In over my head. Don't even know where to start.

Oramac

So I drew up the following sketch when I was bored at work and would like to make it in Sketchup, but honestly I haven't the foggiest idea how to even start building it. Can anyone shed some light for me? I'm especially concerned with the point where the triangular rear (right) joins the square/circular front (left).

Thanks!

Dave R

I'd start by drawing a plan view as well as a couple of elevation views. If it is easiest, do that on your pad of paper. scan and import as an image into SketchUp. Then trace over the lines to create faces you can extrude and intersect.

There are all sorts of tutorials out there for drawing vehicles. You should search YouTube. I bet you'll find a lot of help that way.

Oramac

@dave r said:

I'd start by drawing a plan view as well as a couple of elevation views. If it is easiest, do that on your pad of paper. scan and import as an image into SketchUp. Then trace over the lines to create faces you can extrude and intersect.

There are all sorts of tutorials out there for drawing vehicles. You should search YouTube. I bet you'll find a lot of help that way.

Sadly, I'm at work right now so Youtube is out for a few hours, but I'll definitely check that out when I get home. I kinda got lucky on this sketch though. Never really was too good at drawing things. At least, not at keeping them all proportional and such.

pbacot

You will find that you guessed correct. The juncture of two shapes like that is tricky and the quality can vary depending on how much you want to put into it or what plugins or or techniques you employ. I am not sure myself what to search for on this. I saw a thread involving the handle on a teacup. Look at CatchUp old additions. Airplane tutorials could help.

Alan Fraser

Here is perhaps one way of doing it, based on using the Loft Junction script. This took less than 5 minutes. Obviously the wings, engines and nose cone still need to be sorted out...but it gives you some idea how you can morph one section into another. The front end was lofted using an elliptical path.

loft.skp

Gábor

At a more advanced level maybe this series of books also could be useful:

The secrets behind Car modeling in SketchUp part 1 of 3 | SketchUcation

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