SketchUp Sketchup Components Collection (SCC) Discussion

Okey Beast how about this for some ideas....











And for anyone else with designer block.

I did some test rendering of the case in KT.






More later....Scoob

 

now i must ask, did you make that using google sketch up? or did you use photoshop?

 

this is the sketchup components collection...

 

@Braveheart, all done in SU. I'm almost done with all the detailing on the case but because I'm not 100% sure on the measurements I don't know if I should add it to the collection. What do you think guys?

Good idea swift_wraith on the window suggestion, I might just do that if and when I add it to the collection. Give SU a try bro it's easier than you think and we are all here to help you out if you run into a wall. Try something easy to model as your fist project and we'll start from their.

BTW welcome to the forum.



Scooby

 

wow, thats amazing! i did not think you could do that kind of detail in sketch up.

 

@Braveheart, you should look through this thread and you will see some of the work these talented artist have come up with. SkethUp allows you to be as detailed as you want to be. That is why it is a great 3D modeling program and one of the most userfriendly apps you can ever use. It has it's limitations but it is still a great 3D app.

Here are some examples of from other SU artist...


By tomislavm - USS Fletcher


By Marian - Star Trek U.S.S. Thrace



By fbartels - french and blob


By Dave R - Mission Style Clock


By Justin Chin aka Monterzero - JUMPtitle (One of my good friends)

If you would like to see more great works head on to SketchUp Gallery.


Scooby

 

I LOVE that bottom one.

 

Scooby, what material and rendering method did you use? Also what version? Rendering metal, esp. fans gave me great headache. Thnx.

 

@Aterius Gmork, I used Kerkythea 2008 Echo for the rendering. BTW people their is a update to "v2.0.5" that you can find in the same link. And I used the "3LightStageStudio" that you can see below. Marci had a link for the download a few threads back. If you don't have this let me know and I'll try to post it.



This is a SU file, and all you would have to do is delete the two boxes and paste what ever you want in its place. Their are a few thing you must have if you don't have them yet... 1. Metals Phong A1 and 2. Metals Ashkimish for MLT. These are the the files you need to add to KT for your models, for the fans I selected "prefast_Stainless_Steel".

Once in position you can now save a KT file. Now open the file you just saved in KT, highlight/select the fans (we'll use fans for this example) you will now see a star next to the name on the left hand column, right-click and select "Apply Material" and select what ever you want for the fans. experiment a little till you fine something you like.

TIP: In SU, when adding color to your model that you want to render in KT try to rename the color to something that would help you distinguish it in KT. Example, say you have three boxes, one red, one blue and one yellow and your background is red too. When you select the red box to color it will also select the background too because the both have the same color name...RED. SO rename your components when coloring them in SU.

I hope this helps and if you have any questions just ask (someone else) Joke!!!! Just ask, I'll do my best to give you an answer


Scooby-Dooby-Doooo!!!!

 

I found something to fill my saturday

I drew a small cabin and put it on a ....... (you'll find out tommrroow or once I get done)

Those are things that get the blood flowing to the brain



Today has been great, my CAD teacher GAVE me Solidworks(with Cosmos) student edition for free because I'm his best student, it's worth $200 (he got it from a teachers convention)

With Solidworks and Cosmos you can test parts in many different ways
-finite element analysis tool
-kinematic and motion simulation analysis
-computatinal fluid dynamics analysis
And create photorealisic images
And create animations of the models


Now I need a new computer

 

@scooby: thank you. My problem wasn't the lightning though - I already have that scene. It will still be helpfull for others.

I was asking because I always get noise when rendering metal. The only way to avoid that was using MLT, which takes ages to render. A 1000 frames animation for one picture with every frame taking well more than two minutes for an all-metal case - thanx but no thanx. Maybe it is better with the new 2008 Version. I will try, that should finish off my already dying CPU and I can justify buying a new computer. Stilll using P4.

€Beast: Nice one!

 

@AG, yes, some of the metals unfortunately doesn't turn out the way one would like. I get the same artifacts as well. But check this out bro, since I upgraded my system and now using KT Echo 2008 my renderings have been a lot faster than before. So when you decide to upgrade your rig I know you will feel the difference, I certainly did.

And just for reference this is the specs on my upgrade....

