Here is a mock-up of a Fire Truck I'm working on... It's very rough right now and I'll most likely end up starting over with actual pictures of the engine to model from. I was going to model this in 3Ds Max, but after not using the program for a few months I honestly don't know where to start...

The nice things about SketchUp is the ease of operation, there's no hidden tricks and everything is pretty straightforward... and the best part, it's just like riding a bike, you never forget

Here's another shot of the rear.

I'm hoping to incorporate the steering limits to the model and we're going to try to use this for "pre-plan" to see if the trucks are going to have any issues entering some areas of the community.

thanks for the link...

i'm hoping to really try some more animation techniques later on...

i was surfing through the animation section here and was very impressed with what I saw.

Has anyone made some interesting animations they'd like to share? Is it possible to make animations, as far as moving parts, etc?

this is as close as I can get with a trail plug-in:

I thought I might post a few links to my work...

those are just very quick videos... I'm trying to figure out how to animate some arrows to flow through the system... i've got an idea of how to do it... but i'm never really right...

Hello All, I used to be a member here, but then took a break from SU for a bit while I figured out my career path...

This account was turned off, or inactive, or I just renewed it today...

just thought I'd say hi again.

i also downloaded camstudio, from http://www.camstudio.org and hopefully that'll achieve more of what i'm looking for... the wink program looks like it's for tutorials, i need something to record what i'm doing, and then speed it up to show a start to finish kind of thing.

poster-CADken

@unknownuser said:

Check this thread in the Tutorials & How To Forum.

410 Gone

(www.sketchucation.com)

Click on Wink.

thanks man!

poster-CADken

please tell me there is an easier way, than to "print screen" and paste in photoshop over and over and over again? and then create a .gif

poster-CADken

I don't know the proper term for this, but is there software that you can record you're action on the computer to use for an animation or video?

I want to draw something in AutoCAD or SketchUp and record as I'm drawing it, then after I'm done i want to speedup the recording to show a short animated vid of my drawing.

I know it's possible, i just don't know what it's called.

Any help is appreciated.

Essentially this is what i'm looking to achieve:

poster-CADken

thanks for the PM alan, however i wasn't really directing my question to anyone in particular, just thought i'd throw it out there...

thanks man.

Posted by CADken

this might be slightly off topic and i'm not sure if this has been covered, but where could i get some good blog templates?

i'm planning on hacking up a template with my own images and such, but i was curious to see if there were any good suggestions first?

Posted by CADken

if i were skilled enough i'd give it a whirl... but i don't think anyone would go for it... i mean i've modeled people's houses and such.

posted by: CADKen

wow that's what i look like.... man i need to clean myself up

poster-CADken

@unknownuser said:

Well there it was, parked in the same place as yesterday so I left this note on the Durango:

@unknownuser said:

To: The driver of this car.

You parked next to my truck yesterday, very close. At lunchtime I came out to my truck, surveyed how close you were and realized that no scratches were made on my vehicle. I was relieved.

Well when I came out at the end of the day this was not the case, there was a huge dent on my door. I hope in the future that you would be more considerate of other people’s property.

Sincerely

The offended.

Then I walked up to the snack counter at the court house. The guy who works the counter is about 95% blind. While giving me the change for my cahsews he gave me $1 too much. I politely told him and returned it.

Today is a better day.

i'd report his license plate to the police and let them leave a nice note of his ar as well.

poster-CADken

i've never had the opportunity to leave a note however i've been hit a few times as you have described above and i've seen people hit my car, and then blow it off like nothing happened and then continue to get out of their car and walk into the store...

last month i had a mishap....
so guy parked illegally in a handicap spot, kicked his door open into the side of my car (Black Honda CR-V) anyway (i was in the back with my daughter, tinted windows, she was eating and i was holing her bottle) well he hits my car, see the damage, in fact he even inspects it closely, then walks into the store...

so i got out, took pics with my digi cam, took pictures of his car and the marks on his door from opening it into mine, then took pics of the side of our car, with the HUGE scratches... then called the cops and reported it.

so the guy got a ticket for parking illegally in a handicap spot, and he also got a ticket for obstruction to personal property?? (i can't remember the specific wording) anyway, we basically got our dent pulled and the scratches were fixed (all on him).... if it weren't for me being in the car, and just so happening to have a camera, we would have been screwed.

and if i were to bump someone and do some damage, i'd be upfront about it, b/c i would expect the same (a lady at work here backed into my car and destroyed my bumper... it took her 2 weeks to finally come clean and be honest about it)

poster-CADken

8O i gotta get me an industrial beer opener!

poster-CADken

hehehe, that made my friday.

poster-CADken

A friend of mine thru another forum has created this site: http://2ndgen.info/index.shtml
It's a website dedicated to 2 Gen Integras and Legends (as well as 3rd Gen Integra Friendly as well). If you are interested please check it out, as he has put a lot of work into it and is continuing his efforts to make it better and better, and if you have an Acura Integra or Legend, I encourage you to check out the forum and join!

We are trying to get a good group of people in there to really launch things off.

Thanks!

poster-CADken

truly amazing work, it appears so life-like!! well done indeed!

wow!!!

awesome work!!!