only if you can teach me how to use SU as well as you do

hahaha, i spent 5 mins just trying to work out what that picture was! a true master of disguise.

thats some pretty nice stuff, the chandalier looks very surreal, i wonder if oyu could make it work for real

EDIT: just sw the picture you based the chandilier on

yay! back to messing around with soap skin once more

i quite like it, it looks a bit more vibrant than before.

as a child, i think i do a reasonable amount of work, altohugh i'm not likely to label myself a slacker!

To be honest i think it's actually very detrimental to not be doing these things by the time your 10 or so, i think you become far too dependant if you don't do anything for yourself and oyu get into bad habits, like leaving everything everywhere, because you're always expecting someone else to come and do everything for you.

i tihnk im right in thinking that you cna just use the paint bucket tool to paint lines as you would faces. bit more deail: http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=609

a pretty sweet machine by all accounts! why dont you try running crysis and SU at the same time to really push the graphics card

something like this: http://www.smustard.com/script/ToDoList ?

i havent used it myself so i'm not sure what it's like to work with...

i cant wait to see this when it's rendered, it looks sweet already!

very nice, its a pity you can't upload a higher quality image, as i think this would look a lot better like that.

onto the pic: i like it a lot, very simple and effective.

jsut had a really quick go with it, and i see what you mean about modelling accurately. seems to be better for doing ideas and quick stuff rather than proper accurate models to turn into plans. good program none the less.

jsut had a quick browse of that website lan, look like a really cool progam, good for doing the stuff it's hard to do in SU, and free for beta useers as well!

did a quick tut to help you get the general idea. It's my first one so don't be too cruel!
oh and you'll need the soap skin ruby for it.

skin tut.skp

as everyones said, lokks really cool. i cant help but woder how it works, though. ponder

this is definetly a soap skin job. all you have to do is draw in the outline of the shape you want and it will do the rest. although im sure it can be done with the bezier tool, i think it would be a lot easier with soapskin, maybe thats just me though!

@unknownuser said:

sketchup is just a tool that craftspersons uses in the process of completing their craft. in that regard being good at sketchup is not the end goal being good at your craft is the end goal.

i see what your saying, and thats sort of what i was trying to get at by saying 'proficient' instead of good. a good point none the less.

i think the autosave fature is only there to cover your back if SU crashes or your PC crashes. Although it deletes it to the recycle bin, so go through your recycle bin and it should be there!

rem

google turned up this: http://sketchuptips.blogspot.com/

i'd iamgine its the link that says 'unfold tool', i havent tried it myself yet jsut to warn you.

EDIT:ignore that please, that just links to jims ruby.

you might be able to do a cylinder and then intersect it, followed by another intersection to get the shape across the top. would need a fair bit of cleaning up afterwards, but should give you the general shape.