@chris fullmer said:

Here's a way you could do it using Shape Bender.

[flash=800,600:3fc6wrdl]http://www.youtube.com/v/tGHTIOMm_34&hd=1&fs=1[/flash:3fc6wrdl]

Chris

Chris, as always- great scripts and great video tutorials!
I had a DUHHHH moment when i saw you use the erase tool to UN-smooth geometry! Didn't know you could do that- i thought it could only smooth it

I just downloaded this and used it and it is great!! Thanks very much for this script!!!

Thanks for the goodies.

My beef is that the menus don't scroll in Sketchup- I have so many extensions that they need to scroll to fit on my tiny 17" monitor, but they don't scroll automatically; i have to click a down or up arrow to get to my off-screen extensions.
Worse yet, i can't change the Win7 system font size to my liking- they only let you go down to a 9 pt font!!! i want 7 or even 6 pts. and the DPI control doesn't help either! I need a registry hack for something i could do natively in XP and Vista.

I wish sandbox did more thank only triangulation

@unknownuser said:

reinstall?

dunno, that would drive me nuts too.. fwiw, the spacebar works fine for me.

maybe delete the preference list and relaunch SU? (user/library/preferences/com.google.sketchuppro7.plist)

or,

delete the shortcuts plist? (user/application support/google sketchup 7/sketchup/shortcuts.plist)

[edit- oh wait, did the spacebar act like that since you installed sketchup or did it start acting up after a while?)

It only started acting up weeks after install- but i'll try the preferences thing out and let you know.... thanks

When you press the spacebar you should get the select icon. When i press spacebar, however, it brings up the model properties. My shortcuts are set to the default spacebar activates tool-select, so i am stumped. I'm on a mac running SU 7.1
Any thoughts?

@unknownuser said:

here's the basic idea behind my approach..

Thank Jeff- i'm having a look at it right now.. i wish i had a photo, but no luck. This looks very close to what i'm after...
Update:
Okay, okay- i can see where this can go.. i am prepared to spend as much time on this as necessary. I must know it! Back to it- thanks for the starting point!

@dale said:

Well I'm at work now, and dug up this old file. It was imported into SketchUp as a dxf file from a cad drawing. I had it in Vectorworks, but I can't remember the actual source, sorry.
I guess if anything it shows it can be done one way or the other,and it wouldn't surprise me if some of the talent on this forum could accomplish it in SketchUp.
May be a good challenge.

Thanks- i hope to be one such talent once I can figure this out... i have a few ideas now- will post whatever i come up with.

Good stuff, but it doesn't help me build an acanthus leaf... still searching

thanks dale and gaieus- i'll check it out.

Thanks guys- i am on a Mac so this program doesn't help me. I could use it in Parallels, but I really want to use SU for this. I have all the extensions you could ever need for this and i am inspired by the organic models i've seen here.

thanks! i'll do that!!

UPDATE:
it worked perfectly.... i scaled it up 10x, performed the followMe and voila! then back down to normal size.

here's a nog'n scratcher... not sure why the final geometry is missing pieces... any ideas?

Thought i'd jump into organic modeling by trying some "classical" details. This is a lamp i'm trying to model. But i'm already stuck... anyone want to take a shot at this? I've highlighted the first bit that has stumped me.

twilight rules!

i still have faith in Google- they are still developing SU- good things happen slowly. And they are still offering a free version! can't beat that with a stick.

always excellent work. did you model those blinds in SU or Max?

@honoluludesktop said:

Perhaps I don't understand the question, but why can't you simply turn off the layers you do not want to see, then work with whats left? This works unless the entities are part of a component. In that case you edit component, then turn the unaffected layers off.

This worked- of course!!!
You can't select by layer unless you're in an active group or component, and all my objects were groups or components. I'll have to give a look at Layer Manager!
Thanks all

I would love the settings too- i know that they alone won't make me as good with vray- but they couldn't hurt!
i love the quick proposal image- so subtle and yet crisp