Posts made by Dave R

What are you looking for in the Tools menu? Note what it says in Usage.

@mtanure1234 you can use the native Materials tools.

@fransko what stl file? If you are referring to the one for the clips I showed in my first post, no, I don't give away my model files. Sorry.

A model done while waiting on dinner to cook. A pulley on a hook. This is based on dimensions in another edition of the technical drawing books from Spain.

@Rich-O-Brien thank you. At least this time I didn't go overboard with screw threads. I still need to add some studs and hex nuts.

I'd love to be able to make illustrations with the feel of those old lithographs.

Another in my series of machinist's models. This engine is powered by water, not steam. Water goes into the opening visible near the bottom of the engine and out on the far end. I believe the copper colored cylinder is just filled with air which gets compressed by the water and provides some pressure for exhausting the water.

For a scale reference, the flywheel on this model has a diameter of 159 mm.

Here's a grab of the illustration of the original full-size engine showing the valve arrangement

@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.

@Lozza944 did you do what the message tells you to do?

@a4jp-com Nope. I think this is a one of a kind.

@a4jp-com said in MSPhysics 1.0.3 (16 October 2017):

Will this work with SketchUp 2024?

No. If you read this thread you'll see the last version it worked with is 2017.

@tuna1957

Thank you, sir!

@Rich-O-Brien said in Hook on a Pulley:

@Dave-R You'd struggle to get the same reflections that real geometry would produce.

But it's also kind of deflating to know you actually modelled the cable strands.

What people may have missed is that this pulley is needed to pick Dave's wallet up its so heavy!

True. It would be difficult to get those reflections with a texture. But, with a strategically distant camera it might not be noticed.

The cable strands were actually kind of mindless work once I figured out the needed radii. I used Helix along Curve to model the strands.

I wish my wallet was that heavy. Actually it's so thin I don't even know it's in my pocket most of the time.

I wasn't thrilled with the wire rope so I redid that this morning. 6x7 wire rope now.

Really should be done with a texture but it's not.

@Rich-O-Brien

Thank you! You're right. Not subdivision. I drew multiple cross sections through the hook and a centerline and then indeed, I used Curviloft Loft Along Path.. Good eye. Truthfully I could probably have stood to add one more corss section in there but I'm not going to redo it now.

A hook on a pulley for some sort of crane or something. Based on dimensions given in an old, undated book from Spain of technical drawing exercises.

@khelll said in Fredo6 Curviloft not working:

but i did not purchased any license

This is perhaps a problem for you since a license is required to use the extension.

@khelll what exactly happens when you try to use it? What version of SketchUp are you using? What operating system? Do you have the most recent version of LibFredo6 installed? Do you have the most recent version of Curviloft? Do you have the latest version of theSketchucation ExtensionStore installed? Have you purchased and activated the license for Curviloft?

@natas_ha are you sure you bought the license for FredoCorner and not RoundCorner? Many people have gotten confused and tried to use the license for one on the other. They are different extensions and require different licenses.

Did you install LibFredo6 using the Sketchucation ExtensionStore and then restart SketchUp?

@grizzler that graphics card will support the new graphics engine. I expect there's something else going on in your model.

@grizzler said in Make Unique Texture giving weird results:
I really want to use the new graphics engine but I can't

What graphics card are you using?