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    Modelling a tramway

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    • jo-keJ Offline
      jo-ke
      last edited by

      is there a Pugin to draw rails along path?

      depot-rhb.jpg

      http://www.zz7.de

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      • Rich O BrienR Offline
        Rich O Brien Moderator
        last edited by

        ProfileBuillder would be a good option.

        Or CurviLoft

        CurviLoft to make profiles follow a curve in SketchUp

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        • jo-keJ Offline
          jo-ke
          last edited by

          I am using profile builder 1 but there is no option for rails

          http://www.zz7.de

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          • Rich O BrienR Offline
            Rich O Brien Moderator
            last edited by

            I can't remember v1 but v3 has an Along Path option that has rudinmentary support for branching paths.

            Using ProfileBuilder 3 in SketchUp to draw train rails

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            • jo-keJ Offline
              jo-ke
              last edited by jo-ke

              I need a path in the middle and two rails (special profile) left and right, to follow the path.

              rail.jpg

              http://www.zz7.de

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              • jo-keJ Offline
                jo-ke
                last edited by jo-ke

                next project

                photo:
                rhb1018-p1030023-1018-kl.jpg

                SU:
                depot-düw-su3w.jpg

                Render:
                Color_photography_of_an_old_202605272304pp.jpg

                rhb-düw-pp-st.jpg

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                • Mike AmosM Offline
                  Mike Amos
                  last edited by

                  Curviloft does a good job to be fair, not sure why you need anything else. Upright extruder perhaps (Or whatever it is called now).

                  Absentia mortis praesentiam vitae probat, vita autem est argumentum constantiae.

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                  • Rich O BrienR Offline
                    Rich O Brien Moderator @jo-ke
                    last edited by Rich O Brien

                    @jo-ke said:

                    I need a path in the middle and two rails (special profile) left and right, to follow the path.

                    With Curviloft the profiles can be offset from the path...

                    Profile offset from Path using CurviLoft

                    That does mean you need to do each side as a separate operation.

                    Or with ProfileBuilder 3 (or above) you could make an Assembly with a mix of Profiles and objects like bolts to do it in one sweep.

                    SketchUp_vZFjUGLOX5.gif

                    TIG's Extrusion Tools would do it too similar to CurviLofts approach.

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                    • jo-keJ Offline
                      jo-ke
                      last edited by

                      the newer version of profile builder seems to be a good tool.

                      Is it possible to insert an own profile?

                      http://www.zz7.de

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                      • jo-keJ Offline
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                        last edited by

                        1123-su.jpg

                        rhb1123-pp-st.jpg

                        depot-düw002.jpg

                        depot-düw-pp-st.jpg

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                        • jo-keJ Offline
                          jo-ke
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                          rnv-duewag-rhb1123-2.jpg

                          rhb1123-1217-ai-pp.jpg

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                          • Mike AmosM Offline
                            Mike Amos
                            last edited by

                            Wunderbar.

                            Absentia mortis praesentiam vitae probat, vita autem est argumentum constantiae.

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                            • Rich O BrienR Offline
                              Rich O Brien Moderator @jo-ke
                              last edited by

                              @jo-ke said:

                              the newer version of profile builder seems to be a good tool.

                              Is it possible to insert an own profile?

                              Sorry, I missed your query.

                              Yes, you can create a library of custom profiles.

                              Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp 📖

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                              • majidM Offline
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                                last edited by

                                These are fantastic. I think I've missed something: How do you make your models so realistic in renders?

                                My inspiring A, B, Sketches book: https://sketchucation.com/shop/books/intermediate/2612-alphabet-inspired-sketches--inspiring-drills-for-architects--3d-artists-and-designers-

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                                • jo-keJ Offline
                                  jo-ke @majid
                                  last edited by

                                  @majid It is just AI. Gemini does a great job

                                  http://www.zz7.de

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                                  • jo-keJ Offline
                                    jo-ke
                                    last edited by

                                    we sold some old trams to Oberbozen Italy.

                                    this is how it could look like:

                                    m8c-rittnerbahn-rnv-m8c-3251.jpg

                                    m8c-rittnerbahn-pp.jpg

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                                    • jo-keJ Offline
                                      jo-ke
                                      last edited by

                                      new model.

                                      I've found that picture of an old tram of my hometown:

                                      727940811_1323814459818646_1360250114934098075_n.jpg

                                      took it to meshyAI and remodelled it:

                                      falkenried2-1-su.jpg

                                      then I merged the picture with an old one of our shop in the 60ties:

                                      doerr1960-2.jpg

                                      result was great:

                                      falkenried-doerr001.jpg

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