fostertom Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Please excuse this basic question. In the past I've built a house by creating walls, floors, roof plane etc individually as 'solids', trimming them together where they meet. Is there a better basic way? like creating the whole exterior surface, like in the elementary tutorials, and 'shelling' it i.e.adding thickness inward by push- pull? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strix Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 it all depends on what functionality you want from the whole when you're finished you could draw the floorplan, then pull up the height and push through windows etc do you need internals? would groupings be of particular use to you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fostertom Posted January 3, 2009 Author Share Posted January 3, 2009 Yes, proper architectural, internals, potentially everything. I tried last year but found SU6 was v unreliable on my machine - orphan and duplicate lines everywhere, v hard to trace, made layers etc a nightmare. Hoping that SU7 will be better, also before beginning seeing if a different systematic approach to modelling wd be easier. All 'professional' tips and method suggestions are welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boofredlay Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 This post on the SCF site should help you get a great start: http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?p=4177#p4177 And part 2: http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?p=4312#p4312 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 While I think that this is a good tutorial and thanks to Boo for posting it I do not agree with all of the lines that Kris added in his model. I am also not keen on tracing over a raster image. If you have a CAD file your results will be better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Yes, proper architectural, internals, potentially everything. I tried last year but found SU6 was v unreliable on my machine - orphan and duplicate lines everywhere, v hard to trace, made layers etc a nightmare. Hoping that SU7 will be better, also before beginning seeing if a different systematic approach to modelling wd be easier. All 'professional' tips and method suggestions are welcome! To stop this from happening use your floorplan as a guide an creat new lines to push/pull up into walls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boofredlay Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I agree with you there. I would do things differently but there are many ways and Kris has a good start. Personally I hardly ever even use cad lines as 99% of the time whoever drew them they are not correct, even myself. I prefer to start from scratch most of the time. That or use the cad as an underlay and reference only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Me too Eric, I only use the cad file for reference only. Your work I have seen on the SU is very good I agree with you there. I would do things differently but there are many ways and Kris has a good start. Personally I hardly ever even use cad lines as 99% of the time whoever drew them they are not correct, even myself. I prefer to start from scratch most of the time. That or use the cad as an underlay and reference only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boofredlay Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Thank you very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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