SketchUp Challenge No. 2

[rileytoolworks]

Dave, thanks. This is exactly what I need at the moment for a clients drawing. SERENDIPITY!
Could you explain how you did the skin part though?
Many thanks for your time.

 

[SketchUp Guru]

I just got word from the author of Joint Push/Pull that the version you originally had was replaced within about an hour of it's release. Evidently the fellow who runs the Ruby Library managed to get the bad one. Hopefully it'll be corrected soon.

Skin also has a toolbar. To make the script work in my example, I selected the appropriate edges and then clicked on the button. Because not all of the segments on the edges were welded together, I double clicked on the face which selected the bounding edges. Then, while holding Shift, I clicked on the face again to deselect it.

 

[Steve Maskery]

Hi Dave
Great, as usual. Is that you ont he guitar? Fantastic!
Steve

 

[SketchUp Guru]

Steve,

Thank you. No, not me on the guitar. I can't play one chord let alone that music. It's a fellow by the name of Preston Reed.

Skype tonight?

 

[LarryS.]

Dave,

can you explain how i get the panel to be angled like yours ? I've downloaded the 'skin' plugin but it comes with no instructions and I can't work out how to use it

thanks



paul

 

[Steve Maskery]

Steve,

Skype tonight?

Ready when you are.
S

 

[SketchUp Guru]

Dave,

can you explain how i get the panel to be angled like yours ? I've downloaded the 'skin' plugin but it comes with no instructions and I can't work out how to use it

thanks

paul

Paul, basically you select two edges and then click on the center tool on the Skin toolbar. If the skin was created properly, choose the Yes answer in the prompt box. If it wasn't done properly, it will ask if it should try again.

 

[LarryS.]

Dave,

apologies for being a dunce but I think I am doing that but am getting an error message :

i've put an arrow pointing to where I have selected on the upper of the two faces

 

[rileytoolworks]

Dave, thanks for all your help. I've managed to draw in minutes something which I've laboured over for weeks!
I have a few more questions I need to ask, so hopefully everybodys patience and kindness will continue to educate me!!!
1. How do I post pictures on this forum that I've produced in SU?
2. Is it possible to achieve a realistic wood finish on the drawings, i.e. with the grain at the correct scale and orientation?
3. Is it possible to produce a printed page with multiple views of the same object, with cut away views to describe details such as panel fielding, cope patterns etc, and dimensions (all on the same page).
Thankyou all so much for your help.
Riley.

 

[SketchUp Guru]

Yes, but you don't have the entire outer boundary of that face selected. From what I can see in your screen grab, you're asking the plugin to make a face between one short line segment in the outer edge and all the line segments surrounding the field of the panel.

Try double clicking on the recessed face to select all of its bounding edges. You'll need to make sure that only the outer bounding edges are selected and deselect the inner ones.

 

[Slim]

Riley,

In answer to your questions:

1. In Sketchup, go to File>Export>2D graphic... to save a screenshot of your model. If you don't know how to post images on the forum, take a look at my tutorial here

2. I will send you a PM about this.

3. I think this is only possible by creating multiple copies of you model and rotating them to give different views. (Dave might correct me on this). There is a section cut tool which can do what you describe with the coping profiles etc.

Hope this helps.

 

[SketchUp Guru]

Dave, thanks for all your help. I've managed to draw in minutes something which I've laboured over for weeks! That's a good thing, right?
I have a few more questions I need to ask, so hopefully everybodys patience and kindness will continue to educate me!!!
1. How do I post pictures on this forum that I've produced in SU? File>Export... will get you the JPG output. Then post it someplace like Photobucket.com. From there you can link to it here on the forum. Click on the Img button above the message window, paste the address of your image and hit the button again.
2. Is it possible to achieve a realistic wood finish on the drawings, i.e. with the grain at the correct scale and orientation? Yes it is at least for rather straight grained woods. Due to the repetitive nature of texturing (or perhaps it's the limited size of the material swatches) figured woods don't look that great. You end up with tiling of the material. I have explained much of the texturing stuff here on the forum before so I won't repeat it here. Look at the Help files as well for good information about editing and positioning materials.
3. Is it possible to produce a printed page with multiple views of the same object, with cut away views to describe details such as panel fielding, cope patterns etc, and dimensions (all on the same page). Not straight out of SketchUp. If you have SketchUp Pro, you also have Layout which is capable of doing all that. The alternative is to make scenes in SketchUp that show the various views you want, make JPGs of those scenesand then import the images into something such as MSWord to put them all on the same page. That is one of the limitations of the free program.

Thankyou all so much for your help.
Riley.

You're welcome.

 

[rileytoolworks]

Thanks everyone, especially Dave and Slim. Your help is greatly appreciated.

 

[LarryS.]

Dave,

thanks for the skin tip, i've managed to get it all joined up and have 1 problem left. On three of the angled sides I delete the lines and have no problem, however on one side when I delete the lines the face disappaears :

any ideas ??

thanks again. Also keep these challenges coming, they are an excellent way of learning

 

[SketchUp Guru]

Glad that's working for you.

Instead of deleting the lines on the top and bottom, hold Ctrl with the Eraser tool to soften them. That's what I did in the video. I only deleted those long diagonals on the raising along the sides of the panel.

 

[LarryS.]

Dave,

thanks ! 2mins 40 seconds :

 

[SketchUp Guru]

Dave,

2mins 40 seconds

Woo Hoo!

Good job.