Posts made by leeahoward

Me too. That looks pretty sweet.

@roger said:

Thanks Rich, convinced me I need Artisan.

@Roger. Learn something new every day. So you do that primarily for performance or are there other reasons? Does it speed up rendering/navigation or just saving? I use the outliner with groups pretty heavily because it just makes sense to me, but haven't done much with components yet. Not even sure how to work with components from another file or what the implications of that are. What happens if you want to send someone a copy of your sketchup file? Do you have to send all the files together?
-Lee

I am starting to get the idea.

I may continue to ask dumb questions since it seems to be faster and less frustrating than staring at my computer for hours and cussing at it for non compliance.

Thanks a lot.

Used follow me too and that works great except now I have these holes. Tried a couple of times and got the same thing. Whats happening here? What's the best way to prevent/fix this? Thanks!

@bjornkn Follow me looks like the way to go for the neck body. I will try that. Thanks!

@mitcorb Nice model! I am planning on using this for a blueprint as I may try to build one of these. I have build a couple of full sized guitars, but I saw one of these and thought it would be fun to try and build one like it. I want to get the dimensions as close as possible, and I want all the individual pieces represented. A fretboard plugin sounds pretty cool. . Probably has the spacing calculations built in. There are several fret spacing calculators online, but a sketchup plugin would be nice.

@Pilou Looks pretty advanced - but very cool. I may try that.

Ok, I think my first problem was too easy. Any tips on modeling the transition from the neck to the headstock and the neck to the body?
Thanks!

Wow! I think I've got it. Now why didn't I think of that?

Thanks!
-Lee

Can anyone give some tips on how to model the neck of this guitar? It is tapered(wider at the body) and rounded. I don't have a clue how to start to make this work.

Once I figure that out I will need help with the bridge - where the strings connect to the body.

Here is what I have so far:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2018183/Papoose.skp

And here is what I am trying to create:

Thanks!