Bonnie Roskes

Image Trimmer Extension: Part 2 – Face Camera

In Part 1 of this series, I showed how to use the Image Trimmer extension to make a stand-up component from a PNG image. Here’s where I left off: a face surrounded by hidden edges (over 4800 of them!)   Component Location So we have a couple of issues. First, the man’s feet should be […]

Image Trimmer Extension: Part 1 - Trimming

I had never heard of the Image Trimmer extension until I read something about it on Facebook. So I tried it out and wrote a couple of posts about it. Why trim? I’ve done a lot of projects that involve tracing and trimming, in particular for 3D printing. As an example, here’s a picture of a penguin: Using […]

3d printing boat maid mist

Here’s what I’ve written about so far in this series: In Part 1 – a 3D printed bear, and in Part 2, a few 3D printed cactus trees. This post will detail the most complicated of the objects I printed for this project: a customized boat. Maid of the Mist My son, whose state you’ll […]

3D Printing Cactus

In Part 1 of this series, I showed how I modified a Thingiverse model of a bear, to print out for my son’s diorama state project for school. Now it’s my daughter’s turn. Her state was Arizona, and she wanted to include some sort of Arizona tree or plant. And what says “Arizona” more than a saguaro cactus? […]

3D Printing Benji Bear 09

In the school where my twins go, each third grader is assigned a US state. After spending a few months learning about their state, the students write a report, give a little speech, and present a diorama. If you don’t know what a diorama is, picture a shoebox filled with cute, stand-up, informative things: If you’re a […]

Pillow Model Render

Here we are: the last post in this four-part pillow series. To recap: In Part 1 we made the basic pillow shape. In Part 2 we painted the pillow using an image. In Part 3 we rounded the corners, and adjusted the image to match. Here’s the completed pillow, saved in its own file. It looks […]

Pillow model 28

In Part 1 of this series, we created the basic shape of the pillow, and in Part 2 we painted the front face with an image of a pillow. In this post, we’ll finish up the pillow, rounding its sharp edges and painting the sides and back. RoundCorner Extension You’ll need an extension for the rounding: […]

Pillow model 17

In Part 1 of this pillow series, we left off after creating the basic shape of the pillow. We also downloaded a pillow picture. So in this post, we’ll paint the pillow “box” with the pillow image. This is the image I’m using: My image includes some blank space around the edges, which is fine. But you don’t […]

Pillows07

SketchUp is a great tool for interior design, but organic shapes like pillows can be tough to model accurately. This four-part series will show one easy way to create the perfect pillows for your furniture. Here’s the lovely room I want to decorate. The current pillows don’t do much for me – too plain. And I’m […]