SketchUp Modeling - The Flying Wing

Making a flying wing for my comic, "Fuel & Fire" in SketchUp. This is sped up 1000%. The original time of this video was about 1 hour and 40 minutes.

Check out the overall progress for this model on my blog:
http://www.giantmonster.tv/giant/?cat=29

Check out the finish product on www.giantmonster.tv

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• SketchUp
• Sketch
• Up
• Fuel
• Fire

[MastaSquidge]

Are you just using the move tool to grab an intersection and move it around?

[monsterz3r0]

Masta, I use both the move and scale tool to manipulate each section. First I use the scale tool to make the section the size I want, scaling in all directions - blue and green. I didn't scale in red because the planes happened to be parallel to red.

To change the height of the wing (relative to the fuselage) and wing angle I use the move and the rotate tool.

[MastaSquidge]

I was just curious as to how you were grabbing the vertices (sp?) on the surface. Also, before i ask im going to assume you are probly a member of a forum or two that deals with Sketchup right? I got conned into being admin for a Build a City project on a forum and it seems that im the one who knows the most about this program =|

[monsterz3r0]

Ah. Moving a vertex. If you use the move tool, and hover on a particular vertex (with no other item selected) you can then click in on it and move it.

[monsterz3r0]

YIIMM, you should group your template, and separately group your working geometry. Doing this will allow you to see and use your template without joining pieces. Also, the added benifit to this is that the when inside and editing a particular group (triple clicking it) all other geo outside it will be faded - this allows a visual separation from your working geo from your template geo.

[coolgames14]

nice concept

[Funnystuffdis]

This may seem like a thick person question but, how do you get the next piece to 'stick' to the previous piece like different sections of the wing, you manipulate one piece then the next piece just appears stuck to the previous piece and then you manipulate that piece and so on. Sorry, I'm new to this software.

Thanks

-James

[Tonefeeder]

Very nice! but im a little dissapointet(not of you!!!), that there is no other way to do shapes like this... sketchup needs something like a lattice in blender... or is there something i dont know???

thanks

[renniee]

Thanks for the "amazing tutorial".....

[TomTomistheone]

just amazing 10 thumbs up

[Natovr]

wow... Thanks for the tutorial ^_^

[fergawdsache]

Its great to see a speeded up version but it would also be nice to see the real time with a voice over.

[esamatti]

crazy!

[VGnerd]

You should put it on the 3D warehouse

[visualcomms]

most impressive! let's hope that sketchup incorporate a bezier curve tool with a skinning/lofting feature in the future...