Wow...thanks very much for such a prompt response, it seems like it will be fairly simple and the model and diagrams help immensely.

Great stuff, thanks again!

Hello everyone! I have a question which I can hopefully get answered here. I have been using Sketchup for a short time mainly thus far to model static objects like architectural elements but one of the main things I want to utilize it for is to model armored vehicles for a graphic novel project.

My question is this, basically I want to be able to easily "pose" the turrets on these armoured vehicles at different angles and elevations as I plan on importing the images into PS for paintovers and I need to be able to get a useful time saving reference for complicated perspective shots, ie vehicle facing one way and turret another. I don't need to model in crazy detail levels but it is very important for me to be able to choose a turret angle to suit the scene.

I have tried this with no success on some already modeled vehicles made by other artists with no success as it is essential to know the absolute center of turret rotation to rotate without visual distortion. Hopefully there is someone who models these types of vehicles that can help me...

Thanks in advance...