Hi all! thanks for all your kind response

@Mr.massimo: yes, thanks for your advice, i also do the same with texture > projected
but only on simple curved plane, but how do you model that nice sloped plane?

@Mr.Alan: Hi, should i do it manually, the triangle? coz i need to model some more smooth like curviloft, or there's a plugin to make a plane like "UV Memory"demo on thomthom video?
and what is the tool in 1:47? can free plugin do that thing? awesome, what plugin?

@Mr.Gaieus: Hey! it's Mr.Gaieus again!
btw, I can't make a sandbox from scratch, i only can do from contour,where's can i learn how to make it from scratch? is it drag and release or poin to poin click?

edit:bit problem when trying to install libfredo on SU8 for curviloft it say:
"Error Loading File LibFredo6.rb
no such file to load -- LibTraductor.rb"
but, i have LibTraductor.rb in my SU7 plugins folderm should i copy it? will it fit best?

ty

Curviloft can do that thing to? great!

but on my PC (SU7), there's no button like yours curviloft,
this is what i have:

how to show the button? thx

hello,

i want to ask something if u mind,
does quadface works with curviloft-ed models?

coz i can't click any U or V axis to fix the map on a flag model

I have post it here,:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=79&t=44024&p=393040#p393040

can somebody maybe, make a tutorial from my model?
sry, im a new start in SU..

ty

Hi, thx for the reply

do you usually use quadface plugin? can u explain how to use the plugin?
it's bit confusing to use itu into my flag /sob

edit:
I can finish the flag with Arc, but i can't map the Curviloft one

Hi, thank to SketchUcation here for helping newbies like me to improve
sketchUp skill..

I use free plugin only coz its easy to get it here,
and the problem is to create a flag with material apply to it.

I have 20x20cm jpeg material for the flag: (eq.firefox logo)
http://www.mediafire.com/?x44axxb0y1adx65

and 2 way of creating the flag:

creating a 20x20cm(box) plane and pull it,
1.by arc line > push > and delete some lines
2.by free hand tool > copy it 3 > scale a little > and using curviloft plugin

using curviloft seems more realistic than using the 1st way or using sandbox tools.

and I apply the firefox material:

by creating a 20x20cm plane,file>import, use as texture and apply to the plane.
and using paint bucket, pick the material and apply to both of the flag,

and the material Mapping is not correct

and as told before, I try to use UV Projection plugin to fix the map,
and this is the setting:

but the material wont fix right, its to left,
*how to move the texture to the right to fix the 20x20cm flag altough i create the texture in 20x20cm too..?

How to fix the texture position?
and what plugin are you using? coz I cant right click > texture > position on a contour plane..
here's the raw file if its needed:(i am using SU8)
http://www.mediafire.com/?dt0u930mp5caiuw

I'm really thanks if someone can make a step by step for the texture mapping it right
(sry for my bad english)

thanks SketchUcation!

really i newly know how to use divide from left click
thats awesome! I was thought that was a bug but it was me

and, greatly thanks to SketchUcation for the learning,
also i will learn how to use the correction plugin,

thanks SketchUcation!

Hi! thx for make it a thread

I'll post the file then: (sry, i don't know how to upload here so i use mediafire link)

SketchUcation

MediaFire is a simple to use free service that lets you put all your photos, documents, music, and video in a single place so you can access them anywhere and share them everywhere.

MediaFire (www.mediafire.com)

the first contours model is originaly imported from AutoCAD drawing, then I weld it all(2nd model),and set the Z coordinate(height) manually
some of the line I make from "spl" command in AutoCAD and the other line I have it from the other file (i don't know is it spl too or just line command)

it seems good attached each other in 4th model, but it is missed in the 5th model

thx for your time, and sry to bother you..

hi sketchUcation,

i want to ask you about sandbox tools, but i don't know if its value enough to make a new thread so i just post it here... (sry, bad english...)

so this is the problem,

I import some contour lines from AutoCAD 2011, and set the height in sketch up and use sandbox from contours...line 2,3,etc is ok but the 1st and 2nd line miss a knit...the line seems not to attach each other, is it a bug or i was wrong to make the line?

hope somebody would give some help...thx

wohoo....it's Gaieus again!

now I can make a ramp-->skin it-->and soften un-soften it...

