Posts made by Gidon Yuval

Don't try out tools and techniques that are new to you on a model that you are working on. Rather, open a new file and try out the tool or technique there. Once you feel comortable with it then, and only then, should you begin using the tool/technique on your models.
Nothing is more frustrating or agonising than messing up a model you need with unfammiliar tools to the extent that you have to start the whole thing over again.

before using "follow me" on something like this:

try it on some thing like this:

Before wraping textures on something like this:

try different textures on something like this:

And like everybody said already: Have fun with it.

I had some time to kill so I thought I'd model one of those table.
I just eye-balled the dimensions so any simmilarity to the actual table is purely coincidental.

Oval table.skp

This kitchen was made for a lady who teaches fine cooking to select groups in her home.
Again, this was modeled as it was to be built.

kitchen - 2.skp

Here's the entier kitchen. It is modeled as it is built in the real world. The parts that appear in the model are the parts that the kitchen is made of.
I hope you find this usefull.
If you'd like, I can post some more kitchens .

kitchen - 1.skp

Juan, I'd be glad to help in any way I can and answer any questions you may have about kitchen design and construction.
If you do have questions about woodworking then I think you should post them in the woodworking sub-forum where there are a lot of people with a lot of practicle experience.

Part of a kitchen I modeled.
Hope you find it useful.

Hutch.skp

Dave, none of the parts are repeated that many times to warrent making components out of them.
Also, I usualy make what I call a 'template group' of objects that I know I'll be using a lot but whose dimensions may change. Take the doors for example. This hutch is only one piece in an entier kitchen which also includes a work island. All the doors in the kitchen are basicaly the same but vary in size. I model one door and copy/move it again and again tweaking it's dimmensions as needed. The origional door is a group (my 'template group'). If I'd made it a component I couldn't change it's dimensions without changing all the other doors along with it unless of course I use 'Make Unique' each time which would be a drag and probably take me longer because I'm bound to forget to 'Make Unique' here and there and then I have to undo and make unique and so on.
I suppose if I were working on HUGE models with hunderds of recurring insatances of certain ellements then I'd make components. As it is I just don't find the need for it either in terms of part numbers or poly count.
Does this make sense at all?

I modeled this hutch last month. It came out realy nice and I'll be posting photos of it as soon as I get them.
I thought I'd post it here so I could get your comments on the construction method.
It's made mostly of MDF and finished in an off-white epoxy paint.
The drawer runners are BLUM Tandem with the BLUMotion soft closing mechanism which in Israel has been an industry standard for years. Parts are, more often than not, joined with a Lamello bisquit joint or screws.

Hutch.skp

Thanks a million, Solo.

Words fail me.
Except maybe.......WOW!!

Beautiful models.
Thanks for sharing.

Excellent model, thanks.
How long did it take to model?
Did you model this from precise measurments or did you just eye-ball it?
It's beautifull and much lower poly than I would have expected.

Nice one!
Thanks Daniel.

Cool stuff, Dave, and beautifully made.
I thought I'd attach a skippy illustrating the construction method I used for all these pieces.

So here it is:
Coffee Table - exploded view.skp

@dave r said:

It would just be in the dark shadows behind the gleam of your work.

"Gleam"???
But I used a matt finish
Hmmmm...
Anyway, I'd love to see your work.
Please post your stuff.

Eric, asking me which page of the IKEA catalogue they're on is the best compliment you could have given me!
BTW, I thought I'd try to get in touch with IKEA to try and interest them in my designs but I just keep getting an internet run-around. It's almost as though they're not interested in talking to anyone. Strange. You'd think they'd welcome new ideas.
Anyway, I'm glad you like the pieces.

My wife got fed up with waiting for me to redo our living room and dragged me kicking and screaming (she did the kicking, I did the screaming )to the Ikea depot. We bought a sofa, two couches and a pine shelf unit in a white finish.
But when we looked for a coffee table and a unit for the TV and a couple of side units we couldn't find anything that went with the shelf unit. Seeing as we'd chucked out the old ones, I had no choice but to get down to designing and building these myself. I had to design them so that they looked as though they'd come straight out of the Ikea catalogue.
You can get 18 and 28 m"m sheets made of pine that are 250c"m by 80c"m and I designed all the pieces so that I could build the from those sheets much in the same way as you'd use plywood sheets. The only parts not made of these pine sheets are the legs which are 4cm by 4cm pine cut from a single 4.5cm thick plank of pine 3.4 meters long and 19c"m wide.
I used a bisquite joiner for all the joinery. You can see photos of them in the Woodworking sub-forum int the Special interest section.

I'd very much like to have you comments.

These are the models:

Coffee table
Coffee Table.skp

TV unit
TV Unit.skp

Side tables
Side tables.skp

Small cabinate
Small cabinate.skp

I hope you find these models useful.

My wife got fed up with waiting for me to redo our living room and dragged me kicking and screaming (she did the kicking, I did the screaming )to the Ikea depot. We bought a sofa, two couches and a pine shelf unit in a white finish.
But when we looked for a coffee table and a unit for the TV and a couple of side units we couldn't find anything that went with the shelf unit. Seeing as we'd chucked out the old ones, I had no choice but to get down to designing and building these myself. I had to design them so that they looked as though they'd come straight out of the Ikea catalogue.
You can get 18 and 28 m"m sheets made of pine that are 250c"m by 80c"m and I designed all the pieces so that I could build them from those sheets much in the same way as you'd use plywood sheets. The only parts not made of these pine sheets are the legs which are 4cm by 4cm pine cut from a single 4.5cm thick plank of pine 3.4 meters long and 19c"m wide.
I used a bisquite joiner for all the joinery.
I'd very much like to have you comments.

This is the coffee table:

This is the unit for the TV:

Small cabinate and side table:

Side table for books:

I'll post the models in the Components sub-forum.

Whew!!!
I can breathe again

@remus said:

Just as a side note, cr*p isnt considered a particularly strong word in english, still a fair point though.

Not strong, just inappropriate.
You must bear in mind that owing to the relatively anonymous nature of the internet you never realy know who's reading what you post. I'm sure you have no intention of offending anyone, and there are those who may be offended.
Your SU input is valuble. We want EVERYONE to benefit from it.