Thanks urgen, the west can learn so much from Russian style and sensibility

Too Las Vegas for me - I will reduce to windows classic 'grey' at the earliest opportunity...

Welcome!

In 3D, one good practice is to work on detail elements to the side of the model and then re-combine. I only use separate files for exceptionally detailed work.

Use groups in the same way as 2D, ie: to ease placement and duplication. Components are extremely useful, if not essential, because any change made in one component will propogate to every component of the same name.

Taking your question as an example, I would:

Create floor plan
Extend Walls vertically (push/pull tool) to create first storey
Create Window frame rectangle on wall
Copy Window frame rectangle to side of model (use move + Ctrl)
Make Window a component (use G key)
Create Window detail, frames, panes, sash, whatever
Place component in wall, duplicate as desired
When happy with placement, explode each window component and delete the intersecting walls to see the window structure (right-click- explode component, right-click again- choose intersect with model/context, delete intersecting geometry)
Add translucent materials to make the window panes transparent.

You can also right-click on a component and 'make unique' to make unique adjustments to that component.

Layers are very useful, but as a beginner not so intuitive to use as 2D layers. Concentrate on modeling first and then try presenting different views of your work using the Scenes tool.

Hope that helps.

And another:

Crayon Physics Deluxe

Crayon Physics Deluxe

(www.crayonphysics.com)

Please post pictures of each model (using 2D export) and perhaps people can suggest methods of reduction.

@gaieus said:

@simon b said:

On when modeling, off when setting up scenes

Why off when setting up scenes?

@unknownuser said:

But then, I'm not an architect

Me neither

I like to see purity of form when composing scenes

Here are some of my favourites:

Armadillo Run

Armadillo Run.

(www.armadillorun.com)

World of Goo

(www.worldofgoo.com)

Crazy Machines 3. coming 2016

(www.crazy-machines.com)

...last two available from [url=http://store.steampowered.com/:2vxvbm53]Steam[/url:2vxvbm53]

On when modeling, off when setting up scenes

But then, I'm not an architect

Here is another great resource for inspiration:

Just Google Images with "York Shambles" - not a plumb line in sight!

America's back on track

Penn. goes blue!

I'm following this link tonight: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7700298.stm

Here's another one:

Who would the World Elect - You vote!

Find out who the world voted for and vote yourself for the US Presidental Election

Who would the World Elect - You vote! (www.whowouldtheworldelect.com)

Ron Paul seems to lead although you can't vote for the f*cker on the front page LOL

• or you can scale individual components in a file copy and then import them in to your model file - I was doing this last night

• or you can do some old fashioned calculation:

example
resize a 1500 length to 850 =
850 divided by 1500 =
0.566667 - enter this value in the Value Control Box when using the scale tool
to scale by that amount.

Hope this helps.

Looking at those rims, I think some black magic is doing the protecting...

Hello there,

Try No.19 from here: http://sketchup.google.com/gsu5vtvideos.html

Have you heard of spore?

http://www.spore.com/ftl

Incorporating evolution between bacterial development to galactic conquest - the creatures are not fully autonomous though.

Arf...!

![Science journal published this week, by sheer co-oincidence the back panel echoes the front.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article4831798.ece](/uploads/imported_attachments/VCLh_dogs_404583a.jpg "Science journal published this week, by sheer co-oincidence the back panel echoes the front.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article4831798.ece")

.. does the guy in the middle have his boots on the wrong feet?

... please allow me: ...

http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=486