Barcelona Chair [TUTORIAL]

Gus R

Here's a Barcelona chair that I fully modeled in SketchUp and rendered in Kerkythea.

The leather upholstery and buttons was created using the standard Subdivide and Smooth with piping using "lines into tubes" and everything else is standard free SketchUp tools.

I'm thinking about uploading the model to the Components forum. The cleaned up model with stool is about 1.7 MB.

I modeled this to provide high detail for interior rendering and other work. Thus, it is not a completely 100 percent replica but it's very close.

Barcelona chair close-up.

Barcelona chair and stool.

Barcelona chair and stool - Black

Barcelona chair and stool - Red

Update 1:

OK, I added part 1 of a tutorial which covers the basics for the cushions. This might wind up in the Tutorials Forum but here it for now.

Barcelona Chair Tutorial: The Cushion - Part 1

Update 2:

Barcelona Chair Tutorial: Piping - Part 2

Update 3:

Tutorials saved as SU6:

Barcelona Chair Tutorial: The Cushion - Part 1 (SU6)
Barcelona Chair Tutorial: Piping - Part 2 (SU6)

Rich O Brien

You did a wonderful job on that model. Would like to see some wirferames!

Gus R

@unknownuser said:

You did a wonderful job on that model. Would like to see some wirferames!

Thanks. Was just working on some images of the SketchUp model itself.

Back Edges + X-Ray in SketchUp

Back Edges + Hidden Geometry

Kerkythea

cadmunkey

Superb model, well done. I have the white one myself!

jarynzlesa

super modeling . any chance to sharing?

Hieru

Fantastic work

Would you mind sharing your technique for modelled the piping on the chair?

jsteacy

great modeling! A few snap shots of how you did it would be great! +1 for sharing it if you are willing to.

designerstuart

i'm interested in how you created the seat surface - not familiar with subdivide and smooth. did you extrude and intersect, followme or something more clever?

Slimdog

Great render and model. Good to see that some people find kerkythea easy.

Vicspa

Great job Gus, hope you can find time to put out a tutorial on the seat and piping.

Gus R

Thank you again. I'm still trying to get a hang of Kerkythea which does get easier with time. The key like most everything is practice, practice, practice.

I added a tutorial for the cushion above. Might get to the piping later today or tomorrow but for now it's as simple as using the line work from the component sections for the cushion (see skp file) and using Lines to Tubes. The centerline of the tubes and piping is the same line(s)you'll find around the component. It's a simple matter of copying and pasting the required line from the component.

Make sure to weld the line work before creating the tube. Also, just make one tube (piping) section which you can convert into a component. There would be two piping components for the tufted area and one for the perimeter of the cushion (top and bottom).

Hieru

Thanks for taking the time to put together a really informative tutorial - it really helped me to better understand proxy modelling. Cheers

GdBTM

wow! it's a very good model!

can you share the .skp file for the previous versions of sketchup?

Mike Lucey

Great work Gus and thanks for the tutorial

Gus R

Thanks and you're welcome. I just added a piping tutorial. You'll need "Lines into Tube" which is available here at Sketchucation.

Here's the latest incarnation of the Barcelona Chair using Artisan rather than SDS. I used the sculpt brush to bump up the tufts a tiny but which also helps to smooth them out. Also did some dimension adjustments on the chair frame, stool and revised the steel to 12mm thickness.