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    • M Offline
      mingjae
      last edited by

      hello, this is my 2nd question in Newbie forum,
      May senior will help me and another newbie viewers to improve their skills to the next level.

      after explore the basic shape, rectangle,cirle,and triangle,
      I'm confused with the complex shape, like a pillow model, a Chair, and an apple maybe 😒
      How can they do that with line tool perhaps?
      I dunno but I try to design an interior of a bedroom and i have no idea how to shape it.

      thx

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      • Rich O BrienR Online
        Rich O Brien Moderator
        last edited by

        Have you explored the 'Follow Me' tool?

        [flash=800,600:92jeu5r0]http://www.youtube.com/v/GOxrFN7JbiQ[/flash:92jeu5r0]

        In fact check out all the videos...

        ...if you haven't seen them already?

        Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp

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        • M Offline
          mingjae
          last edited by

          thank you very much!
          that's more than enough to learn sketchup for me.

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            mingjae
            last edited by

            hello it's me again,

            is it another way to create a more complex pillow than using follow me tool,
            I have use move tool+alt key but it didn't shape well.

            should I use some plugins maybe?free plugins?

            thx

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            • Rich O BrienR Online
              Rich O Brien Moderator
              last edited by

              I suppose the obvious choice is SDS (Subdivide and Smooth). Here's a quick example of what it does...
              SDS1.jpg

              I first created what's called a proxy, then subdivided and smoothed this using the plugin and you can then move points on the proxy that affect the pillow (called SubSurf)

              I know this isn't a great example of a pillow but it's just to give you the idea.

              Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp

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              • ely862meE Offline
                ely862me
                last edited by

                No plugin needed !

                Pillow with sandbox tools     by EliseiDesign.jpg
                Pillow with sandbox tools    by EliseiDesign.jpg


                Pillow with sandbox tools by EliseiDesign.skp

                Elisei (sketchupper)


                Before no life was done on Earth it was THE LIFE ITSELF...GOD
                Come and See EliseiDesign

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                  mingjae
                  last edited by

                  Where can I download SDS plugins? I've search in plugins index but none of SDS plugins there

                  @ely862me said:

                  No plugin needed !

                  [attachment=0:1cx1je46]<!-- ia0 -->Pillow with sandbox tools by EliseiDesign.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:1cx1je46]
                  [attachment=1:1cx1je46]<!-- ia1 -->Pillow with sandbox tools by EliseiDesign.jpg<!-- ia1 -->[/attachment:1cx1je46]

                  wow, interesting with no plugins needed,
                  I have tried to use "from scratch" tool, but I can't make the first step,
                  can you give the tutorial for the first step? is it left click?
                  I'm confused..

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                  • ely862meE Offline
                    ely862me
                    last edited by

                    SDS aka Subdivide&Smooth it is a plugin but for sale .. u can buy it from here LINK.

                    As about the sandbox From scratch tool and also Smoove tool watch this.

                    [flash=700,550:s465wd0q]http://www.youtube.com/v/CcbIZFn6-mQ?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b[/flash:s465wd0q]

                    Elisei (sketchupper)


                    Before no life was done on Earth it was THE LIFE ITSELF...GOD
                    Come and See EliseiDesign

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                    • numbthumbN Offline
                      numbthumb
                      last edited by

                      Just to add to this - if, for some reason, you can´t, or don´t want to buy it, you might consider this one, which is free ( it has its flaws, but anyway ) http://www.smustard.com/script/Subdivide.
                      However, learning SU in-built tools first would be a good idea IMO, so Elisei´s solution is worth giving a try.

                      Comfortably numb...

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                        mingjae
                        last edited by

                        thanks guys, and thanks for the video,
                        but I still don't understand how to make the parameter to make circle border at the edge of the pillow, I always make it 2 edge lines after I duplicate and flip it 😒

                        nevermind, another suggest me to make a better organic shape using another software like 3Ds Max etc, but SU is more userfriendly for me,

                        this is another problem occur when I create a bottle using follow me tool,

                        http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/8153/bingungg.jpg

                        after I use follow me, some parts are missing, I don't know why,
                        but it won't happenned in creating bowl

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                          d12dozr
                          last edited by

                          Regarding the bottle, it may be the faces are too small for SU...if that is the case, just scale up by 10 or 100, before follow me, then scale back down afterwards - and the faces will be kept.

                          3D Printing with SketchUp Book
                          http://goo.gl/f7ooYh

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                            mingjae
                            last edited by

                            @d12dozr said:

                            Regarding the bottle, it may be the faces are too small for SU...if that is the case, just scale up by 10 or 100, before follow me, then scale back down afterwards - and the faces will be kept.

                            Scale? Great! It works!

                            by the way, have any idea to create these kind of bottle?

                            http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/4773/bingunge.jpg

                            I have no idea 😕
                            maybe a product designer is better than an architect in shaping things 😄

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