I can't stop watching it.
This has to be the coolest video I've seen yet.

Thanks Boof!

This is indeed sad news

My first inspiration to want to be an artist. He had such awesome talent.
The world and concept art will not be the same without him.

There is a plug-in for Blender 3D that does what you are requesting. You could use it and import it into SketchUp.

Thanks everyone
Bob, I didn't make the cockpit clear because I was too lazy to do the interior.

And thank you Boofredlay for that awesome tutorial. I learned a ton about SketchUp from it

Hello all,
I wanted to share my SketchUp learning experience with you
Firstly I wanted to thank everyone here in this great community for your contributions and advice. I may not post much but, I’ve read a lot. Any question I had was answered with the search button
I wanted to do the airplane tutorial from Eric Lay (Boofredlay) that he had written for CatchUp #5 and here are my results. Granted I did things a little differently (that’s my thing ). A couple of screencaps from SketchUp and a couple of renders with the free Maxwell renderer:

I also wanted to thank all of the great plugin authors and their contributions to a fantastic program. The following are the plugins I used for this project:
From Fredo6:
Tools on surface
Fredo Scale
CurveLoft
Round Corners
From TIG:
Mirror
Extrusion Tools
From Brian ConCannon:
Face2Face

This tool is awesome
It works superbly. The only thing I encountered was that the two faces must be facing in opposite directions for the plugin to work (at least for me).
It makes things so much easier for me.

Thank you.

Thanks for the nice Christmas present
Wonderful set of tools

Wow...just WOW!
Being a big Studio Ghibli fan this is probably my favorite movie and you have done such a beautiful recreation. I don't know weather to be inspired or just give up

Those are gorgeous. Thank you so much

Absolutely superb!
The update is excellent, thank you

@dave r said:

Post an example SKP file in which it doesn't work.

Certainly. When I get home this evening I'll post an skp file. Any and all help is appreciated

Edit:
I figured out what I was doing wrong
You have to have the profile lined up with the solid in order for it to work. I had my profile off to the side. My mistake, sorry.

Gorgeous plugin.

@dave r said:

@richardcherry said:

So this plugin only works with the "Pro" version? The free version does not have solids so I am unable to use it

Thanks for the great plugin even though I am unable to use it.

How did you come to that conclusion? Looking through the thread it appears that other users of the free version of SketchUp have been using the plugin. The free version of SU doesn't have the Solid Tools but it still identifies solid groups and components.

I tried the plugin with groups and components and it would not pick the solid feature. So I assumed it only worked with the pro solids.

So this plugin only works with the "Pro" version? The free version does not have solids so I am unable to use it

Thanks for the great plugin even though I am unable to use it.

TIG this tool is a life saver. As someone who is used to AutoCad I thank you

Wow!
Fantastic tool. Thank you very much

Here is an app that I use quite frequently:
Wood Workshop (Freeware) by Spiral Graphics
http://www.spiralgraphics.biz/ww_overview.htm

It's not only great for creating wood textures it is also great for creating stone patterns as well. It has lot of flexibility and is quite powerful for freeware.

Wanted to pop in and say hello to everyone. While I have messed with SU a bit in the past I tended to gravitate more toward Blender for my modeling needs. I am a hobbyist so, unlike a lot of folks here I am not a professional

I primarily create models so I can turn them into paper models and since I am leaning heavily toward doing a lot of architectural models I wanted to give SU a try. I cam across an artist by the name of ixlrlxi's work and was completely stunned by what can be done with SU. And after a little researching I found this wonderful site. What a fantastic resource!
Looking forward to spending a little quality time with the fine folks here at SketchUcation

If you wish you can see my work here:

(siriusartworks.deviantart.com)

Cheers!
Richard