Hello guys!

I lately saw the movie Oblivion which was - well, let's say not my favorite, but I thought those "Sky Tower" apartments floating in the sky were quite cool. here's a preview of my reconstruction.

I modeled everything within Sketchup. Scene is rendered in Thea SU (TR2) with physical sky as I'm still struggling to get the IBL right. Hence reflections look pretty flat for the moment.

This is WIP. There is a lot of work to do still. Texturing is missing nearly completely, lightning is in a raw draft and there are also things missing in the model as well. As I didn't have any blueprints this was done only by eye from various images, the scale is surely a little bit off the original.

More views and renders to come soon. Feedback and recommendations are welcome.

was able to run this by a friends vray installation with some geometry touch-ups and a bit of texture and light love. will see if can render some more angles.

Dropbox - 404

(dl.dropboxusercontent.com)

unfortunately not the last version - had some data loss recently. so expect some rough edges and bad texturing here and there. that's all I can offer. have fun!

Impressive - Congratulations!

@chedda said:

Great modelling, how did you map the roof texture is it projected ?

thanks, I think it was, if I remember correctly. has been some time since I did this. it was a challenge for sure

@kdesta123 said:

hey can i get the sketch up file. i really needed it for a design case study...

sorry, it's buried somewhere in the infinite black hole that's called my backup discs.

@pbacot said:

Each situation is going to require more intelligence than a plugin IMO.

Unfortunately

Seriously, I can solve it manually. I just ran into some situations and thought maybe there was something available to ease my pain.

thanks again for all your inputs.

thank you guys, helps a lot although it doesn't solve the problem in my current model with a lot of attached geometry. I solved it by doing it manually with some guides and make planar commands. This would be an interesting approach for a plugin though. in C4D zero extrude can help you out of those situations if I remember correctly.

I hope I can explain this one properly.

I want to move the selected edge downwards.

but instead of ending with this default result...

I want to end up with this result.

rotating and generating the new geometry was another method that would work, but not with the standard tools as far as I know. Is there a plugin to achieve this? Or any other solution. It would be ideal if this could be achieved on a per vertex basis.

I'm working on a model where I have a lot of angled faces that need this kind of indents from existing geometry.

Asking a lot, I know.

Thanks for your help.

after a timeout I took this model again and found some more time to render a few angles. see a photo from the original set and the rendered replica. rendered with thea presto in record time of 3 minutes (would have been already good enough after 1m probably). absolutely no postwork done apart from contrast and levels.

feel free to download. here's the new link (the old one is obsolete): https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/51151448/sketchucation/Skytower.skp

I haven't had any time to work on it any further, others might have more advanced versions in the meantime.

stevieC. As long as you don't use it commercially or abusive I have no problem if you use it. When you credit me please make sure you do a better job in converting. The first render shows a lot of triangles and faces that don't belong to the model (roof, pool, tower etc.). Have fun!