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    Some advice using Artisan

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    • J
      jbomb
      last edited by jbomb

      Hi,

      I have just started to use Artisan and thought I would follow the thread on here and try to work through some of the basic shapes to get my head around the tools and functionality.

      I have done a quick test of a mug and everytime I apply 'subdivide and smooth' my mug looks like it has suffered a small degree of fire damage πŸ˜†

      I undertsand this will purely be down to myself and the way I have modelled the mug, but was hoping someone could give me a few pointers to why I am encountering the problems that I am - That way I can learn a bit more about the tool.

      Thanks,

      James


      test4.jpg


      test4.skp

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      • Rich O BrienR
        Rich O Brien Moderator
        last edited by

        Triangulate or Quad the face where the handle meets the cup.

        If you can upload the .skp it'd help

        Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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        • massimoM
          massimo Moderator
          last edited by

          Next time is better to do a new post jbomb instead of editing the previous one. So Rich can see that you've added the model (with new posts the icon of the thread will turn to red in the index).

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          • J
            jbomb
            last edited by

            Thanks for the advice.
            I hadn't actually made any changes to the model just added it to the thread but I will note for next time - thanks πŸ˜„

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            • olisheaO
              olishea
              last edited by

              Also use Remove Inner Faces plugin.

              You have inner faces that cause strange behaviour too.

              Look where top of handle meets the cup. Before and after inner faces removed.

              I haven't quad/triangulated the face yet, just showing how inner faces cause problems.


              Picture 2.png

              oli

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              • olisheaO
                olishea
                last edited by

                Now to make it more round. More loops make it more rectilinear....how would you go about it Rich? I continued loop all way round which is causing squareness.

                Or maybe start off with an equal sided Ngon, like a hexagon, so it can split into two quads.


                test4_A.skp


                Picture 5.png

                oli

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                • J
                  jbomb
                  last edited by

                  Thanks Oli, I think that all makes sense. It seems that it is the little details that turn this tool into something really powerful.

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                  • olisheaO
                    olishea
                    last edited by

                    Its OK, still not right though, it need to be round in plan. I'll upload another model soon...

                    oli

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                    • cottyC
                      cotty
                      last edited by

                      You will find some valuable hints in this post about proxy creation...

                      my SketchUp gallery

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                      • Rich O BrienR
                        Rich O Brien Moderator
                        last edited by

                        test4.skp

                        Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                        • olisheaO
                          olishea
                          last edited by

                          I brought my handle from a planar face. In Rich's example you can maintain a better curve by bringing the handle from an edge. This was racking my brain for a while! Because every time I triangulated the face where handle meets cup, it became flat. Anyway here are couple other ways.


                          test4_B.skp


                          test4_B.jpg

                          oli

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                          • J
                            jbomb
                            last edited by

                            Thank you for the models guys - It makes a lot more sense now.
                            Still finding a few issues but I think I just need to try things and learn from my mistakes.

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