The best way to create those 3d Table and Chairs. Help please!

[iv4eto_k]

Hi all,

 

Please advise what is the best way to make exactly those chairs and table. The colors are not that important but the shapes. I am still a beginner in Autocad and the version i use is 2009. Here's the attached image.

[ReMark]

The legs on the table are tapered are they not? I might use a minimum of three profiles and loft them.

 

The legs/sides of the chairs I might draw a profile and extrude it.

 

The cylindrical rungs on the chairs can be done with a circle and the sweep command.

 

The table top and the chair seats I'd draw a profile and use the PressPull command to give them height.

 

Miscellaneous pieces can be extruded or swept. All you need are the required shapes (profiles) and a line or polyline as the path to follow.

 

I think I've seen this set done in 3D here but it was quite a while ago.

 

Is this part of an interior design course you are taking?

[iv4eto_k]

Yes, it's not exactly an interior design though, more like...Autocad class and this is the task Thanks for the response, i was thinking about some of those steps but the hardest to make so far really is the exact shape of the table legs and practically i still can't do it

[ReMark]

Unfortunately I can't quite make out the shape of the legs of the table although I could take a guess.

 

I'd create a series of at least three or four profiles (bottom, top and two in between) then loft them.

 

How much leeway are you given in determining the shape and size of the components that make up the table and a typical chair? What are you using for dimensions?

 

Do you have any other views than this?

 

Do you have the manufacturer's name or what this set is called?

[ReMark]

A tapered leg created with four lofted profiles.

[iv4eto_k]

Those legs look perfect i actually never tried that loft function but i'll give it a shot. This is what i have so far (don't mind the legs i'll fix them just like you suggested) but i can't fill the top of the table. Nothing seems to work because if i use 3dface it only makes a square:

Table.dwg

P.S Otherwise there are no rules for the size, basically we only get the picture and do it as we see

[JD Mather]

i use 3dface it only makes a square:

 

You should be using the solids tools. Extrude or presspull or primitives (is it box? been a long time since I used AutoCAD).

 

If this is for a class - wasn't there any instruction on how to use the tools?

The usual method of teaching is to demonstrate how to use the tools - and then give an assignment.

Not to give the assignment and only show how to open the toolbox.

[iv4eto_k]

Actually it is up because i extruded it..but it looks like that with no top because i brought it up from a 2d sketch of all the elements

[Jack_O'neill]

Actually it is up because i extruded it..but it looks like that with no top because i brought it up from a 2d sketch of all the elements

 

Actually what you've got there are a bunch of extruded surfaces. You'd be much happier with solids. To create solids with most of the 3d commands, you need a closed polyline shape. Using the rectangle command for example will give you a rectangle that if you click on it, is one entity. If it were created with 4 separate lines or polylines, it of course would be 4 separate entities and would create surfaces when extruded. I don't want to confuse you here, but the exception to this rule is the presspull command. It will create a solid from just plain old lines if they all intersect. I've included a screen shot that should illustrate the differences.

 

Dig into your text book, the help files in autocad and the tutorials here on Cadtutor or in JD Mather's signature line. The tutorials are all very well done and will help you find your way through this.

[ReMark]

Solids can also be created from objects created with plain old lines and even arcs if one uses the PressPull command to give them height.

 

I agree with J.D.M. that you really need to be creating your table and chairs in solids (not meshes, or surfaces).

[iv4eto_k]

That's what i have so far and i think i'll leave it that way even though it's not perfect.Thank you all for the help

 

[JD Mather]

Looks pretty good.

Check into Materials to easily add some real "pop" to the design.

Add a floor.

 

Bust the grade curve.

[ReMark]

Can we see a close up of one of the chairs?

[Jack_O'neill]

That's what i have so far and i think i'll leave it that way even though it's not perfect.Thank you all for the help

 

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Looks like you got it surrounded. Keep learning, you'll be top notch in no time.

[iv4eto_k]

Hi again

 

Here are some close ups of the chair as requested. I also added some other stuff and objects to make more realistic.

The windows seem to be attached to nothing but this is how i meant it for now. Kind of looks like a theater scene.