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Was your cab created with Sketchup? Get in here!
HaRuMaN:
I do all my designs in Draftsight (free autocad compatible software). I then use Sketchup 7 with a DWG importer and create my models that way.
Model below created using that method:
Nephasth:
The Troubleshooter was designed with Sketchup.
yotsuya:
--- Quote from: Nephasth on October 01, 2014, 10:55:18 am ---The Troubleshooter was designed with Sketchup.
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edekoning:
That video clip reminded me of the japanese table flipping game:
Anyway, I recently used sketchup for making a new 2d garden design, 3d kitchen design, and I used it for both my cabs. If you are just starting follow a few basic tutorials to get going. Some tips:
* Always type in measurements
* Make every part of you cab a separate component (this means every single piece of wood, controls, etc). Remember that if all instances of the same component are linked together, meaning any changes you make to one, will be reflected in all the others. Use 'make unique' from the context menu to break this bond, effectively creating a new component. This 'make unique' works on an entire selection.
* Literally start with a rough sketch. Do all the fancy component stuff and details later.
* Adding a texture to a curved surface is surprisingly hard to do, as you have to apply it to a dummy plane, and then project it onto the final surface. See here for an excellent tutorial:
* you can 'hide' one side of a face by applying a material with opacity=0
Ond:
Where any complexity is involved in your build components 3D design packages are a great tool, to both plan and develop concepts with! Pretty much any construction projects I undertake start off as pencil doodlings and then get drawn up on my PC. I can't imagine trying to figure out or plan some of my more ambitious projects any other way.