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westchestnutboy
westchestnutboy
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Jul 13 2009, 2:59 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 13 2009, 2:59 PM EDT
how do u do that? 2  out of 2 found this valuable. Do you?    
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Marsden
Marsden
1. RE: ???
Jul 13 2009, 3:08 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 13 2009, 3:08 PM EDT
Hi,

You can download Google Sketchup form this link here:

http://sketchup.google.com/download.html

It isn't difficult to use once you get the basics sorted.

Hope that helped,
Marsden Do you find this valuable?    
Reaper37
Reaper37
2. RE: ???
Jul 13 2009, 3:09 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 13 2009, 3:09 PM EDT
Thats a pretty cool design you have there. Will have to try out something myself, however mine is based off of a much larger location. Do you find this valuable?    
PedroAsani
PedroAsani
3. RE: ???
Jul 13 2009, 3:17 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 13 2009, 3:17 PM EDT
Reaper, if you want a hand, let me know. I have climbed the learning curve on Sketchup. It requires a lot of trial and error, and possibly a 4am epiphany. Do you find this valuable?    
StrykerPez
StrykerPez
4. RE: ???
Jul 13 2009, 3:41 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 13 2009, 3:41 PM EDT
It is mainly 4am trial and error. I did a full spaceship, including interior levels and the engines and everything. My first project. I think a fortress will be #2. Do you find this valuable?    
PedroAsani
PedroAsani
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Jul 13 2009, 3:44 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 13 2009, 3:44 PM EDT
Nice to know that I'm not the only one that needed a Kubla Khan moment :) Do you find this valuable?    
Drewblet
Drewblet
6. RE: ???
Jul 13 2009, 3:46 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 13 2009, 3:46 PM EDT
Holy crap, Stryker. That's impressive.

I've conquered and been conquered by SketchUp more times than I'd care to list. I've had many 4AM epiphanies, only to have them crushed before my weary eyes. Too many a project --un-saved, and yet soaked in the blood, sweat and tears of my hard labor-- Have I seen sponateously fail due to an unforseen, unforseeable consequence of my hours-old actions.

God be with you, Reaper. . . God be with you. . .

;-) 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    
StrykerPez
StrykerPez
7. RE: ???
Jul 13 2009, 3:58 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 13 2009, 3:58 PM EDT
My best advice to Reaper is to go buy several large cans of Red Bull, some Red Hot Cheetos, and a few packs of cigarettes.

(If you don't smoke yet, you will by the time you're done using SketchUp, the Red Bull will enable you to remain awake to receive your 4am epiphany, and the Cheetos do nothing but make it painful to take a 10-200 the next morning) Do you find this valuable?    
Drewblet
Drewblet
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Jul 13 2009, 4:06 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 13 2009, 4:06 PM EDT
How very well DARE you suggest that this innocent soul take up smoking?!?

The Red Bull and the Cheetos, though, are a very good plan. The Cheetos also make it so that you're more willing to sit at the computer despite your urgent needs. The more computer time you spend, the better; you never know when this semi-mythical epiphany will come to you. It may or may not actually occur at 4AM. Do you find this valuable?    
Reaper37
Reaper37
9. RE: ???
Jul 13 2009, 4:37 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 13 2009, 4:37 PM EDT
You guys are making this promising, nothing like trying to scare a person in the wrong direction, :)...

Pedro - Will probably take you up on that and if i have time, maybe get some pointers here within the next few weeks.

Drewblet - Thanks for the confidence, however i dont think even god could help if it is half as "fun" as you all are claiming.

Stryker - Not a smoker, hopefully wont turn into one. The energy drinks and cheetos work though.

Its deffinetly something i want to try out, however i will need to make time for but will hopefully start within the next week here. But i do agree, the model is very nice, and hopefully i will have one up here that is half as decent, i was never one for the model generating programs, never really had time to get into them like others in my family. Do you find this valuable?    
Drewblet
Drewblet
10. RE: ???
Jul 13 2009, 4:43 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 13 2009, 4:43 PM EDT
Reaper, don't worry. Once you've got the hang of it, it actually will be quite fun.

Just give it a week or two of practice; you'll have it down by then. Do you find this valuable?    
Reaper37
Reaper37
11. RE: ???
Jul 13 2009, 4:45 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 13 2009, 4:45 PM EDT
"Reaper, don't worry. Once you've got the hang of it, it actually will be quite fun.

