I exploit SU on a regular basis for kitchen and bathtub design in addition to architectural massing and renderings. Generally I simply sit and doodle.
Some time again, I wished to create a soccer ball with fundamental SU instruments and 0 math. Appeared simple sufficient, I may do it with different modeling applications.
Usually, I might place my polygons flat after which create rotation paths with a circle. I might rotate to the intersection of the circle and repeat. Since SketchUp doesn’t use circles, I couldn’t fairly make it work.
Lastly, it dawned on me that I solely wanted the beginning, finish and heart. By utilizing the fundamental Arc or Pie instruments, I used to be lastly capable of create correct rotation path and thus excellent geometric spheres.
Very embarrassed that it took me so lengthy to determine.
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For those who want common polyhedra in future, you can use my plug-in Polyhedra from the SketchUcation plug-in retailer:
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Did you see @TheOnlyAaron’s video on YouTube in any respect? That was some time in the past, and I don’t keep in mind now how he did it, however may all the time watch it once more.
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I’ll hold that in thoughts. Thanks.
Now that I’ve solved the puzzle alone, I went again and watched his icosahedron and dodecahedron builds. The arc software was the important thing for his as properly, however he did have one little geometry nugget that saves a couple of steps.
I’m all the time afraid to make use of the arc software in SU to unravel geometry issues as a result of the segmentation can yield inaccurate outcomes. BTW, I posted my very own model of platonic stable in a thread right here. Now I’ve to see if I can do it once more.
