Sketchup Tutorial - Drawing Curved Surfaces

[chair5432]

In many other programs, this shape could be derived from a simple primitive that is subdivided

[chair5432]

Easier to just teach 43,000 people the wrong way to create complex shapes

[teresatrimm]

Thought I would share this with you!! Great job! I tried to post an article I wrote based on this video, but it won't let me. Look for it at wikihow.com!

[scph39001]

ive been using maya, 3Ds max, and Auto CAD for about 5 years and i have to say those are much easier than this. You cant even create a sphere right away.

[andretbms]

@xXprojectt2501Xx

intersect is one of SU's most powerfull tools! Check my videos, I think you might like them :)

[FiILIPPOGOANY]

cool

[TheApostrophy]

hi, i am trying to make this curved objects following this video, then the simlest thing to do doesnt seem to work for me. i wonder if anybody can give me a tip!

when i try to make a surface by connecting lines with those two curved lines, they simply make lines withouth a surface as it shown in the video.

how can i make the surface?

[madwani]

very nice and useful. We could call it curving the curved surface "Double Curvy Surface"

[Bananananananananify]

is it a primarily polygon based program, or can you use NURBS modelling to create more complex surface, and double curvature.

I use ALIAS at the moment, I was wondering if this has any of alias's capabilities if i want to do quick sketch models without spending time on there

[xXprojectt2501Xx]

@Bananananananananify

It is a polygon based program. No NURBS.

[jimpunkrockford]

Nice video. But can someone help me with one thing? At 1:03 and 1:55 the erase tool is used to get rid of the line on the faces, when I try this I lose part of the surface. I am able to hide the line but I can not erase it, like in the video. What am I doing????

[MATRIXPROEMO]

you must erase the line which make a face .or may be there is a gap so that other lines can`t make a face

[carpeunderscore]

If you hold ctrl when using the rase tool, you soften lines, making them disapear. It is sometimes better to right click the line and hide it however.

[casiothestrong]

Pressing CTRL and clicking with the Eraser Smooths the line, so hides the line and make it 1 object :) Hope That Helps.

[Fringeko]

me to

[Fringeko]

@jimpunkrockford me to

[jimpunkrockford]

strange how that works. Fringeko what version of sketchup do you have?

[Fringeko]

i use 7 i think

[Tailsfan278]

awesome tutorial, thanks!

[xXprojectt2501Xx]

No problem, glad I could help.

[liquidawesome14]

Wow!! That was just what I needed. A tutorial on curves and some Aerosmith!! Thank you...

[dpxmidisplaylol]

wow, best sketch up tutorial ive ever seen thanks so much for sharing

[Fhenry]

thank you for the video. I will try it like how you did in the video :D. I see that u set up some guide lines so making picking the curved shapes easier so i will try that :D