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Google Sketchup models
Gavin
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I just discovered it yesterday, and I'm having a really great time with it, so I thought I would share.
Sketchup is a program released by google, and I guess it's sort of like Maya, in that it's purpose is 3d modeling, but personally, I find the interface much better.
It has a very basic toolset and is easy to pick up, but it is extremely capable.
www.sketchup.google.com
Has anyone else picked this up and modeled anything cool with it?
I'll post my first model I did last night...
Sketchup is a program released by google, and I guess it's sort of like Maya, in that it's purpose is 3d modeling, but personally, I find the interface much better.
It has a very basic toolset and is easy to pick up, but it is extremely capable.
www.sketchup.google.com
Has anyone else picked this up and modeled anything cool with it?
I'll post my first model I did last night...
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I was still having a little trouble with curved surfaces, so this is mostly hard angles.
I'm sphere inept.
But, probably closer to 3.5-4.5 of me just figuring out what was what.
It is really fun to use, but unluckily for us we had to draw everything first before we modeled it in the program to train our brain.
I would post a pic of one of the models I did, but the file is currently on my laptop. I might put it up later though.
Did you think that drawing it first helped you when it came to modeling it?
You should definitely post.
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I think thats a conservative estimate.
Work flow is much faster this time around, still having trouble with fucking spheres.
This is only maybe 30 minutes of modeling
Season four premiere of BSG.
It will take us at least 30 minutes to get over that before we can make penises.
Drawing a model out first definitely helps, as you know exactly what you are doing before hand. If you are doing something serious I would at least sketch it out from a couple angles, as it gets your gears working.
Anyway, this is the first model we did for class. Measurements are because we actually had to make these models out of matte board afterword. Goal was to create a sculpture out of a cube.
In that case, I present you with a cock rocket.
The fastest cock rocket ever modeled-
(like 20 minutes)
Are measurements something I can turn on in my view window?
I'm impressed by your unique thought system!
I'm disgusted by you, as a person.
Quick model in the morning.
Power generator. which will eventually be part of a landscape with a cool robot on it...
First, I'll have to model a cool robot.
Anyways,
Dude, it's fucking Google. Almost everything they develop is free, and awesome. The only thing I can think of that you had to pay for was the business version of Google Earth, but the free version of that wasn't gimped in any real way (unless I'm thinking of something else entirely here).
Keep posting awesome pictures though.
sketchup pro + vray + photoshoped people and trees cuz i was feeling lazy
still not done with it though
Simmilar to Maya, you can download the free version, which is just the same, only without as many export formats and with out an awesome program called "Layout", which allows you to develop awesome presentations with your models.
You can downlad Sketchup Pro for 8 hours free use, after that I think it costs somewhere around 400$
Show me your models.
Your models.
Show me them.
That's an awesome deal, I might really consider the full version now.
Man, do you see what I made?
I made a fucking generator.
How creative is that?
Not very.
Jump in!
quite right you are:P
I don't think you understand. Based on my experiences with game and music making programs, I would make a geometric shape, then make another geometric shape, then go "What the fuck now?"
Some rapid prototyping companies do support SketchUp models.
But for serious use? Not a chance. There's zero support for organic shapes. Also, it's a surface modeler, not a solid modeler.
EDIT: Guess I can always post the same image I posted in the last SketchUp thread, oh about a year ago or so?
This was from a project at the design school I was attending. Everyone was to take the same old industrial building next door and revision it in some way. Me and a classmate thought it was so cool that we wanted to keep the atmosphere intact, and merely enhance it. These images really doesn't show off the biggest changes we made, but I think I put it together to more show off what SketchUp can do...
Curses. I've been looking for some kind of program that I can use to do sketches and quick solid modeling that also doesn't cost $3000.
Yes, but you can't use the files for anything.
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