Help drawing a toilet seat

cotty

Line and arc tool will help you... see attachment.

toilet.skp

ukchoiceshops

Many thanks for the reply I have picked up a couple of tips from the document.

It still doesnt really answer my question about the curves being irregular.

the arc tool is good for a regular arc but say the arc is irregular how do i overcome this.

Thanks Again

Box

Understanding how to use the bezier tools will help with Complex curves.

Here is a very basic use.

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spreadcore

Is this what you want?
I just used the Bezier plugin and a couple of straight lines, traced half the seat, copied and flipped it for the other half

ukchoiceshops

Thanks for your help!!!!

ukchoiceshops

What is this plugin called as i cant seem to find it?

massimo

@ukchoiceshops said:

What is this plugin called as i cant seem to find it?

http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=100509#p100509

Box

I'm a little confused, as always, the only plugin mentioned anywhere in the thread is Bezier. You mentioned trying it yourself in your original post, which is why I did the little vid to show you how it works. It is the one Massimo linked to above. I'd be interested to know if it was another plugin you mentioned in your original?

jeff hammond

@box said:

I'm a little confused, as always, the only plugin mentioned anywhere in the thread is Bezier. You mentioned trying it yourself in your original post, which is why I did the little vid to show you how it works. It is the one Massimo linked to above. I'd be interested to know if it was another plugin you mentioned in your original?

google had a bezier plugin.. thomthom updated it a while back.. not sure what's different in the current version but it appears to have been updated this year:

SketchUp Extension Warehouse

Your library of custom third-party extensions created to optimize your SketchUp workflow.

(extensions.sketchup.com)

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Box

Cheers Jeff, looks like it behaves the same way. I must admit I have never looked in the Extensions warehouse after my first exploratory visit.

ukchoiceshops

thanks for the help. Is there a way of changing the amount of segments used on this tool?

Box

Yes there are several ways, but the most simple is to type the number you want before finishing with the tool.

Like most tools you can simply type 60s and hit enter and it will have 60 sides/segments.

The most obvious way to see this work is to draw a circle, then before doing anything else or trying to click in any boxes, just type 5 s enter and your default 24 sided circle will change to a 5 sided circle.

ukchoiceshops

Thanks