...thx SketchUcation!

woow, thx,
btw, how to make the model a line in the edge? cos the third button wont make the skeleton be able to see, just like press ctrl+erase command...

(edit: i can make the edge line using ctrl+shift+erase, but it will take much time, how to make the model to un-smooth mode?) ty

hi SketchUcation

i'm in difficult using "create loft junctions between surfaces based on Splines Curves",
I forget the plugin name but I create a ramp skeleton using curvi shear and try to skin it but it seems difficult

left: curvi shear skeleton
right: after press the plugin button :"create loft junctions between surfaces based on Splines Curves", it is unpredictable forms, and I try it manualy line per line but i dont get it how to use the skin plugin, orange,yellow,purple,etc make me confuse....

can somebody explain how to use this skining plugin?
thx

hi thomthom,

I want to ask the basic pattern of displacement map,
is it extrude the black colour and nothing in white?

what about if i use a coloured jpg image as displace maps
eq, using the same jpeg image in diffuse and displacement maps
is it displaced?

i already try bump maps , make more realistic in texturing, but not more realistic if i render the corner of a room with applied 30x30 tiles on it (look realistic on the texture but not at the edge/ corner at the tile)

maybe, can u share step by step the setting of doing this rendering corner of a room with 30x30 tile? thx

SU 8+vray 1.49.01

woow, great! it works!

thanks mitcorb! almost forget the weld plugins (make a polyline) and skinning with curviloft!

(note: if you pull the edge line to make the ramp elevation(will pull/stretch all connecting lines), it wont works well, you will make a contour in the ramp, but using curvishear it result a great ramps! )

thanks SketchUcation

umm sorry, here it is:

I can make a ramp if its not a "J" shaped (see section pic).
I want to make a ramp from level A to level B, can you help me
(it doesn't matter if the lines inside is clear)

thx

hi it's me again,
until today, I have watched some tutorial video in youtube which suggested here. thx

there also a problem I could not solve, maybe you can help me?
it's a simple problem, just want to make a ramp, but a "J" shaped ramp,
I tried curvishear plugin but it seems not much help.

this is the priview:

i explode it and clean all the lines inside the ramp and push a little, and then select one edge line and move it in Z direction (it works if only straight ramp, not j shaped)

could somebody help me?

to Gaieus:

oh woow, umm..I don't know how to thanks, again, Gaieus save my life

thanks to SketchUcation!

hello, this is my third question and it looks like no needed to make anew thread,
so I post the simple question here, hope you guys can help me to solve the problem

This is it:

above is the Top view, I rotate it to match it with the coordinate in Google Earth (i dont know exactly the degree I just rotate it),
if I go to Right view, then the Picture Plan is on A, how to make it to see in B?
Should I do it manually? create a line in origin X direction (i've change the position of the Axes)and measure the degree and then rotate it?
2nd: where is the north?

thx

@d12dozr said:

Regarding the bottle, it may be the faces are too small for SU...if that is the case, just scale up by 10 or 100, before follow me, then scale back down afterwards - and the faces will be kept.

Scale? Great! It works!

by the way, have any idea to create these kind of bottle?

I have no idea
maybe a product designer is better than an architect in shaping things

thanks guys, and thanks for the video,
but I still don't understand how to make the parameter to make circle border at the edge of the pillow, I always make it 2 edge lines after I duplicate and flip it

nevermind, another suggest me to make a better organic shape using another software like 3Ds Max etc, but SU is more userfriendly for me,

this is another problem occur when I create a bottle using follow me tool,

after I use follow me, some parts are missing, I don't know why,
but it won't happenned in creating bowl

Where can I download SDS plugins? I've search in plugins index but none of SDS plugins there

@ely862me said:

No plugin needed !

[attachment=0:1cx1je46]<!-- ia0 -->Pillow with sandbox tools by EliseiDesign.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:1cx1je46]
[attachment=1:1cx1je46]<!-- ia1 -->Pillow with sandbox tools by EliseiDesign.jpg<!-- ia1 -->[/attachment:1cx1je46]

wow, interesting with no plugins needed,
I have tried to use "from scratch" tool, but I can't make the first step,
can you give the tutorial for the first step? is it left click?
I'm confused..