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ultimatez

Hi Ken,

I checked my program data and it does not include a sketchup plugin directory.

ultimatez

Hi Mike,

Nice plane fuselage you got there! There's something odd about the front though; the front supposed to be flat, not curved. Numbthumb, thanks for the link! It'll be useful. Anyways, here's an update with the copter (my first one):

ultimatezz

Hi TIG,

It still doesn't work when I downloaded the entire zip file again, here's the ruby code message when I click yes on the first message box and also the skp file attached.

eebr_bug.skp

ultimatez

Hi numbthumb,

Yeah. I would really like to see markings too but I don't have the textures of the aircraft. If you have a link to a site with aircraft textures it would be really helpful. Anyways, here's another one, a helicopter this time.

ultimatez

Hi TIG,

Here's what the ruby console says if I click one of the message boxes 'Yes'

ultimatez

Hi TIG,

I have the same problem with rocky, I'm still using the old version, haven't updated yet. It works though when the first v2 came out, but then never work for me. Here's an video showing it: http://www.screencast.com/users/ultimatezod/folders/Jing/media/12a5229d-30a5-4b24-9b91-7a4220682320

ultimatez

Hi Mike,

No, I haven't tried the extrusion set yet but I'll probably soon. Numbthumb, yeah, your right, I don't use many plugins, even though I have a very large plugin menu. I do though, use weld and fredoscale in nearly all of my aircraft, including the heinkel. What do you guys think of the render?

ultimatez

Hi guys,

Here's a render of the Heinkel He 100, Thea render unbiased RT1, 72 passes.

ultimatez

Hi guys,

Here's the colored version of the he 100. Enjoy!


ultimatez

Hi Guys,

I found a workaround that's quite fast, which is actually using the component browser to place the rivets. First you create the rivet, then delete it. You'll see the rivet in the component browser, and then simply click and then place it'll 'stick' to the geometry.

ultimatez

Hi guys,

Alright thanks, I'll try the glue function.

ultimatez

Hi ThomThom,

Yes that works but usually only on flat surfaces and also it's slow if you want to place rivets onto i.e an aircraft body. What I'm thinking is something like repeat copy but it then automatically ''sticks to the surface''. BTW Chris, I'll be waiting for that update!

ultimatez

Hi Guys,

Finished modeling the Heinkel He 100, off to coloring next.


ultimatez

Hi guys,

I would really like it if there's a plugin that works like tools on surface, but instead we place the object into the surface. For example, if we have an airplane and we want to place the rivets in, we usually need to place and then rotate etc. But with this plugin the whole process is automated. So, the workflow is like this: The user clicks the component (rivet in this example) then he/she clicks on the surface and then the rivet is automatically placed on the surface.

ultimatez

Hi Unkr3at1v,

Do you mean the texturing, or placing the rivets themselves?
If it's texturing you simply use the projection method, or if you mean placing the rivets then probably use the drop ruby; place the rivets above the aircraft itself, and then rotate the aircraft 90 degrees. Nice wip so far.

ultimatez

Alright, a new aircraft wip, the Heinkel He 100

Oops! I haven't posted that update yet, here ya go:

(Anyways if you download the file I posted earlier there's the tail wings there)

ultimatez

Hi guys,

I'm not really good at texturing this tempest so if anyone here would like to texture/render it, here's the file.
AutoSave_hawker_tempest.skp

ultimatez

Tiny update, added the nose-cone, propellers and I also flipped the plane to make the full body.

ultimatez