SPECS:
MB: ASUS MAXIMUS FORMULA SE
CPU: INTEL C2D E6850 G0 24/7 @ 3.6Ghz, So far benching @ 3.8Ghz stable
RAM: Corsair XMS2 DOMINATOR 8500C5D 4x1GB 5-5-5-15-2T
GPU: ATI Radeon HD 2900XT 1GB @ 850MHzGPU/2150MHzMEM
HD-1: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB
HD-2: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3300622AS 300GB
HD-3: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3750640AS 750GB
DVD: PLEXTOR PX-716AL Dual Layer
SOUND CARD: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic
PSU: PC Power and Cooling ULTRA-QUIET, SILENCER 750
CASE: SilverStone Black Temjin SST-TJ03 Aluminum Case
FAN CONTROL: Sunbeam 4 Channel Rheobus
COOLING:
CPU BLOCK: FuZion Extreme Performance CPU Block
GPU BLOCK: DangerDen DD-29XT Water Block
RAD: ThermoChill PA120.2 2x120mm High Performance Radiator
FAN: Delta EFB1212SHE 120x38mm Triple Blade High Speed Fans x2 @141.96 CFM
TUBES: Tygon R3400 1/2in.ID 3/4in.OD Black Laboratory Tubing
PUMP: Swiftech MCP355 w/Custom Black Delrin DDC Pump Top
COOLANT: Fluid XP+ Ultra Non-Conductive
MOSFET: Thermalright HR-09U Type 2 Mosfet Cooler x2
NB: Thermalright HR-05 Fanless Chipset Cooler w/ Evercool 70x15mm Aluminum Fans
SB: Thermalright HR-05 Fanless Chipset Cooler w/ Evercool 70x15mm Aluminum Fans


@Beast, I heard that SolidWorks is like AudoCad on steroids. An architect friend of mine offered a copy of SW to me, you think I should try it?

BTW I posted that pic of the "Mission Style Clock By Dave R" for you. Thought you would appreciate it.


Scooby

 

SW has a very steep learning curve and is hard to get used too. I've been using it ~2 hours a day 5 days a week for 2 weeks and I still find it hard to use. But all the stress test stuff is worth it. Make sure you get it with Cosmos(stress test stuff)

Nice computer you should give it to me

http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=148391

I too need a new computer but mine is only going to be around $550, I'd spend more but I'm 16 and need a car

 

Yeah really a nice one. I am probably to find out how well Sketchup runs on a VIA 1.5Ghz System.

 

^^^ most likely around what my celeron with 256Mb ram does ^^^

 

How much does it do?

 

not much


it has trouble opening 4mb sketchup files

 

Beast-Man, unfortunately any upgrading need is going to cost you and with a $500 budget that's will make upgrading very selective no matter how you slice it. Realistically you can run those apps on a $500 rig but you will take a hit on performance. You would have to spend a bit more to really make those apps fly.

I think the best thing here is that your still a young lad and I'm proud of you having the skills and interest in such high end programs. You will go far my friend just keep it up and study hard and I'm sure by the time you turn 18 you will have a awesome computer and be driving a 2010 Porsche Boxster.


Patients and hard work Grasshopper and you will see the light very soon. BTW when you get thier can I get a loan from you so I can upgrade too.


Scooby

 

^^^ only if you loan me money first ^^^


What are you doing with your old computer??? specs

 

I sold some of my stuff to a friend who needed it...

Old specs:

MSI K8N NEO4 Platinum
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 939
Crucial Ballistic Tracer, PC4000 2GB DDR500
ATI Radeon X850XT PLATINUM EDITION
Creative Labs X-Fi Sound Card
Seagate Barracuda 160 GB7200.9 RPM SATA3G
Seagate Barracuda 500 GB 7200 RPM SATA3G
Plextor PX-716AL Slot-Loading Drive
Sunbeam 4 Channel Rheobus
PCPower&Cooling TurboCool 510 PSU

Still using as backup rig:

Abit NF7-S 2.0
AMD XP2500+
ThermalRight SP-97
Corsair XMS PC3200LL v1.1, 2x512Mb
ATI Radeon 9700PRO
Creative Labs, Sound Blaster Gamer Sound Card
80G Seagate 7200rpm 8MB, SATA150
120G Seagate 7200rpm 8MB, SATA150
SONY DRU-510A DVD+-RW
CoolerMaster Musketeer
Enermax EG465P- VE(FMA) PSU
CoolerMaster, WaveMaster TAC-T01 Aluminum Case

I'm waiting to upgrade my CPU and GPU to a E8500 and a HD 3870X2 GDDR4 when they come out. That should do it for a while until next year or so.


Scooby