@wo3dan said:

jstubler,

This is how it could be done with 'Smoove'. See in 3DW:
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=ddd73336a94a3809c64f5c20341137c8

cheers,
Wo3Dan

That's awesome, thanks a ton for doing that. I see what you mean bout the picture of the soccer goal, how it sort of gathers at the bottom. I think I'll try for a middle ground, partial gather and partial straight at the bottom. Your method is definitely better then what I was trying to do.

Again thanks! Cheers to ya too..

@gaieus said:

I see what you mean.
Now you modelled those lines or is that some kind of a semi-transparent texture? (It seems to be modellet though).
It could be done by using differently scaled arcs...

I made a block, and then applied 'from contours', then drew lines on it and intersected them all, then used the smooth tool to push down on the top. It looks exactly like I was wanting to except the bottom. I thought of using a texture too but wanted to try lines first.

And now that you said that and I'm thinking about it for a minute, I probably should have used arcs. I don't know why I didn't, that would have been just as easy as drawing straight lines. Back to work with me...

Thanks for the advice, that was exactly the sort of thing I was looking to do. I was messing around with the smooth tool before but couldn't figure it out because I neglected to view the group in edit mode..

The only thing I couldn't figure out is when I smooth on a vertical surface the curve of the top and bottom parallel line stay the same. I couldn't figure out how to get the line at the bottom to stay flat while having the top line droop. Sorry I not explaining very well. See the pic attached to this post, see how the bottom of the net is cut straight across, I was hoping to get the droop to gradually taper off the closer it gets to the ground. Oh well, it still looks a bunch better in my opinion, thanks again.

Hi, great site! It's great to see some many people willing to help each other out and share their techniques. I've only been reading this forum for a few days and I've already learned a ton. Many thinks to all the contributers.

I'm extremely new to 3D design, not just extremely but brand new, never done any before SketchUp. I think I'm going to keep at it because SU is such a cool tool, I'm thinking it could become quite addictive, can't believe how user friendly the application can be.

Now to the ulterior motives for my first post. I did have a question that I was hoping someone could advise. I've been trying to create a natural hanging netting effect using lines and am having a heck of a time figuring out how to make it look right. I've attached an example I found on SU 3D Warehouse (Soccer_Goal.skp) of what I'm going for. I would love to know how they made the lines of the net hang / drape uniformly and naturally like that.

I've been working on a model of a batting cage (pic attached) and would like to make the netting look more natural. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks again for such a great site!

I'm trying to recreate the netting effect from this model I found on SketchUp 3D Warehouse.