@gullfo said:

...and there are also online and github converters to get to rgb or hex...

Did you happen to find anything that would convert all of the colors to RGB or HEX in one go? I could only find converters for single colors.

@Christian_33 what version of SketchUp are you using? Can you show an image of the sort of thing you are trying to create?

My first thought is to use Curviloft with a centerline and the shapes at the ends for profiles. Might be other options, too.

With Curviloft.

Combining parts I've modeled based on a variety of sources from the late 1800s to very early 1900s. Still need the belt shifter if I can find the details.

AO in Kerkythea under a faces only and a sketchy edges hidden line export.

Resizing with Dynamic Components is a scaling operation. In your model you need to split the front part of the panel off the back as separate components. Then resize the back part and only move the front part with the groove. Maybe something like this.

I made it look like a single piece on the right by hiding the seam lines.

@LindaRose if the cursor looks like the one in Rich's screen shot, the tool will create guides. If you tap Ctrl so the curosr is the tape measure without the red +, it will only measure withot created any guides.

Guide points are created if you start from a point or intersection. Guide lines are created if you start from an axis line, an edge, or another guideline. That's all there is to the tool.

Modeled to go with a large steam engine.

@danna Rich is correct. Rotating the component would be simplest. You could also set gluing properties for the component and drag copies of it in from the Components panel.

I've set the axes so the component's origin falls on the vertical face of the box.

@HornOxx many thanks, sir.

@HornOxx

These things seem to find me. I come across various sources for dimensioned drawings of various machines and use them to make these models. I find them a good alternative to the woodworking models I tend to do for clients.

Thank you all.

For those who aren't familiar with reading micrometers, the lead screw which drives the moving anvil has 20 threads per inch. So one full turn of the screw moves the anvil 0.05 in. That moves the pointer on the small dial one division and of course the pointer on the large dial, a full revolution. The major divisions on the large dial indicate 0.001 in. I don't know how precisely the original lead screw's threads were made but a device like this can be quite precise in its measurements.

@HornOxx thank you! Two ceparate lines-only exports from SketchUp combined with the render from Vray.

@Rich-O-Brien
Not a whole lot of difference with AO on this one.

Another little machinist's model. The flywheel on this one is 35mm diameter.

@Bryan-K thank you sir!

Here's some views set up in LayOut.

An experiment to create clock hands that will rotate to the correct time based on a typed time.

@tuna1957

Thank you, sir!

@Rich-O-Brien no, it's not 100% SketchUp. It's a cobination of exported images over an image of paper with stains. It does use one of my sketchy line styles for the edges. The paper image could be used as a watermark but that is kind of limiting when it comes time to edit the image in the image editor.

@majid thank you. As I showed you on the other forum the hatching was done in Foto Sketcher.

@L-i-am if you wanted to make it look less photographic you could use the rendered image as a basis for a hand-shaded sort of look. Combine it with a hidden line export from SketchUp Maybe use a sketchy line style or the straight line styles. Maybe enable extensions for some of the lines

This is just a quickie shaded thing. I'm not sure it's totally right but a start.