Posts made by sfto1

Open the group that the "hole" is in and pick the edges of the hole, then from sandbox tools select from contours. It should generate the "triangles" as needed to fill in the hole.

Excellent work!

I have a similar problem with SketchUV

Not disagreeing with you, but wondering why the output resolution affects the orientation of imported images when exporting to PDFs

Not sure how to manipulate a model to fully achieve what you desire (other than drawing it that way from the start), but if you orient your model using perspective and get it close to the view you want. Then after seeing front, side and top switch to parallel projection. Tho, that might be what you already did, since the front face is not completely "flat on" to camera.

Then I believe I'm set.

@dave r said:

You're quite welcome. I hope the monument gets installed correctly. You could mount it on a large lazy Susan so it can be rotated to face the sun as needed. Sort of a real life Face Me component.

It might come to that

One more question. The Longitude and latitude appears to be in decimal format. Is that everyone else's understanding? As in 45.37770 degrees not 45 degrees 37 minutes and 77 seconds.
Surveyor asked for a clarification.

Thanks Dave!

So, I should reasonably expect real world shadow behavior similar to the shadows generated in a geo-located model if I convey construction staking coordinates based off of True North???

Dave,

I do have the Solar North plugin installed. I'm confused why the green axis and Solar north do not line up, and more importantly I need to know what the SU shadows are generated from. If I reset Solar North to the green axis in the geo-located model, the image and models do not move, but the shadows do change. What is inherently "North" when geo-locating?

When I geo-locate a site, the green axis and solar North do not line up. I need to provide an angle to a surveyor from a fixed line on the model to North, but I can't pick the solar North line. I can only reference and "grab" the green axis line. How can I determine this angle? and any idea why they do not line up in the first place?

Also, are the shadows based on the axis of origin or solar North?

The shadows play an important role in the monument we are working on, so locating work points for the surveyor is critical.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Fun!

@garystan said:

          I just tried your method.  Works like a charm !!!  Simple as the proverbial "1 2 3 ".
                                      Much thanks
                                          garystan

sometimes simple is the best trick, however, as you begin to model with TINS more and more, there are some excellent plugins available to take you to higher levels of terrain modeling.

Draw a series of straight lines perpendicular to the profile you have drawn.
Then select all of the lines and from the DRAW pull down menu, select Sandbox tools, draw from contours.
You should then have a grouped TIN.

The frames look like natural anodized aluminum extrusions to me. The spandrels could be glass as TIG suggests, or they could be a "honeycombed core" painted aluminum panel. I cannot speak about construction in the UK, but the aluminum curtain wall system was wildly popular in the US throughout the 60s.

@rich o brien said:

Love this style of presenting.

StyleBuilder so badly needs some love to make custom style creation a more worthwhile endeavor.

Thanks Rich, and I couldn't agree more strongly.

@lavanta said:

Also a little too late on this but great job with this one. Simple and neat. A project doesn't need to be filled with high details, sometimes a simple take-on is just fine

Better late than never.

Thanks

Mike is that actually modeled with a solar tube? and that is exterior lighting by way of the tube? or did you use a spotlight to approximate the lighting from the tube?

Thanks Bryan

@box said:

Spend any viewing time watching youtube rather than reality tv. Practice and play as much as possible.

This is great advice from Box!

The basic videos at Sketchup.com are excellent. Master the basic tools!
and I particularly found "The Sketchup Show" series of tutorials on YouTube.com incredibly helpful.

And if you make the time to read thru the different posts on this Forum, your modeling insights and skills will be seriously enhanced!