grahamf Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 So basically for a project I'm making a electronic device, and I'm trying google sketchup because it's easier than trying to photoshop the lines. the problem is, I have to make a chrome rim that follows the main line around the housing (front-sides, top/bottom-back), and i can get the straight edges to work, but I cannot get the F******g curve done. Help? Attached is the wireframe that has to be done, with the circle at one end. Wire.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boofredlay Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 Hey Graham. I have your solution my friend. Two things: First off you had some hidden geometry that could seriously mess with your ability to do a follow me properly. See first attached image. Second, if you do the follow me at the scale you have you will get a broken path like the second attached image. The reason for this is that SketchUp cannot calculate very small areas so it leaves them out. The thing to do is to scale your path and profile up by 10, do your follow me and then scale it back down by .10 Sounds odd but it works. See third attached image for the steps I followed: 1. Opened file 2. Copied the path and profile, removed hidden lines and scaled up by 10. 3. Exploded the path (as it was a group). Selected all the lines then clicked the circle with the "follow me" tool. By doing it this way you don't have to manually follow the path. Again, select path, click the follow me tool, click the profile. 4. Selected everything and used the "soften edges" slider (Window/Soften Edges). Then I reversed the faces so that the front face was on the outside. This is very important if you are going to use a render engine at any time. 5. Scaled everything by .10 Hope this helps. Oh, and I attached the skp file at the bottom as well. Wire3.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamf Posted May 13, 2010 Author Share Posted May 13, 2010 that worked!!! thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamf Posted May 14, 2010 Author Share Posted May 14, 2010 Well, it worked perfectly, but the problem is I realized that for the project i have to BEVEL the edges (with a silver colour) so how would I do that? none of the steps seem to translate will to this. thanks. www 2shared com/file/IorXmQpJ/Storm3 html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boofredlay Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 Without knowing the rest of the shape it is hard to help. You got pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamf Posted May 14, 2010 Author Share Posted May 14, 2010 All I have at the moment is on flickr (i'm not at a computer with GS) there's more and a video on flickr www flickr com/photos/48985350@N06/sets/72157624053199270/detail/ does the compressed (zip) document on 2shared work (over 250kb so I couldn't upload it to this site) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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