@hsrhdrehre5654654 said:

Also, in my case, i need to use Artisan instead of SubD because with SubD i keep getting invisible "edges touching more than two faces" and it wont let me to subd.

With Artisan, smooth as hell. So i will say that Artisan is more flexible when dealing with geometry. I just needed to discard subd because it was making me to waste even more time, instead of the opposite..

Been there! Here's what happens - sometimes you repeat edges to close some gaps and a new face overlaps the already existing one next to the gap(sorry, I'm on another PC so I can't show an example). So you get the old face, the overlapping one on top of it and the closed gap next to them - all in all 3 faces. That's a problem that always needs fixing. I can remember having issues with it even with Artisan and Loop. I'd also guess rendering would be a pain in the rear end

@willanie said:

Hi pilou,

Im pretty sure the original request was related to layering with an alpha channel but until the person chimes back it remains a mystery.

Your diagram is very neat. What software do you use to make such illustrations ... sketchup?

Also the cast shadow toggle is an interesting hidden gem in Visualizer which can be used to emit light from geometry in a limited fashion. It can take quite a while to render a noise free image. Here is a test image.

Dude, I've been wondering how to create light sources for quite a while now Thanks for the tip!

Anybody?

Recent duh-moments in my modelling - watching Box's doodles to find out I've been using SU the wrong way for quite long. Again and again

@boofredlay said:

One for me was when Gaieus was from Gaieus' talk at the Basecamp (I saw the video) and using the rotate tool.

When you click the rotate tool and click the rotation point, don't let go of the mouse button... drag it out to either red or green (or any other snap point you set up) then click to start. This relieves any need for a vertical plane to get your rotation set up.

See image for example.

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I have been using SU since V2 and never knew that until last year.

2009. F##king 2009! I've been modelling with SU since 2006 and didn't know about this feature until today

Interesting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_EcoBoost_engine

Wow, thanks!

Hm, good point! Gotta learn more about this stuff but unfortunately I don't have the time recently. That's why I posted the topic as a contribution request

Bruh! 600v is one of my favorite SketchUppers!

Looking forward to seeing where this will go!

@mike amos said:

Speaking personally, I would suggest a turbo four cylinder engine of about 1.4 - 1.6 litre capacity. Anything larger would just be out of proportion to the vehicle itself. Nice job on the car.

Thanks! I was thinking of a VR6 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VR6_engine By saying out of proportion, do you mean the size itself or power:weight ratio?

Anyone fancy a contrib on this? I have to do some final touches on the exterior but I'd like to get some interior plus frame and engine(something with more horses than a 2-stroke) Share your thoughts on the topology as well!
P.S.: Made in SU2015. I might have abused some of Thomas' tools like QFT and SubD

model.skp

Would be nice if you can set four camera views simultaneously(split the screen into 4 views)

Playing around with Visualize

@box said:

Excellent. Looks suspiciously like a modified Trabant.

@ntxdave said:

1+ on what Box said............nice looking model.

Thanks! Yep, it's supposedly a track Trabi

Hey guys, this is a wonderful thread! Here's my current project using QuadFace Tools and SubD: