Thanks! I added a rowboat and some handrails. And some kind of mountain from Blender/Blenderkit. Looks a little bald. Reading the comments I was thinking about putting in a submerged car in the pond.

Thanks!

Some extras. OK, I keep trying different things.

I have too many renderings of this project. Here's one.

Did I post this already other than in WIP. Anyway, here's something close to final.

Thanks. If it's magic I must be on the right track. Trying some new styles instead of the usual stark front lighting. Shading and fog adds to a mood. I admit I get tired of looking at the same thing while I'm working on anything for too long.

Couple more...

Split things up. Far less glass.

Messing around with more twin-t construction. I wanted to make this a hobby shop but can't find the appropriate assets. Don't really feel like making it from scratch. Storefront is probably too upscale for this use.

Nothing to do no where to go oh.

Thanks guys! Thought I'd create an extended roof for a porch on the ADU. I don't know whatever happened with that ADU plan. Was planned for the backyard of a Victorian in San Francisco.

This was the latest. Maybe I uploaded this in another post?

View from the gate. This project has been re-started although none of these renderings were a part of the requirements.

@fredep57

Fred,

Are you familiar with manufactured steel buildings? A good general knowledge will help. If not you can look up the general components of a steel building. You can find some information here.

It's laid out on a grid usually in equal feet. The rigid frame is basically like a wide flange beam with an angle. The center web is basically and extruded rectangle and the flanges are extruded rectangle. You don't have to mess with that when starting out with Sketchup.

Use that sketch, scale it and start tracing from there. Work to scale whether it be in feet or centimeters. Use a known unit.

I never designed any myself but drew countless foundation plans for steel buildings like this including elevations and site plans.

Here's some more information.

It was created by Justin Horstmann. It's native Sketchup but I don't know about the shadows. You could try shooting him an email. Lots of neat stuff at his website.

If you're wondering about how I found that I just did a screenshot of one of your screenshots and did a reverse image search in Google Images.

Another update!

Added/created: window wipers; 27 point connectors in front (the red and blue plug covers); window wind screens; window shade (still working on that); new decals in front of hood; fuel cap texture; manufacturer plate; tool box on side finished; door latches at 600 volt access panel; weathering; etc.

Also changed the gray to a lighter gray. I have to add the walk in front with chain and latch; some hoses and a valve for air brakes; etc. Train signal by others and the two figures are from D5 Render. Otherwise I slogged through almost every single piece of this model.

I tried to find reference drawings for most of it including blue prints for the trucks which have to be upgraded to a later model. Some things like the window shade apparatus and the tool box latch I had to do my best guess at the design using some fuzzy images.

@majid said in Another House in D5:

Looks nice,
I am interested to know what parts are done inside Sketchuo, Are IVYs part of the Sketchup model?

Thanks Majid. This is the extent of all the Sketchup work. The rest is D5 Render assets. The vines are also from D5 with their recent addition of vine procedurals. The arched brick is done first with Curviloft and I settled on using Quadface Tools for mapping.

@Gus-R Here's a more recent rigid frame section sample from my files.

I think I found a solution with the original process. I just copied the loop at the end of the spoke to the top position of that center loop replacing that center loop. I was able to make it a solid with solid inspector and it needed some very minor clean-up.

@Gus-R More updates. Made that chain. Ended up using Profile Builder since Tax Engineering wasn't working out for me. I'm sure it's much easier in Blender but I don't see the point in going that route. Also some snow and a cliff in the background. I have to make those gladhand connectors and hoses for the air brakes in front as well as the manual brake wheel in the right rear of the locomotive.

Did you know the EMD SD-45 weighs 368,000 pounds? Like most freight locomotives the underframe is massive which I learned from modeling it. Gladhand connectors are like what you see in trucks connecting the air to the trailer.

Decided to play with a stream topo using Vertex Tools and came up with a composition to experiment with in D5 with various elements.

@Rich-O-Brien It says I need a reputation of 20 to downvote.