Nice tutorial MKF, just wondering tho: do you place allyour windows maunually or do you have a tool for that? I can image that pasting like 50 to 100 windows can be very boring and irritating at one point...
Hmm. Right. Now I'll have to find out how to translate that to SketchUp -_-'
Because I copy-pasted one window the last time and then selected the two (grouping-like, I guess) and then pasted it alongside the rim of my hull. Clawhammer mentioned something about being able to copy an object past a line but I don't know if SketchUp supports that
Hmm. Right. Now I'll have to find out how to translate that to SketchUp -_-'
Because I copy-pasted one window the last time and then selected the two (grouping-like, I guess) and then pasted it alongside the rim of my hull. Clawhammer mentioned something about being able to copy an object past a line but I don't know if SketchUp supports that
I wouldnt know, never seen the app. The app should allow group cloning IE selecting more than one object then crtl c ctrl v etc. Least I hope it would :eek:
Close to it was more tedious. What I ended up doing was cutting then cleanup then U attached all the loose hundreds of faces as one big set. And since I didnt touch the poly select side of things I was able to inset bevel and extrude a crapload of windows at once. Apply smoothing groups and materials as well. TIP though judge how many you do based on system. Im on a core2 1.8ghz box with a 512mb vcard and doing half of 3 rows of outer saucer windows as a bit um slow. So SAVE often just in case lol. Only other way I can think of to speed things up is scripts
and well I loath programming. . . . so heh.
HTTP is up UPDATE 07-31-10
HTTP tutorials are back online! http://madfishway.rr.nu
blog will serve as back up. But I recommend the http since it is the original formatting.
These are very nice. So, are you going to have a chance to restore the others (I assume you had a few others)? Like the fantail tutorial and saucer tricks?
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A thing .... the windows can be created using shapemerge and using a shape, instead of a polymesh object. It get the same result.
Just a question. How did you put in those maps of the corridors?
you have my thanks!
You could aslo clone groups, like rabbits 1 becomes 2 which become 4 and so on BUt making creative use of arrange is the best method.
Because I copy-pasted one window the last time and then selected the two (grouping-like, I guess) and then pasted it alongside the rim of my hull. Clawhammer mentioned something about being able to copy an object past a line but I don't know if SketchUp supports that
You have now inspired me to try and experiment creating nice windows!
Like working in Editable Poly, not Editable Mesh. Learn something every day...
Did you go mad while doing this on your starship wip?
Or is there a cheat to do it fast?
and well I loath programming. . . . so heh.
wana see this one too
URL anyone?
UPDATE 07-31-10
HTTP tutorials are back online!
http://madfishway.rr.nu
blog will serve as back up. But I recommend the http since it is the original formatting.
I know... beggars can't be choosers
Still nice to see these.