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    • EdsonE Offline
      Edson
      last edited by

      hi randall,

      what you probably want to do is to create an array in which one single instance can be turned into an arrangement of objects in rows and columns, right? i do not think SU can do it in a single move. first you have to copy the object along a row (horizontally) then you select the entire row and copy it vertically. see the attached "tutorial".

      tut_array.skp

      edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre โ€ข brasil
      http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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      • Jean-FrancoJ Offline
        Jean-Franco
        last edited by

        Hi All,
        I think the tutorial mentionned by Sawduster is a video on Design, Click and Build made by Dave Richards. The title is "Animating Your SketchUp Models".
        Here is the link: http://blogs.taunton.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?redirCnt=1&webtag=fw-designforum
        Jean-Franco

        Jean-Franco

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        • tinanneT Offline
          tinanne
          last edited by

          ok, I've tried it several times and read the tutorial. What am I missing..... trying to do an array.

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          • ToboboT Offline
            Tobobo
            last edited by

            Don't worry i had it hard at first to. Use Edson's skippy, and try 5x for multiple and /5 to divide the gap.

            Keep trying it'll happen

            Toby

            Philippians 4:13

            I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

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            • EdsonE Offline
              Edson
              last edited by

              tina, who are you talking to?

              and what exactly are you trying to do and cannot do?

              edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre โ€ข brasil
              http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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              • tinanneT Offline
                tinanne
                last edited by

                I was talking to anyone ๐Ÿ˜„ I have tried this before awhile ago and now again, but have never been able to get it to work.

                I'm not doing it for any specific project. Just want to know how to do it as the occasion arises.

                Thanks for your help ๐Ÿ˜„

                oh, just trying to do a circular array of any ole' object ๐Ÿ˜„

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                • G Offline
                  Gidon Yuval
                  last edited by

                  Here's a little tutorial. The methode is the same for linear or radial arrays.
                  Hope it helps.

                  Array tut.skp

                  If you don't know where you're going, you're never going to get there.

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                  • L Offline
                    linea
                    last edited by

                    Thanks, Susan, Gidon, Edson.

                    I had tried this before but could'nt really get the hang of it. I have a project to draw a fountain that will involve lots of concentric circular arrays. I can't wait to get on with it now! I'd struggle to draw a box if it wasn't for this forum.

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                    • EdsonE Offline
                      Edson
                      last edited by

                      bravo, gidon. much more precise than the one i posted above.

                      the same principles explained by gidon in his tut on linear arrays apply to radial ones: just instead of a distance one would enter an angle.

                      edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre โ€ข brasil
                      http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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                      • GaieusG Offline
                        Gaieus
                        last edited by

                        @unknownuser said:

                        ...the same principles explained by gidon in his tut on linear arrays apply to radial ones: just instead of a distance one would enter an angle.

                        or start the copy/rotate by hand, snap to an endpoint on the circle and then hit the x-something or /-something... Good to create radial arrays that perfectly align to your (customly segmented) circles.

                        Gai...

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                        • tinanneT Offline
                          tinanne
                          last edited by

                          WooHoo! I did it! Thank you so much Gidon!! and Edson! Very cool! ๐Ÿ˜„

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                            Gidon Yuval
                            last edited by

                            Good for you, Tina!
                            I don't know if you did a linear array or a circular array so I thought I'd add a circular array tutorial just to be on the safe side.

                            Circular array tut.skp

                            http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/sas/Newbie/Tutorial JPEG.jpg

                            If you don't know where you're going, you're never going to get there.

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                            • ToboboT Offline
                              Tobobo
                              last edited by

                              Ooooooo! Clever

                              Toby

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                              • tinanneT Offline
                                tinanne
                                last edited by

                                Thanks again Gidon. I did the circular array. I just wasn't typing the "formula" in the right order. Very cool, I'm exciting. This will make placing corbels on a turret MUCH easier!

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                                • GaieusG Offline
                                  Gaieus
                                  last edited by

                                  @tinanne said:

                                  ...Very cool, I'm exciting...

                                  Hm...
                                  ๐Ÿ˜’

                                  Gai...

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                                  • tinanneT Offline
                                    tinanne
                                    last edited by

                                    LOL! WOOPS! ๐Ÿ˜ณ

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                                    • GaieusG Offline
                                      Gaieus
                                      last edited by

                                      BTW Tina, are there really turrets (over) there? Here I could show you a real 12th century corbel though...
                                      ๐Ÿ˜„

                                      Gai...

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