SketchUp Sketchup Components Collection (SCC) Discussion

Very nice Ron-ski, great details. I can't wait to see your final model.

I assume your rendering in KT, if your make sure (in SU) that all your surface faces are facing front (viewed in white under "Monochrome "view) instead of blue which represents the back. If done correctly you should not see any blue surfaces.

Keep it up bro...



Scooby

 

Thanks very much, I found a lot of the faces on the lettering were the wrong way around, not sure with the other bits though, think it may possibly be a reflection, and yes I'm using KT.

 

Maybe I'm the only person who feels this way, and this seemed the appropriate thread for it.

Is it just me or is Sketchup completely counter intuitive? I find creating objects to be absurdly hard. I can't figure out how to edit dimensions after I've created an object (something that is very easy to do in ProE, SolidWorks, AutoCad, etc..) And extrudes / patterning seem to be even more counter intuitive.

Anyone to lend advice?

 

^Yep, I'm thinking the same. I began SketchUp in earnest just to model PC parts so that I could plan better, but I've gone on. Granted, many pros here can do magic with SU that I can't do with anything else but there's something about SU that makes me want to tear my hair out :/

 

Oops, haven't read the lattest posts here, btw, i'll submit by e-mail.

 

Currently the thing I find most frustrating is positioning items but I get there in the end.

Anyway, finished my model of the Laing D5/Swiftech MCP655 with the EK-D5 X-Top Rev.2 fitted. I used a digital vernier to get it as accurate as possible, so external dimensions are spot on. Waterways are probably not, but close enough.

Barbs are Scooby's from the SCC collection.





and a mount I made (imported the thread and scaled it)



Here's the SKP's, I'll rescale the images later and send them to Jez, time to have breakfast and get on with the house.

High detail Laing D5/Swiftech MCP655 with the EK-D5 X-Top Rev.2 Includes all internals of the block.
Low detail Laing D5/Swiftech MCP655 with the EK-D5 X-Top Rev.2 I took all the innard's out to reduce file size.
Eheim/Hydor Rubber Mount

Could one of the Guru's check the models please and see if there's any problems?

 

I've found the problem with the E in the EK in the picture above, although the faces were the correct way around the colour properties seemed to be back to front, anyway models are updated and now render correctly. (Not got the time to change the picture above at the moment)

I've also emailed Jez the links and suitable pictures.

 

i think su is the most intuitive modeller out there, if u want to change dimensions, just grab the plane and move it ? only thing very annoying about it is the number of bugs it creates in more complex models and the sluggish viewport once ur over a certain number of verts ( one can avoid that by modeling in component groups and hiding everything else) another thing is its inabilyty to kreate more complex curved surfaces etc, theres no way around 3dsmax or any more advanced modeler there.

for doing most of the case mod pics i think its spot on ! its very precise, it is extremely fast once u learned the basics and it exports beautiful clean meshes into any other modeller.

 

Two great new items from Ronksi:
http://scc.jezmckean.com/latest

PS - had to do new images to fit the 300x200 max.

 

How to stitch together and cut Hex Mesh?

I'm trying to use the Hex Mesh model to create a grill on a side panel of a case:



How do I "stitch together" the model to form a uniform material (no seams), and then how do I "cut/trim" it?

-Rich

 

Does anyone happen to know where I might find a model of this case?

http://www.clearpc.ca/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=119

 

Hi jezmck, I did email links to the models and the correct size pictures on 27 July, I used the email address from one of your previous emails to me. Perhaps for some reason it never got through.

Ah, just noticed I did the pictures 320 x 200 for some reason, don't know where I got 320 from



Anyway here's the picture/render for the pump cropped to the correct size.



Your picture of the mount looks far better than mine, so I won't bother with the one I did.

Keep up the good work, thanks.

Edit: Just found your email in reply to mine, been on holiday and had over 150 to sort through.

 

Some of my warehouse models.





Most of the models can be found here.

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?viewer=02835296514073898297&scoring=m

I will add more if there are any requests..

 

Nice models there, if you follow this link you can submit them to The Sketchup Components Collection, note you ideally need an image for each one and must be no bigger than 300(W) × 200(H)

 

Just finished...

Cooler Master HyperTX2




Jez, is the submission form working already?

if it isn't yet, i'll e-mail it!

 

You'd better email it, I don't remember fixing it!

 

Actually, it looks like it works.
Any problems with it, let me know.

 

Lian Li A05 - I'm looking for sketchup image of that case. I didn't find in Warehouse or anywhere.
Do you guys know if there is any?

 

You should be able to copy and paste a block then move it to it's exact location. Then to "cut" it just draw a line where the cut is going to be and delete what ever you don't need


Hope this help

 

Hey Ronski, what renderer are you using? I've been using Podium, and it's extremely unstable on my 64-bit machine. Any suggestions?