Topics created by davewong

@pilou said:

Generally you modelize this sort of volume inside a free one like ZBrushCoreMini then import it as OBJ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxyMejEA0PE

Ah, I see! Thank u so much! 😄

@dave r said:

If you set the face style to Monochrome so the image isn't getting in the way and turn on Hidden Geometry, you can see that all the edges bordering the terrain are hidden (dotted lines) and the edges bordering the triangular faces are softened/smoothed (dashed lines).
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Ahhh! I see! It makes absolute sense!

With the method of the Extrude Tools By Tig

Bezier Splines

Trick is drawing curves on a rectangular surface (here the image) or a simple rectangle then erase the unwanted...or like follow a Copy / Move! 😉

you can use only 3 curves (so make 2 clicks on the second curve - here it's 4 curves)
Extrude Tools

extruc.jpg

https://youtu.be/0lmLHyhTIBM

@davewong said:

I need more sketchup's layout pattern fills. More varieties, like wood-grains pattern, earth/ground patterns etc etc.

May I know where do I get more of it? I have no time to draw them myself 😞

You can easily create them directly in LayOut!

Open a document and set the dimensions of the page to say 200mm x 200mm with NO margin and ensure Print Page Colour is unchecked. Suggest you set the grid as 5, 10 or 20mm so you can reference each edge where the texture will tile.

Draw your texture with lines of required thickness and set line ends to round or square to ensure they pass the edge of the page. Export as PNG as this will provide an alpha background.

Import back into layout as a hatch to check. Adjust line weights on the original and export and test again.

Layout is the ultimate tool to create textures!!!

@dave r said:

Sounds like it has a lot to clean up. Maybe you can clean up the file before you export it to open in SketchUp and save a lot of time.

Yea. But I find cleaning it up by portion speeds up the process WAYYYYY fast! And it works well too!

Now my model is clean without using my "Superficial" method!!

Thanks alot dave!! ❤

Hi guys,

just an update. the stupid me just realised my university has got 3d max installed. ***THIS METHOD WORKS WELL BECAUSE IT EVEN KEPT THE COMPONENTS / GROUPS FROM REVIT COMPLETELY INTACT EVEN AFTER GOING THROUGH SO MANY PROCEDURE!! ***So basically what I do is:

Export Revit using Twinmotion Revit-FBX extension to their twinmotion-FBX Format from Revit itself. The problem is, the native Revit-FBX exported works well ONLY with 3D Max, but after exporting from 3D max to 3DS, the 3DS file won't show the materials on SKP. So we still need to use the Twinmotion FBX method.

Open the Twinmotion-FBX in 3D Max. Check: "Smoothing Groups" when prompt under Geometry, for me it makes no difference but let's just keep it checked for now.

Export the imported file from 3D Max as 3ds Format (no idea why SketchupPro doesnt import OBJ format file as well).

Open the 3ds file in SketchUp. And all materials are there! 😄

Right now I have a problem:
Why are there so many weird triangular-ish Lines from the import in SKP? I did select and make sure the "Merge Coplanar Faces" are checked...
anyway for this, I will create another thread. Link:
https://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=71936

@dave r said:

How do you plan to use the results with the section cuts? Just as images? If so, I would probably manage this mostly with separate scenes showing different section cuts and exporting those scenes to combine into one in an image editor.

That seems like a good idea! 😄 Thanks!

@dave r said:

@davewong said:

In the case that there is, may I know what will be the adverse effect of it please? Not able to scale it?

No. You'll be able to scale it just fine. You won't get a 3D printable stl file, though.

I see. Thanks a lot 😄

@box said:

If they are components and not groups, they will update at the end of each action.

I see! Thank u! I almost thought it can be done with "Live Update" haha.

The bundle is created as you use the Extension Store tool to download and install extensions. Keep in mind it only adds extensions to the bundle that come from Sketchucation. If you are installing extensions from SketchUp's Extension Warehouse, you would use the Extension Warehouse to install those later. If you download extensions directly to your computer and install them yourself using Install Extension in the Extension Manager, they won't be included in your bundle or in the EW set.

@box said:

Thomthom's SUbD

Yes! Thanks a lot 😄

See Copying and multiplying geometry with the Move tool at this link:
https://help.sketchup.com/en/sketchup/copying-what-youve-already-drawn