Additional Component - Superlight Chair by Gehry, all native sketchup geometry

i4_EMECO_CH_SUPER-X.zip

Additional Components - ICON Chair & Stools by Starck, all native sketchup geometry

i4_EMECO_CH_ICON.zip

i4_EMECO_ICON_STOOLS.zip

Emeco Group 2 - Tables and 2006 chair

These are all native sketchup geometry - mfg. cad and/or pdf files used for referece. Rendering done in Kerky.

EMECO_2006_CHAIR.zip

EMECO_TABLES.zip

Yes Gaieus, Imported from the manufacturer's cadd model and cleaned up as much as possible - with some new geometry. I am working through some more and will share when they are ready!

Bytor

The KONG collection from Emeco aluminum chairs for your use. Included are both arm and armless variants of the KONG chair, counter height stool, and bar stool.

Hope you can use them!
Bytor

emeco_kong_chairs.zip

emeco_kong_stools.zip

andeciuala,

I debated a long time before deciding to comment on your image, as I really like it and a lot of the elements you have incorporated. But - you seem to really want to some suggestions, so I took a long second look and wanted to provide you some feedback. My first take was much like others have comented - it just seems alittle flat, and hard to put a finger on. But from a closer second look - here is what I would try if it was my image;

1. Get rid of the new house in the upper right corner background - seems like a misfit.
2. The deteriorating stucco is great, but the texture bothers me a little because it is a little too intense in the areas where the deterioration is the least - somehow varying the intensity in different locations would help. Also - there would likely be a little more deterioration around the door or windows, and the depth of difference in materials where the brick is exposed in the lower right front should be more defined. (ie - deeper shadow line)
3. The door texture bothers me - seems like it should be rotated 90 degrees and diluted somehow. The window frame texture is great - but the geometry is just a little too perfect for the level of deterioration you are indicating. Maybe a cut corner or cracked/misaligned trim board would do the trick.
4. The Glazing needs replaced altogether. Too much reflection in the sunlight side, and the shadow side should be minimal reflection and much darker
5. The roof texture is neat - but i am just not sold on it being realistic. What is the material you are trying to indicate?
6. The cracked ground texture is awesome - but you woud never get that effect consistently the whole way up to the structure. Plus - there would be a worn path to the door from somewhere, and also below the roof edges where the water would drop and where it is more protected. Maybe mix this with a smoothe dirt mapwould work.
7. The weeds growing near the structure add realism - but they are far too well watered to match the cracked dirt they are emerging from. They should be half dead looking, and much less regular in pattern and color than they are.
8. The light above the doo looks like it was just installed - maybe an older style with the same approach with a weathered material would be more helpfull.

Sorry for the length, but I think this is some fine work and with a little attention to some details would be over the top!

Bytor

Juju,

This is a great tool - download the free trial - works for 30 days. CAD version is expensive - but to get to .skp format from .3ds or others is very productive, and there are some 3d file clean up processes that can help control the complexity and file sizes. Give it a try and convert an unlimited number of files in 30 days!

hth............Bytor

I think fear and ignorance play a big part in the snobbery. I just yesterday sat through a BIM briefing at my firm by some AutoDesk folks. They were introducing our Revit implementation team to the product and concepts, and at one point a designer asked about the file exchange between Sketchup and Revit. The AutoDesk presenter went on to say "why would you want to do your conceptual mass modeling in Sketchup when you can do it in revit and get real time feedback on the model - that is precise and accurate to boot" Well....let's just say they got an earfull about how they didn't know much about skecthup if they didn't think it was accurate, and if they ever get even close to Revit being as intuitive for modeling as sketchup is - they would have a lot more users.

I felt like a proud parent when he stood up for Sketchup like this. This is the same guy that took me a while to convince him to even look at sketchup. I think it is becoming clear that the design software vendors are all a little envious of the ease of use we have come to love!

Bytor

Ross,

Thanks for starting this thread. I read Coen's words yesterday morning in Catchup, and thought about them considerably as I worked in the yard all day. With just 3 posts in the time I have been a member - I qualified myself as one of the "lurkers" the article was referring to. I have a few comments regarding the benefits of those that view but don't often participate in the newsgroups.

First let me say that Coen's initiative to develop this amazing place and these wonderful forums has been a gift to us all. For many of the same reasons that countless others have already sited - I feel this is a far better place to be than the old Sketchup forums. And with the recent changes and additions (especially a separate “politics” forum) that have been made and are still coming (attachment improvements) this place is becoming even more useful.

Best of all, this place is like one big multi-national family. Complete with crazy aunts/uncles, distant cousins you rarely see, and even some you know about (lurkers) but never have met. Just like any family there sometimes are arguments, and on occasion it is dysfunctional. But when you need them – there they are to support you and help you with your problems.

I think Coen is correct in identifying the benefit of having lurkers. I for one have discovered and benefited from the talents of this extended family. From the many images, ruby scripts, and content they have generously shared. In the future I will make an effort to participate more, and hopefully I can become a more productive member of the “family”.

Thanks to Coen for his guidance and all his hard work, and wishes for continued success under Gaieus’ administration!

Dean

did it this morning, admitting to it now!

Good luck CraigD - thanks for the heads up Coen.

bytor