Posts made by emerald15

DAMN'! (am I allowed to say that?) You had me completely fooled. I thought you had taken the plunge into the Render pool! As everyone else has said... amazing!

On a similar subject... LOVING SU 2015 new features but I was so disappointed that although Layout 2015 has a much needed (in my case) spell checker, it only runs on Windows 8. I'm pretty sure a large majority of us are still using Windows 7. Was there no way this could have been managed?

@hellnbak - You do make me laugh! I hope you sort the problem out - I'm loving all the new tricks in 2015. When I can find my camera I'll show you my partners PC - yous can't be in a worse state than his!

I hadn't found these new features yet - 'thought it was just rotated rectangles. A great new box of tricks - I know I'll be using all of them.

Woo-Hoo! rotating rectangles all over the shop!

Well that threw me for a moment - I thought the whole of that cantilever was double deck!

Very nice!

Thank you all for the advice.

Rich - Well, I'm always being told I'm stubborn! At last it might pay off!

Nemerobis - You're probably right, but I don't want to purchase & have to learn a third program just now. I have looked at Blender too - but another (difficult) learning curve.

Hellnbak - Good idea, I'll look for those programs. Personally, I like to read a manual read, hence going for the tutorial e-books. Cars are not exactly my passion but a great deal of my business is indirectly for Mercedes-Benz so it would be an advantage.
PS. looking forward to seeing the moon buggy!

This isn’t really a question, or even a cry for help & advice. It’s a statement of where I am at, where I want to get to & what appears to be blocking me.
Why am I writing this post? I’m writing as a commitment to getting past those blocks & because I suspect I’m not the only one who has or will get to this point.
This will also the first time I will have shown any of my work on SketchUcation, (other than a couple of diagrams when I needed help). I thought it was about time I showed my hand, so to speak!
As an AutoCAD user for some years (pre 2000) I built for the most part by thinking of models as stone sculptures – creating blocks & cutting away pieces to get the desired end result. (I’ve no doubt ACAD has progressed since those days). Anyway, that’s the language I learned & the language that still influences me.
Now introduced to SketchUp I am able to produce far more creative work, and indeed I have gone far beyond anything I ever modelled in ACAD. However, after 3 years of pretty much everyday use, I have hit a barrier in my thinking when it comes to creating more complex models, (skirted round it for some time actually). When I consider how I am going to build a piece (eg. bent wood chair) I still struggle not to think in terms of sculpting from stone. Also, I start out in what appears to be the wrong fashion. I could give a lot more detail here but I’ll need to prep. some examples to explain my meaning – so I’ll come back to this point another time.
I have also attempted many times to model a decent replica of a car… but always get lost in a cloud of lines about half way through, or end up (via Artisan) with an amorphous blob with in explicable dents & spikes!
I’m about to purchase several tutorials & put some time in working on car modelling (on my wish list for a long time) & furniture modelling. I’m hoping some concentrated study will expel old habits from my thinking and I will finally start to see the process ahead.
In the meantime (and if you have read this far into my ramble…I thank you): Here are a couple of pieces of my work:- scissor handles (2013 attempt with Artisan & Twilight), & a more recent WIP car – which is about as far as I get!

Majid, are you still using these techniques and how is progress? I'm trying to improve my organic modelling skills & came across this 2008 post. It looks like a good alternative method.

I've watched the first video (plastic chair) many times... & I'm still picking up new things!

Just wanted to add my thanks, Alvis - this thread has become a remarkable tutorial. I still struggle to get a good result with Artisan & I have a small chair at home that is my inspiration for practise, (haven't achieved anything I want to show yet) but I am bookmarking this thread for future deep study!

And I see you've added a viewing bench - to sit & chat with them! Wonderful!

Looks wonderful, you seem to have everything in there & they're going to love it! Please post pictures when the girls arrive.

How beautiful! Where is this, please?

It was odd to see this on the news - it felt more like a unique painting or sculpture being destroyed. Although I've never been to see the building, I (like most people) am pretty familiar with it & particularly fond of the design details.

I am quite sure Glasgow School of Art will be restored with every care - the building is held in such esteem by all.

I'm not sure if this is an SU problem, but it isn't occurring anywhere else on my computer.

Recently (last week or two) I've noticed that SU is very slow to import anything (another SU file, an image, a copied /pasted model) - it now takes at least 5-7 seconds - more often 2-3 times longer. Is there something I need to check? NB. I've just up-dated 'maintenance & support' but it hasn't improved things.

Thank you. Although I am not likely to use them, my partner was very interested as he's studying carpentry.

I like the peg coat stand in the first visual

Sorry for delayed reply, Mitcorb. Thanks, I'll try the search box at the top of the page - I've always used the 'search this forum' box further down.

Ahh! Thank you Cotty!