Dramatic entrance and help required
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Well, Extrude Edges By Rails almost works.
Looks good from this angle but...
Something fell apart. I expect if the right thing was done, it could be made to work.
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like this? only 2 sides made
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Here's my suggestion using Artisan (or Sub Divide and Smooth)
[flash=800,600:dy6uok5o]http://www.youtube.com/v/ckwgXqKH_uc[/flash:dy6uok5o] -
Nice one Rich.
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@marian said:
Nice one Rich.
I was surprised at the final result as I was thinking Curviloft and BezierSpline. Then SDS came to mind. It's a plugin that is so powerful that it never fails to impress me.
All I need now is talent
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Rich, that works quite nicely. Good job.
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Don't thank me. Thank Dale. It's his b'day today as well so I'm sure he'll appreciate it!
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yet another suggestion here..
using the loft tool in curviloft set to 'bezier method2 respect tangency' along with the uniform B-splines from bezierSpline.rb..
[flash=700,555:ek1lph60]http://www.youtube.com/v/Xt_MffSkCEI?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0[/flash:ek1lph60]
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Jeff, that's very good. I agree the corners probably aren't circular curves. I just used them for speed but would have used a Bezier curve instead. I did use a Bezier curve for the profiles, though. I used TIG's Extrude Edges by Rails and it went pretty quickly. I did three sides since all three have different widths.
re: the back face color. Makes you want to correct reversed faces, doesn't it?
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Mmmhhh I'm a bit late but here's how I've solved this in the past
bevels.skp
Ohh nice one Dave! faster than mine
Jeff, I liked the result but I can't watch youtoube from work
Nor whatever Rich is using.... flash maybe?I have to miss half of the stuff posted in the forum due to restrictions in my pc
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D'OH! Forgot to hit "notfy me of a reply".
So many replies and so little time :B@marian said:
No idea...I also stumbled on the same problem when I modeled my dell laptop and I settled for a compromise. http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=ed35ed3a7c8824e5996bace9c8deb982&prevstart=0
I'll watch this thread maybe I'll get a solution for my laptop model too
Btw...welcome to SCF. Have a nice stay here ^_^
Sweet model! And thanks
@unknownuser said:
like this? only 2 sides made
[attachment=0:1ew1d1ur]<!-- ia0 -->23.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:1ew1d1ur]I tried that at first but then I ran into problems trying to get the rounded off corners. I could probably make 8-segmants and then join them all together in a very hack and slash way to get the result if all else fails.
And then their is always the option of going bananas with the move tool!
@unknownuser said:
Here's my suggestion using Artisan (or Sub Divide and Smooth)
[flash=600,480:1ew1d1ur]http://www.youtube.com/v/ckwgXqKH_uc[/flash:1ew1d1ur]That looks like it would work, where can I download this plugin? I'll have a play about with it tonight when I get home.
@unknownuser said:
yet another suggestion here..
using the loft tool in curviloft set to 'bezier method2 respect tangency' along with the uniform B-splines from bezierSpline.rb..
[attachment=0:1ew1d1ur]<!-- ia0 -->computerBottomjh.skp<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:1ew1d1ur]
[flash=700,555:1ew1d1ur]http://www.youtube.com/v/Xt_MffSkCEI?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0[/flash:1ew1d1ur]
http://youtu.be/Xt_MffSkCEI?hd=1Beizer Curves would be a good way to get the weird angle the bevel of the laptop sits at. Its very steep, almost straight.
@dave r said:
Jeff, that's very good. I agree the corners probably aren't circular curves. I just used them for speed but would have used a Bezier curve instead. I did use a Bezier curve for the profiles, though. I used TIG's Extrude Edges by Rails and it went pretty quickly. I did three sides since all three have different widths.
re: the back face color. Makes you want to correct reversed faces, doesn't it?
Actually, on closer inspection, it has a radius of about 0.5cm on the bottom. You can see it when light hits of the bottom of the computer.
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Ther's a 15day trial but I recommend you buy it
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@unknownuser said:
http://www.artisan4sketchup.com
Ther's a 15day trial but I recommend you buy itI'll give it a shot, I'm not that heavy a Sketchup user. Though given the exchange rate from $ to £ it might be worth it even if its just going to sit there best part of the year! haha
@karinagm said:
Mmmhhh I'm a bit late but here's how I've solved this in the past
[attachment=1:299w5w9d]<!-- ia1 -->bevels.skp<!-- ia1 -->[/attachment:299w5w9d]
[attachment=0:299w5w9d]<!-- ia0 -->bevel.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:299w5w9d]Ohh nice one Dave! faster than mine
Jeff, I liked the result but I can't watch youtoube from work
Nor whatever Rich is using.... flash maybe?I have to miss half of the stuff posted in the forum due to restrictions in my pc
hate thatMay I ask what tools you have used to do this?
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@unknownuser said:
May I ask what tools you have used to do this?
It is explained in the file I attached, but for the curves I used bezier spline, restricted to 8 segments per curve (the default is 20).
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@karinagm said:
@unknownuser said:
May I ask what tools you have used to do this?
It is explained in the file I attached, but for the curves I used bezier spline, restricted to 8 segments per curve (the default is 20).
Push pull for the profiles and curviloft to join the resultants edges (the image attached to the message).Oh! I didn't realise it was in the file. My bad
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@gilles said:
an over way to do it with Scale Tool
I was actually experimenting with that and getting some decent results, but it looks like ya beat me to the punch
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I'm always trying to do it with native tools, instead of round corner follow me tool would do it but a little much time.
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@gilles said:
I'm always trying to do it with native tools, instead of round corner follow me tool would do it but a little much time.
I always try to use the native tools that come with software packages as well. I have no 3rd party plugins for my music software packages and use only the default toolset, with good results just to give an example.
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