Just give it a week or two of practice; you'll have it down by then."
Awesome, awesome, i deffinetly want to get into it. I tried a little when i was younger with some now ancient 3D model program because i wanted to be an architect when i was like 10, but that little ideal went away and so did my attempts at modeling, so now its time again. Do you find this valuable?    
Drewblet
Drewblet
12. RE: ???
Jul 13 2009, 5:01 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 13 2009, 5:13 PM EDT
Yeah, at 10 I got my first ancient 3D animation program, too. What's perhaps needless to say, I failed. I did manage to build a popcorn cart, though.

I almost got my hands on full, legal copy of Maya (which is what Pixar uses), but the guy who had it fucking sold it, stating that they weren't really using it enough. I'd have bought it from him in a heartbeat at the $50 price he was asking! Especially considering the fact that it usually costs $4,995.

By the way, if you have 2.56 Gb free space on your hard drive and a decent internet speed, here's a torrent for one of the most recent Mayas:
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4439603/Autodesk_Maya_Unlimited_2009_ISO

If you can, then download that. It's the ultimate friggin' 3D animator, and one helluva 3D drafter.

Here's an example of something extremely easy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1MiXAJyaZ4&NR=1

If that's simple, imagine what else could be done. Do you find this valuable?    
PedroAsani
PedroAsani
13. RE: ???
Jul 13 2009, 5:16 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 13 2009, 5:16 PM EDT
"Reaper, don't worry. Once you've got the hang of it, it actually will be quite fun.

Just give it a week or two of practice; you'll have it down by then."
That is true, although I found it incredibly frustrating in the beginning, because I didn't understand how it was arriving at the shapes it was making. "Do this, do that, do this, and...what the FUCK IS THAT PIECE OF SHIT GODDAMMIT!!"

Yeah, you will say that a lot. I really wanted to like it, because I saw all the cool stuff people were making. But I found the learning curve such a bitch that I uninstalled it twice. Only after a month of struggling did it come together.

Tough it out, and it's really cool. But if you want any help getting over that hump, just yell. Do you find this valuable?    
StrykerPez
StrykerPez
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Jul 13 2009, 5:39 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 13 2009, 5:39 PM EDT
""Do this, do that, do this, and...what the FUCK IS THAT PIECE OF SHIT GODDAMMIT!!""
*click, drag, let go... ah, lets see, click the face, and drag and NOOOO I DIDN'T WANT IT TO INVERT! OH GOD IT JUST FUCKED UP THE WHOLE DRAWING!!! CTRL+Z!!!!! Do you find this valuable?    
Reaper37
Reaper37
15. RE: ???
Jul 13 2009, 7:19 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 13 2009, 7:19 PM EDT
I have my first concept coming up, i will post it on here once finished. I am just doing this one for fun, first time deal, it isnt my planned fortress. I will have it posted shortly. Do you find this valuable?    
Drewblet
Drewblet
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Jul 13 2009, 7:34 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 13 2009, 7:34 PM EDT
Sounds good. I'm looking forward to seeing it.

And remember: Red Bull. Do you find this valuable?    
Reaper37
Reaper37
17. RE: ???
Jul 13 2009, 8:01 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 13 2009, 8:02 PM EDT
Ok, here is the link to the page, as i said, something i threw together in an hour or two. Not my planned fort, just something done for fun. I didnt even finish the design, just stopped where i was cuz i didnt want to spend too much time on my first deal.

http://www.zombiesurvivalwiki.com/page/Proposed+Fort Do you find this valuable?    
PedroAsani
PedroAsani
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Jul 13 2009, 9:19 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 13 2009, 9:19 PM EDT
Not bad considering you hadn't touched it before. Textures, transparancies, and even a ramp. Nice. I started out just stacking boxes in it, seeing how I could get them to interact.

It's the curved surfaces that frustrate me. That and the Follow Me feature. Plus in the tutorial video where they show you how to make a chair, there is this one function where it creates objects on a curve for you. Big gear change. "So you make a box, then turn it into a leg. Easy. Now take your mystic voodoo bag, sacrifice your chicken, and POW! Spindles on the back of the rocking chair" Do you find this valuable?    
Reaper37
Reaper37
19. RE: ???
Jul 14 2009, 6:46 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 14 2009, 6:46 PM EDT
http://www.zombiesurvivalwiki.com/page/Proposed+Fort

Ok, i made a better desiggned fort, revised my old one to create this better one. Not one i actually plan to build unless my company really starts to boom, then might proceed sometime in the future as somewhat of a corporate building. Anyways a fun design, please take a look and let me know what you think.

Pedro - Ya i was thinking of starting out slow, then decided to just jump on in, luckily it seems to work. I obviously have more to learn, like how to make angled structures or slanted roofs, but i will get there eventually. Do you find this valuable?    
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