Expensive All,
First, thanks to your assist. Second, I’m an entire novice at SU (5 weeks in, and I actually prefer it, besides the crashes). Third, I used to be simply adopted by a stray cat.
Anyone need a kitten in 8 or so weeks?
Anyway, I’m engaged on changing this constructing with a library:
As a part of the undertaking, I’m making an attempt to mannequin alternating tread stairs (file hooked up). I would like the mannequin to look higher. Any strategies? For instance, I’m caught on learn how to be a part of the rails, stiles and treads in a approach that it appears to be like like a welded construction. The top faces, and many others. don’t align and my use of stable instruments leaves a multitude. I do know I’m shut…
Alternating Treads.skp (332.2 KB)
Any assistance is tremendously appreciated.
Regards,
Tom
To be sincere, this mannequin appears to be like actually good! YOu did a terrific job wit hthe tube intersections and used parts for steps! Nicely achieved!
Wanting particularly on the railings, I tihnk that the way in which they meet appears to be like actually good… unsure precisely what you have been hoping to do to make them look higher…
Aaron,
Thanks for the enhances! I’ve been studying out of your movies the whole time I’ve been utilizing SU. I’m your distant grasshopper.
I assume I hoped for a extra ‘welded’ look. As a passion steel man (machinist, crappy welder, not guitar) I would love a extra completed look.
Thanks once more for the enhances.
Regards,
Tom
PS: Your e-book has been very useful.
Good mannequin!
Listed below are some issues you could possibly attempt:
Your pipes may look smoother with an elevated variety of circle segments (16 Segments):
(64 Segments):
You might reduce your angle from the pipe utilizing Strong Instruments → Trim:
This reduce pipe used the Offset Instrument, then Push-Pull to hole it out:
It’s much less jagged wanting as a result of it has extra segments.
Your ships ladder stairs are wanting good, have they got glass treads? Intersecting spherical components in SketchUp might be difficult as curves are represented with sides. The important thing right here is usually to make sure you use precisely the identical diameter and facet counts to your circles, that your paths share a mutual middle, and that tubes are plumb and sq. It will make the intersecting planes match between two “tubes”. 24 sides is often sufficient, extra sides simply makes it more durable to line up they usually bloat the mannequin with pointless geometry, as does a second ID wall. Turning on hidden geometry will will let you see the perimeters within the smoothed tubes.
Right here we use hidden geometry to see the misalignment of some components in your mannequin, the intersection right here can’t be made easy with out first fixing the alignment.
When setting issues up, it helps to disregard the tube and take into consideration appropriately aligning facilities as edges. You should use stable instruments subtract to chop precise shapes out of the ends, however I discover that slicing a easy angle that matches the middle of the intersecting tube appears to be like ok and is easier. As with most issues in SketchUp there are a lot of methods to go about this. Right here is one technique.
Observe that I’m leaving the default 24 sides and typing in .75 every time for similar 1.5″ Ø circles.
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