Turning Torso Santiago Calatrava modelled in SketchUp

[chris7sutton19]

Yeah looks Awsome Good job I had to design a huge house size filter housing unit for work it was my first time using sketchup took me 8 hours so just wondering how long it should take

[timdanaher]

@chris7sutton19 Yeah, there are a lot of repeating elements in there, so there's less modelling than first appears...

[chris7sutton19]

how long did something like that take you

[timdanaher]

@chris7sutton19 About a day... It's not too difficult if you plan ahead.

[GB200879]

One of the best Calatrava's architectures.

Good job, boy!

[timdanaher]

@GB200879

Thanking you most kindly, sir! (touches forelock)...

[YERZHAN100]

you have a video which creates skyscrapers Burj Khalifa, Petronas Tower and other

[WarpeaceWar6]

Did you make one section then just like copy it on top of itself again and again

[timdanaher]

@WarpeaceWar6

Sorry, only just saw your post... yes, that was basically the technique used.

[lawkey]

do u used any plugin for this model?

[timdanaher]

No.

[lecourtois21]

wow.. you are a master in sketch... where i could get the tutorial???

[timdanaher]

Thanks...it should be on the 3D World website somewhere.

[dustfingernail]

i am so jealous..

[amaraca]

I am in awe of your work - Can you help me if I have a problem?

[bumboodc]

Yest, there is an interest. I talked to one of my office mates and they were wondering if you could do the interior. It would make a good light and shadow study. I was curious if you had tried blender as a modeling tool. It seems to have some nice mesh editing tools. I'm thinking about switching from Viz/Max to this program. Vuze had some great videos showing off what it can do.

[timdanaher]

I wouldn't touch Blender with a bargepole...

Everything I do, I do with SketchUp. All my photoreal rendering is done by importing SU models into the amazing Cheetah3D. I costs $129 and the results are fab...but it's Mac-only (I see you're on a PC). I've sent you a message about the tutorial...

[bumboodc]

Congratulations on the article. Do you have other tutorials that are available? I'm wondering how you build models from photographs. The Coop Himmelblau and Eric Owen Moss projects are impressive. I don't know how you would do it without plans.

[timdanaher]

Thanks -- truth is, I don't have a method -- I just get on with it. The more you model a structure, the more you get to understand it, and that informs your ideas about it. It's a continuous feedback thing. That make any sense?

[timdanaher]

I'm considering doing a tutorial on how to model the roof of the Pantheon on my website. It's actually a *lot* harder than it looks...would that be of any interest?

[babolatpdtp]

yes it would be of interest. all the tutorials on youtube are more of how to use tools as opposed to how to implement them in a more real world project. For instance I still don't understand how people get such great curves to make model cars. Or in your example how you got the whole thing to twise