In Part 1 of this series, I discussed using Monochrome view to check your SketchUp model for watertightness – making sure all front faces are facing front, to ensure all is ready to be converted to the STL format for 3D printing. In this post, I’m writing about the Solid Inspector extension, which can solve front-back face problems, […]
So, you have a SketchUp model you want to send to a 3D printer. To convert from SketchUp’s format to STL, you can use the STL Extension or the STL feature of the 3D Warehouse. But before generating an STL, it’s always a good idea to check that your model is watertight, also called “manifold.” Why Watertight? […]
How about a Halloween SketchUp project? Grab your kids – they can do this one as well. Download a Pumpkin There are many pumpkin models in the 3D Warehouse. The one I used for my jack-o-lantern is this one: Click the “3D Warehouse” logo at the lower right corner to find this model’s download […]
In Part 1 of this series, I showed how to create the curved, horizontal cross beam for the 3D pergola. And in in Part 2 I showed how to make the vertical supports. In this part, we’ll finish up the pergola by adding the tilted cross-beams along the horizontal beam. Design the Beam […]
In Part 1 of this series, I showed how to begin the park pergola design, by modeling the curved horizontal beam that follows the pergola path. In this post, I’ll show how to model the vertical supports for the beam. Design One Support Draw the cross section of the support like this: The extension I used for […]
In a previous series, I showed how to model a few kinds of sails in SketchUp. These aesthetic landscape design elements are shade-providing canopies – very popular these days. See Part 1: Sail Canopy, Part 2: Canopy Support, and Part 3: Fluid Sail Canopy. In this three-part series, I’ll show how to create another element of […]
No, this isn’t a cooking blog. But SketchUp and a 3D printer just might help you improve in the kitchen. Every year in early summer, we’re part a group of about 20 families that head out for a few days to beautiful Cacapon State Park in West Virginia. And every year we put on some sort […]
In Part 1 of this series, we learned how to project and sample a material to apply it to an organic face (a blanket). And in Part 2 we used a similar technique of a temporary face to do the same thing. In this post, I’ll show how to apply your own texture to the […]
In Part 1 of this series we started with a model of a bed covered with a rumpled blanket. When this blanket is painted with a texture, it comes in as a jumbled mess. To fix it, we learned how to project a texture, sample the texture, and apply the projected texture to the rest of the blanket. […]
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