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      Liverpudlian82
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      @unknownuser said:

      @futurepast said:

      Except that the spacing you have gets narrower with the greater distribution, and I thought he wanted repetition on spacing, with the row ends being the adjustment. As in, start at the center and scale out to both ends, leaving the remainder as the row ends.

      but it seems to make sense from a manufacturing point of view to have the spacing remain consistent..

      Erm, actually I want the spacing between seats to be varible, with the first and last seat exactly on the start and end of the row (as indicated by the image in my opening post) ... otherwise one gets ugly looking "kinks" in the stands like this:

      http://s14.directupload.net/images/130906/6x9ery5u.png

      I prefer the solution with variable spacing in each row, as this will look smoother in a stadium like this:
      http://texasproud.com/files/2012/02/cowboys-stadium1.jpeg

      πŸ˜‰

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        Futurepast
        last edited by

        Jeff, you got it πŸ˜„

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          pbacot
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          Will be interesting to see how this goes or if SU can handle all those seats.

          Find it hard to believe people crowd into those nosebleed tiers to watch that crap. But of course they do. Everyone to his or her own. Not that I've never enjoyed being at a game myself.

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            jeff hammond
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            @pbacot said:

            Will be interesting to see how this goes or if SU can handle all those seats.

            hmm.. i don't think i want to be the one that finds out πŸ˜„


            here's a low-poly dynamic chair (120 faces).. i'm not sure if this is a real style design but i guess it would have to be done similarly in order to get variable seat spacing.. after doing a small sample, you might want to consider making it even more low poly..

            DC_StadiumChair.skp

            how to use:

            Position the chairs using the raw line as reference points..

            Array the chairs up the rows

            use the Scale tool on each row to desired length..

            in doing the example, i encountered one situation where the DC would no longer update.. i had to save the file at that point then relaunch sketchup in order to get the DCs working again..

            there's a guide point in the seat which can be used as a reference to rotate the seat into an upright position..

            good luck πŸ˜„

            dotdotdot

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              Liverpudlian82
              last edited by

              Wow, thx @Jeff! πŸ˜‰

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                pilou
                last edited by

                Dear Jeff or other some kind soul can save this DC file in SU V 7 ? β˜€
                Thanks by advance! 😎

                Frenchy Pilou
                Is beautiful that please without concept!
                My Little site :)

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                  jeff hammond
                  last edited by

                  @unknownuser said:

                  Dear Jeff or other some kind soul can save this DC file in SU V 7 ? β˜€
                  Thanks by advance! 😎

                  lol.. i forgot.. here it is as v7
                  πŸ˜„

                  DC_StadiumChair_V7.skp

                  dotdotdot

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                    pilou
                    last edited by

                    Many Thanks! πŸ˜„

                    Components onto Faces + Random Painter both by Chris Fullmer

                    A new virus ? πŸ’š


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                    Frenchy Pilou
                    Is beautiful that please without concept!
                    My Little site :)

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                      Futurepast
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                      Nice Jeff....Very nice πŸ˜„

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                        jeff hammond
                        last edited by

                        @futurepast said:

                        Nice Jeff....Very nice πŸ˜„

                        thanks.. i kinda wish i knew ruby though because it seems like it would be better and more useable that way

                        dotdotdot

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                          pilou
                          last edited by

                          Dear Jeff
                          Does it possible to have a DC component with a "rounded" structure against a "straight" structure ?

                          rounded_seats.jpg

                          Frenchy Pilou
                          Is beautiful that please without concept!
                          My Little site :)

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                            leedsrule
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                            @pbacot said:

                            Will be interesting to see how this goes or if SU can handle all those seats.

                            Haha, we all build models holding thousands and thousands of seats πŸ˜› I built a fairly detailed stadium with over 100k seats a while ago (http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=ab540be05531814078c5a8ac7702b7f3), and liverpudlian built a similar sized model for Argentina also. My graphics card is a NVIDIA Geforce 6150SE nForce 430. You lot probably know that is hardly the best hard drive πŸ˜‰

                            Anyway, I too would like to find a solution, although my current method dosent take too long. Putting seats in the corners is all part of building stadiums πŸ˜† but if there was a quick cheat way I would use it

                            Me, liverpudlian and a load of others post our pictures here:
                            http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=330977&page=425

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