Ouch zip cuts. Oh well use what you've got. I once built a nice aluminum bumper for a costumer. We test fit in and he liked it. So I measured between the frame rails and centered the mounting angles on to the bumper the next day. When he showed up we mounted the bumper and the mounting holes worked out great but the bumper was out of alignment on the body by a 1/2". Stupid frame rails were offset from the body. So I had to cut the mounts off and re weld them in the right place

@speedy1 said:

I think the biggest issue I face now is drawing in the direction of axes. I get turned around easily and draw shapes on the wrong planes. Is there a way to take a shape and change it to say "Front" plane?

Select the face and right click then pick align view. That will make the face you are working on directly in front of you. I would also recommend using a separate layer for each plate.

Looks like a cool project speedy1.
If its going to be 1/4" plate it's going to weigh a lot.
What kinda truck is it going on?
Personally if I was doing it I would model each plate with thickness.
Are you guys cutting the plates by hand?

Dude good job.

@speedy1 said:

Hey Slimdog, is see your also a vancouver-ite and welder. Im from Langley... I have seen quite a few of those help videos and are great. May have missed that one, will check it out thanks.

Are you doing shop drawings for someone or just modeling for fun?

You should watch all the vids by Aidan Chopra.

Ya I wish Mac did this as well as a PC. Same goes for the paint bucket tool.

I have never had a problem installing rubies on my mac. That said I don't install every ruby that comes along.

Good looking model parka.

Looking forward to your finished model ultimatez32.

Thats to bad about the vids. I learned a lot from watching the 2008 edition.

I have been working on a sailboat lately and have found curviloft to work very well.

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=28586&hilit=curve+loft

I too am having trouble except mine is with the bow of the boat.

Also you could do a search for hull. I have read a few threads on making of hulls.

Its got a creepy feeling to it. Good job.

Are they unzipped?

Have you added some simple ones like weld that have worked?

Yes looks dam close.

Thanks for the short tutorial.

ely862me :

Good looking model. They do make left handed drills. I have never seen one though.
Could you please expand on how you did yours with out plugins.

charly2008:

Drill bits look simple to most people but there are quite amazing considering how many angles, tapers and reliefs there are.

Sweet man. Thanks for the short write up.

Cool model and render. I have just tried curviloft and am finding it very useful.

Have you ever sharpened a drill bit?

Well think the possibilities would be endless depending on how accurate it is. I could see it very useful for building renovations.

Have you tried preferences>shortcuts then reset all?

Awesome model cant help you out with the render advice though.

How many people is that bathroom engineered for?

I have installed in on my mac with no problems. All the folder and files you list are correct. I am assuming that you have read the Quickcard Roundcorner PDF thats in the roundcorner_Dir_21.

I am not sure what respecting the case means but if it has anything to do with upper and lower case letters then I would have to say my plugins folder is all lower case.

When you download zipped files do you have your mac set up to automatically unzip them and then put them in the downloads folder?