Rock N ROll Ain't Noise Polution...

I've seen this before, thanks for bringing it over... this is just what we're looking for...

I used to work for a professional or commercial millwork company, and we did the same thing, we had certain details that we would reuse over and over...

can't wait to see what you've come up with....

Edson, Nickw just started this a few days ago, so maybe we can get him to upload some of these gems.

when building models, there are certain tasks that are repeated and repeated, especially in building models of houses. we make components of some of these things to save time, things like windows and doors, furniture and cabinets. but often there are other things that we use repeatedly that could also be components. such as rafter-tails, gabled ends, and even ridge saddle... at each pitch a different roof becomes a valuable time saver if reused. so here is a little tip on how to build some alternative component libraries. you can use this method on lots of different areas of buildings.

1. make a small box in your model... say 5'x5'x5'...
2. now make it a group.
3. now move it to each corner of your roof, and envelope the entire corner of the roof, the rafter tail, the soffit, the facia...
4. next, use the cut command to cut the box out of the model.
5. next open your "roof" group or component.
6. now, use the Edit>Paste in Place command. this will put the box back in the model exactly where you cut it from.
7. now, select all of the corner of the roof, the box the roofing the soffit all of it.
8. next, right click and select intersect all selected.
9. now select all the corner again, and right click, select create component.
10. next, right click again on the new component, select saveas... navigate to your component library inside of the Sketchup folder. then navigate to the Roof area in Construction. and save this corner roof as "Gable_End_Pitch_8_12_w_Wrap" or whatever you want...

now you'll have this little corner in your roof component library, and if you do this on each corner, every time you make a roof, soon you'll have a little library of awesome roof corners, which can be then inserted and entire roofs extended from them.

here is an example from NickW,with some sweet little roof details.

Excellent... thanks soo much for the contribution.

I think this is a Scene Tut.

thank you... very nice.

remember how we discussed using the sandbox? this is a perfect example of a time to use that to make your corners or sides...

edson,

imagine you are a sculptor... start with a block and chamfer and follow along a path, and intersect with model... until you have achieved the shape you want...

hope this helps until a tut is added...

Susan looks like she's pondering something interesting in her new pic...

very impressive sir... not much in sketchup I can't or won't do... that is one of them...

awesome... can I put this in the Tut forum?

nice lil Tut there... would you mind if I posted some of the text here in the forum, so that people using our search function might find it later on down the road?

the only fix I have found is exporting in AutoCAD R14 mode

that is soooo sweet Gai... love it...

Craig has requested no more E-mails to Google Corporate... so I'm going to lock this thread so that everyone comes to this end.

I'm sure I speak for the whole forum in saying that we're behind you 100%. and we'll be anxiously awaiting word on a decision. good luck.

and again...

PLEASE NO MORE E-MAILS TO GSU CORPORATE

Krisidious

done...

"I'm with you boys"

as said in

"Oh brother where art thou"

Krisidious

Styles are few and far between... hopefully someone will post some new ones soon

hey thanks a lot... that's great.

well I was thinking there was more that they don't even let you see... until you buy...

but that's a very sneaky (and good) idea... thx

yeah you can get some for free... but I meant this...

CBN Selector is distributed as a single seat expiring license. If the software is running in Trial Mode, you may want to consider purchasing a license. The following is a breakdown of features not available in Trial Mode.

Feature Trial Mode Licensed Mode
Open New Image Yes Yes
Save CBN Image No Yes
Export Colored Image No Yes
Print Colored Image No Yes
New From Clipboard No Yes
Import Base Image No Yes
Generate Color Report No Yes
Download New Fandecks No Yes
Download New Harmonies No Yes
Trial Image Tagging Yes No
All Tools Enabled Yes Yes
All Palettes Enabled Yes Yes
Visualization Enabled Yes Yes

but I'm all about using only what you need if they have it for free...

again thanks for the link