Some ideas for the structure Shape Bender by Chris Fullmer is your friend (Take also a look to FredoScale by fredo6 ) Just scale vertically at start, number 2345 for have similar form than your model Select the Group, call the plug Click the straight line Click the curve, that all (maybe click "up arrow key" for have different result) [image: 5z77_egg1.jpg]

Do you have problems finding the links? Downloading? Installing?

Hi Robert, I'm not able at all to help this translation.. But here are some additional links to this wonderful stadium taken from here Here is a chinese Sketchup model of the National Stadium of Pekin National Stadium_v0.skp which is dealing with that sort of questions and is very interesting to dismount... [image: h_4_ill_1019818_pekin-stade.jpg] (taken from: archINFORM) I have worked on it for a friend who was asking me quotations, cause he was to install a "Spider Cam" on it for a manifestation... [image: th_NationalStadium008.jpg] some pictures in PicasaWebAlbum +++ simon

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=335&t=34736&hilit=tufted

Try Extrude Edges by TIG or Curvy loft by Fredo6 or try Ferrari it's more friendly and better result and free than Soap Skin Bubble! [image: file.php?id=58250]

JointPushPull by Fredo. Read the accompanying manual under the Tools menu.

You might try something like Tiles 042 at arroway http://www.arroway-textures.com/en/products/tiles-1/contents You'll find some free low res textures at the bottom. If you're ever in the market for something high quality and high res. I highly recommend buying the arroway packs. They come in super high resolutions (~6,000x6,000 pixels many times), are high quality, and have good sample sizes (20x20 tiles instead of 2x2). -Brodie

thanks i find the problem when i use larges maps and medium maps i have this problem and when i use the small maps i dont have the problem but i dont know , why this problem with larges and medium maps ?????

thanks TIG

Whatch Fernando's 4 part video on material creation. http://youtu.be/4KvYhq-dX_0

There has been some discussion about this http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=322&t=37586 it is fixable. I suggest you follow the advice in this thread and post there in the future if you still have problems...

You have duplicate faces, back face materials or reversed faces in Max? Just a suggestion, but if someone is going to spend $5K on a modeling/rendering package, going through the help files and manual should be the first order of business. In sketchup, makes sure your faces are all oriented properly. In Max 2010-2012 you can import .skp files directly. Only 2012 supports SU8 files, others need saves as SU7 first. To mess with faces in max, you need to get to the face (Polygon) mode. All geometry comes in with an Edit Mesh modifier applied. Click on the object, go to the modifier panel, select polygon mode and select faces you want to delete. You can also check the show normals box to make sure your faces are correctly orientated and that the normal lines are facing outward. There is a flip button in the modifier if they are not.

@robert111 said: Curviloft Look in that first post for instructions... this is the best way to go about it... (and if i may add the easiest) all you need to do is make the lines (or curves) along which you want the surface and then simply use this wonderful plugin to create the surface for you.

you have this inside Menu Components Else see Tagoff at 3DWarehouse And his site for tutorials and more Ps Sorry what are adges? [image: picture.php?albumid=23&pictureid=655]

Hi Robert, You need at least two, co-planar faces with different textures on them. If you have 10 faces, you can have 9 textures the same but the 10th has to be different. If they are all the same, right click on one and make it unique first then combine with the rest.

Tig, I was thinking along the lines of Chris's script which locates a component on every face. I take it would be very difficult to align the connector or component "radial" to the joint. Thanks,

There is no Plugin for this. It has been discussed before and a simple manual method advised http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=252654#p252654