Cool.

Ready to go on.

@unknownuser said:

Hm... Sorry again - I do not know what I screwed up above (more exactly I do - see below - I just cannot imagine how).

No Problem. I actually saw that the side piece did not fit in vertically but I thought it was normal and we would put it right later. Anyways, all seems fine now. Just one modification I made. The metal sheet covering at the bottom of the stand has been removed. I decided not the cover the piece right at the bottom.

Thanks

Learning-Dome+Stand.skp

Hi Gai

OK, I've managed to reload the picture.
Ready to continue

@unknownuser said:

BTW when you post a link, you always post it to a reply window (where you are supposed to write the answer) not to the post itself.

How do I go about doing so? I assume you would like me to post links whereby I can put a description of the link rather than the url address of the link?

Learning-Dome+Stand.skp

Hi Gai

@unknownuser said:

(the version where we last made this side rectangle a component and exported it) > right click on that component > Reload... navigate to this one above (wherever you saved it) and open...

Im a little lost here. Is the version you're talking about found in this post http://forums.sketchucation.com/posting.php?mode=reply&f=79&t=24930&sid=8b51657489c975201327d144508f981e#pr217001 .
If it is, when I right click the Right Side component, I don't get a Reload option in the popup menu. Where could I be going wrong?

Thanks

Hi Gai

I'm on track now.

After working with the dome, what you made me do makes so much of sense now. Each piece is now components and will much be easier to work with

Thanks
D0me

Side-Modified.skp

Hi Gai
I trust all is well.
Glad to see the interest everyone has in this tutorial. I guess it can't be helped with the great lessons Gai is providing.

I've drawn all that I can think of for now. I colored them in as well and I even got them at the exact dimensions I wish to use.

Can't wait to see how we going to get this in a 3D form.
Thanks

Regards
D0me

Side-Modified.skp

Hi Gai

Something like that with a few cosmetic changes and a little bit of detail in the drawing.

I have attached your picture with a explanation. I hope it makes sense, knowing my explanations are really bad but if you need me to clarify anything further, let me know

Thanks

Hi Gai
I hope you are well.

I have thought long and hard, putting myself in every practical situation to try and derive a dimension for the stand and I think I have it.

The stands width and depth needs to be such that the dome will sit on it and leave a 1 inch spacing on the back and 2 sides. The front/opening needs to have a 2 inch spacing. The height of the stand will be +- 1 Metre. The stand will be fabricated from metal.

Please improvise wherever you feel the need.

Regards
D0me

@unknownuser said:

That base part you mentioned somewhere above? Texturing? Putting some elements on hidden layers (according to what and when we want to display - just open your layers dialog from the window menu and see what and how changes when you change the scene tabs!)

Making sections and printing to scale? There are so many things you can do with a ready model - presentation, printed material... Exporting the whole model to a 3D PDF document so that anyone can see, rotate and such...

Yes, the base. Also everything else you mentioned sounds interesting and challenging and has my curiosity levels running high. SU is powerfull might I say. Really looking forward to this.

@unknownuser said:

But of course, practising the modelling part is always the first step (otherwise you do not have anything to present)

100% true. You can't run before you walk.

So I guess we can start with the base.
I'm gonna sit and think about how I want the base in terms of dimensions.

Will have something for you by tomorrow.

Take care
Regards
D0me

Hi Gai

@unknownuser said:

you can change it when you redo the whole thing to practise

Thats perfect.

The model actually seems complete to me. Really curious to see whats next.

Thanks
Regards
D0me

Cool. Didn't expect that.
Atleast now I can have the option of having the opening with the lip or without.

Just one thing I noticed and I may be wrong as I may have used the dimension tool incorrectly.
The opening needed to be 9 Inches high. If you look at the Image I have attached, it is only 6 Inches high. Have I measured correctl?

Thanks
Regards
D0me

Hi Gai
I have been a terrible student.
You leave me with a small task and I screw things up. Really sorry for that.

I've uploaded the latest one.

Thanks for being patient with me.

Regards
D0me

Learning--Fixed--Latest.skp

Hi Gai

I've completed the cleanup. I hope I didn't take away something that was supposed to be there.

Thanks
Regards
D0me

Learning--Fixed.skp

Hi Gai
No problem. I will try now to clean.

Hi Gai

I'm having a totaly blank moment right now.
I've reopened the model before making my mess up and looked for areas to clean up but I don't know where.

So I've done the following

1. Double clicked tunnel to edit the group
2. Tripple clicked it there after to get into the geomatary.
3. Right clicked and selected intersect with model
4. ctrl+H to hide rest of model
5. Right click on the smaller arch of the opening and deleted it. ( Something dosent feel right with this step)

Please may I ask for some direction.

Thanks

Learning--Unique-flipped--Before Removing Entire Tunnel.skp

Hi Gai

@unknownuser said:

However you managed to loose the whole inside of the tunnel! What happened there?

I really done know what happened here. It seems I may have removed it in error and I didn't even realise my mistake. Sorry for that. Is there any way to recover this?

If not I have downloaded the version I uploaded in the following post. http://forums.sketchucation.com/posting.php?mode=reply&f=79&t=24930&sid=5acadaddbf65b132aad43f66c186234d#pr215930
I'm going to retry this. Will have it back to you in a few minutes for inspection,

Wow feels good to actually do it alone eventhough it was a small step and all thanks to you. Im sure these little small steps will lead up to larger ones.

I have attached a Jpeg image of what I have now as well as the SKP for inspection to see if I am on track.

Learning--Unique-flipped.skp

Hi Gai

@unknownuser said:

If we did the outside with the same technique, it could be without that flat face. (If you have a backup copy of the previous version, save it somewhere and we can go along that way, too). But we will also need to texture the whole thing. I'll look some good, similar examples up if you wish.

No Need to change the course of action at this time. What I would do is when i am doing the exam, I would make this change at this stage. I will need your help though at that time.

For now I think we continue as is.

Inline and on track, Sir.
I've done the cleanup as accurately as possible.

@unknownuser said:

(BTW the shape of the tunnel - I guess it is not bad to keep a flat front face in case you would like to apply some sort of "door" or such...)

The way you have it seems fine although a door sounds good. Is it difficult to add or remove the protruding end at a later stage?

Learning--Unique-flipped.skp

Hi Gai
I'm on track.

That info about Z Fighting is quite interesting. In fact, thats the first time I've heard such a term.

You've done a phenominal job on the opening so far. I honestly did not have this type of opening in mind and you've really taken the creativity of my project to a new Level. Thanks

I guess the next step is to take out the back piece of the opening that was pushed into the dome.

Learning--Unique-flipped.skp