in SketchUp. Here's an example of a wood species that has interlocked grain.
Here's another.
If you can draw these in as SketchUp models, you'll be doing quite well.
If you want to learn about wood, and its grain, get some wood and look at it closely. Not all species create interlocking grain. Some species exhibit a wide variety of wood grain patterns. I think instead of drawing, I would search via Google for the huge amount of information that already exists.
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"skip trying" ? For sure no.
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I think I will initiate (later)a topic on wood grain. Because I have a 1000 questions about it. But not now, I am not yet bored with my chair. Any suggestions. What do you think Dave?
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