@nickdk said:

I'll take a look at TGI3D, it looks like a great plugin?
I have searched google and tried a few things in Max but it hasn't been successful yet.

The tgi3d upsample feature is what i use as my final plugin before printing. Sometimes it makes the model look odd.
But 95% of the time it works perfectly and is worth the money. Comes with many other plugins then just upsample. Create mesh
being my favourite. Oh and the bend feature is superb too. The UV tool is cool but i got used to artisan.

Tgi3d plugin + Artisan = Must have

@deanlegg said:

You guys have confirmed my thoughts and I think I will stick with pc

Basically I only use it for SU and downloading

I never meant to start a war just wanted people's thoughts

Solo ( and others) what spec do you run on your machine?

Cheers all

27 inch led screen
4ghz oc i7 intel
460gtx sli
6gb triple channel ram
256gb intel ssd
razor mouse

PC for desktop, Mac and Asus with extended warranty for Laptop.

Most software is designed around Windows. You can boot windows on a Mac, so the issue is preference and cost.

In the mid 1990's. i had tried rhino3d and bryce. Got bored quick. While I was at Uni , I smoked alot of pot. My housemate, an arch student
showed me SU. It was fun to smoke and draw. SU became a hobby, not the smoking, but the drawing.

I am a lawyer. I selected the fun option.

You can try this as well.

First make sure the centre of both pipes are aligned. Design the two pipes as you see fit.

Then add the line,geometry,curve,etc to create a flat surface.

Then select the line of the outer circle and press follow me . Click on the surface highlighted in pic 3 above with the follow me tool
and presto, you get the shape and design you desire.

You may use the upsample plugin to get high final geometry

Bricks are a pain.
Mason is a bigger pain.
Using TGI and Artisan UV spraying helps. Including SU texture alignment option.

Oh and pink cows do exist!

The reason for going i7 is that other then what has been stated above is that you can

1)Run intel extreme overclocking utility to get the turbo boost to run to 4+ ghz air cooled on single core use.

2)Plugins can be , as confirmed by plugin programmers on the forum made to run on two cores. Only seen this on TGI plugins.

3)Run 2 sessions of SU seamlessly with other background programs running.

560ti is already an overkill. I use 460gtx and thats an overkill. SU uses Opengl and is not highly optimised. The only reason to get a super 6 core i7 cpu is for vray for sketchup. otherwise a dual core is more then enuf for SU.

@deanlegg said:

Hi all

Anyone recommend a good chair while designing , mine makes me hunch my back I seem to try and get in the screen
Are blow up gym balls any good?

Thanks dean

Hand to elbow straight.
Arm at 90 degrees.
Top 3/4 of the LCd should be at the eye level.
Memorize shortcuts without looking at keyboard.
Get a good mouse with many buttons on it so you can assign it for shortcuts.
Chair should have good back support and legs should not be dangling from chair. 90 degrees is best.

If you are getting lower back pain, then ball is good. upper back then the tips above will help. Never tried that chair , looks interesting but his position is all wrong. You shouldnt be looking that down. Oh, and pls for the love of good try to refrain from using a laptop for drawing ,etc. Get an adjustable height CAD LCD screen.

I believe Iron man designed his suit using sketchup. So add this one

• Designing Anti-villian armour and weapons

@thomthom said:

@fuzzion said:

I am not really sure what to make of this.

You didn't really explain what you where talking about until towards the end of the thread... Helps to start of with the actual topic.
Regardless, there's a loooong thread here on the topic: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=44881

@fuzzion said:

1. What will happen to Vray for sketchup.

Devin said that they see no reason for much to change. They will keep working on VfSU.

@fuzzion said:

2. Are there plans to continue the plugin scheme.

Appears so. Their announcement said they want to continue with SketchUp as a platform. So I think/hope it might in fact make it better.

@fuzzion said:

3)Does Trimble plan to improve on Sketchup or use newly acquired IP
rights to start a new software?

Don't think they'll start a completely new software. (Depends on what you mean by n"new" (complete rewrite?))
If they'll change the SketchUp package? Who knows... The SketchUp team has said that SketchUp will be SketchUp.

Have a look at the thread I linked to. Any information out there on the topic will be referred to there.

Thanks for the input

Not sure if this is similar to what you wanted. Had some free time from work

@kalu said:

Thank you for your comments. I try buut I can't make the same effect , does anybody have this model or can help to at least build one of the Blades?

I really appreciate.

Use Tgi 3d creat mesh for the blades

I am not really sure what to make of this.

I have a few Questions

1. What will happen to Vray for sketchup.

2. Are there plans to continue the plugin scheme.

3)Does Trimble plan to improve on Sketchup or use newly acquired IP
rights to start a new software?

I feel a little scared inside because from experience with acquisition, promises are never really kept.

@d12dozr said:

Awesome. Welcome to the age of digital fabrication!

Ty

It is not a "plugin" for SU as such. But if I ever needed to learn
a CAD engineering program, I sure would start with it.

@fuzzion said:

It worked like a charm with the .dae extension from SU I will report back on the quality of build and any other vitiating factors when the time arrives. Aside from that, I must say thay have excellent customer support and their costing is really competetive

Product recieved quickly and perfectly. They also do some touch ups on your behalf as well for free.

Limitations stem more from SU than your video card. But with that said, do not
go with the problematic SLI and opt for 460gtx or above.