sketchucation logo sketchucation
    • Login
    โ„น๏ธ Licensed Extensions | FredoBatch, ElevationProfile, FredoSketch, LayOps, MatSim and Pic2Shape will require license from Sept 1st More Info

    Snowy Pinecone - Christmas Challenge Tut

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved SketchUp Tutorials
    sketchup
    23 Posts 13 Posters 5.8k Views 13 Watching
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • BoxB Offline
      Box
      last edited by

      Very nice to watch, just one small question.

      You appeared to turn the surfaces inside out, the silver gray colour as your working surface rather than the white, I have always thought the white side was the outside.
      Am I wrong and it doesn't matter, or is it only relevant when rendering or something else?

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • boofredlayB Offline
        boofredlay
        last edited by

        You are right on both accounts. The blue in my model is the back side. It does not matter which color you make the front or back, that is user preference. However if you are going to use a rendering software it is good practice to always have the front face oriented correctly, facing outward.

        In this example however I was actually showing how each skin was a different group. Yes I should have just reversed the bottom left one.

        Now for the third step, arranging the cone scales, you will notice the faces are correct. I actually exploded all of the skins into one component.

        http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • BoxB Offline
          Box
          last edited by

          Thanks Eric,
          I still haven't done any rendering, but it's good to know I am thinking the right way.

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • david_hD Offline
            david_h
            last edited by

            @box said:

            I still haven't done any rendering. . .

            Good thing. .. .You just don't wanna go there. Rendering Software is like the mob. . .Once you're in .. . You can never get out. ๐Ÿ’š

            If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • A Offline
              arklandesign
              last edited by

              Thank you so much for taking the time to explain how you did this.... it was a real eye opener for me. I tried doing this myself...and just have to laugh at my attempts now having seen your way of doing this...Amazing and thanks again.

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • pilouP Offline
                pilou
                last edited by

                Does it possible to have movies in reduction? (or a trick)
                Original is too big for my screen and seems there is not possible to reduce it ๐Ÿ˜ข

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

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • boofredlayB Offline
                  boofredlay
                  last edited by

                  Not unless I do it again with a smaller screen grab window, sorry. ๐Ÿ˜ณ

                  http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • Jean-FrancoJ Offline
                    Jean-Franco
                    last edited by

                    Very nice tutorial Eric, thanks !

                    Jean-Franco

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • N Offline
                      nomeradona
                      last edited by

                      bravo...

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

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • pilouP Offline
                        pilou
                        last edited by

                        @unknownuser said:

                        sorry.

                        No problem, i will use scroll bars ๐Ÿ˜‰

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

                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • mitcorbM Offline
                          mitcorb
                          last edited by

                          In WindowsXP and Firefox, usually you can Ctrl+Scroll, but this does not affect the clip window, as you have already discovered.

                          I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • P Offline
                            pankaj_tamore
                            last edited by

                            By looking at your snowy pinecones only one question making rounds in mind how you have achieved this incredible shape? hats off!

                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • boofredlayB Offline
                              boofredlay
                              last edited by

                              Thanks Pankaj.
                              Unfortunately the videos I made were disabled because it was a free Jing account and the bandwidth has been used up.
                              I will have to remake the tutorial at some time as those are now lost.

                              I will tell you however that I used the Curviloft plugin to create the shape then copied and rotated it many times.

                              http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

                              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • dereiD Offline
                                derei
                                last edited by

                                @unknownuser said:

                                Thanks Pankaj.
                                Unfortunately the videos I made were disabled because it was a free Jing account and the bandwidth has been used up.
                                I will have to remake the tutorial at some time as those are now lost.

                                I will tell you however that I used the Curviloft plugin to create the shape then copied and rotated it many times.

                                can you upload on youtube? ๐Ÿ˜„ It seems a simple process, but I'd like to see it in action; I'm sure I'll learn something.
                                Thank you.

                                DESIGNER AND ARTIST [DEREI.UK](http://derei.uk/l)

                                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • boofredlayB Offline
                                  boofredlay
                                  last edited by

                                  I will when I get the chance to remake the tutorial. The Jing content was disabled when my bandwidth ran out and I don't even have access to it. ๐Ÿ˜ข

                                  http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

                                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • dereiD Offline
                                    derei
                                    last edited by

                                    @unknownuser said:

                                    I will when I get the chance to remake the tutorial. The Jing content was disabled when my bandwidth ran out and I don't even have access to it. ๐Ÿ˜ข

                                    (kinda off-topic) good to know. I was tempted to use Jing some time ago (i like the way it looks). Now I'll know to listen to my instinct all the time (the instinct told me not to) ๐Ÿ˜‰

                                    (now back) Thank you Boofredlay, I appreciate your (soon to be) effort ! ๐Ÿ‘

                                    DESIGNER AND ARTIST [DEREI.UK](http://derei.uk/l)

                                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • boofredlayB Offline
                                      boofredlay
                                      last edited by

                                      Sure thing. Jing is good and I like it very much however I had not planned on purchasing the full version as I had my eye on something else. I could have downloaded the tutorials and converted them but I was too late. My fault.

                                      http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

                                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • boofredlayB Offline
                                        boofredlay
                                        last edited by

                                        Ok, I had a chance to rework the tutorial so check out the original post again.

                                        Hope it makes sense. ๐Ÿค“

                                        http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

                                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • R Offline
                                          renderedeffect
                                          last edited by

                                          This is a great tutorial! Thank you for posting it! โ˜€

                                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                          • 1
                                          • 2
                                          • 2 / 2
                                          • First post
                                            Last post
                                          Buy SketchPlus
                                          Buy SUbD
                                          Buy WrapR
                                          Buy eBook
                                          Buy Modelur
                                          Buy Vertex Tools
                                          Buy SketchCuisine
                                          Buy FormFonts

                                          Advertisement