Forum - Importing Assets - Sketch up model making tip - Messages http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic2963-sketch-up-model-making-tip.aspx Forum - Importing Assets - Sketch up model making tip - Messages en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit AspNetForum Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:54:36 GMT Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:54:36 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic2963-sketch-up-model-making-tip.aspx Message from gimmick

in the past, this probleme of shadows from SU to Muvizu made me crazy ! Hammer Time]]> Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:54:36 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic2963-sketch-up-model-making-tip.aspx Message from urbanlamb


*takes my insanely stiff hands off the keyboard and goes back to watch tv.. hopes they get better tomorrow.. i hate typing with two fists *]]> Mon, 12 Aug 2013 00:52:19 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic2963-sketch-up-model-making-tip.aspx Message from fazz68 urbanlamb wrote:
hehe "its been fazzed" I have to be careful that can have some interesting um twists to it.. i feel a silly comedy sketch coming on..


lol. i think it would involve being smothered in cheese Big Grin

on a side note.... ziggys cylinder border method also works on arches and various curved surfaces where you can get a continuous line from edge to edge. now onto cones.......................... Big Grin]]> Sun, 11 Aug 2013 13:18:41 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic2963-sketch-up-model-making-tip.aspx Message from urbanlamb ]]> Sun, 11 Aug 2013 08:03:01 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic2963-sketch-up-model-making-tip.aspx Message from fazz68
now how do you make a wiki page? can i just copy and paste from this thread or do they want full screen pictures like they have on there? im very lazy Big Grin]]> Sat, 10 Aug 2013 22:17:42 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic2963-sketch-up-model-making-tip.aspx Message from ziggy72


1. Select the edge of the cylinder

2. Use the Move tool to move it up/down but with Ctrl pressed (which forces Sketchup to copy the line)

3. Move the copy of the line (constrained to up/down) and you have your seam without changing the shape.

And just to show it works, here's a door I was just working on (that didn't work right with the lights, as usual, as you can see on the left). After it's been 'Fazzed', as we should call it, it looks great - thanks again dude!

]]> Sat, 10 Aug 2013 21:11:30 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic2963-sketch-up-model-making-tip.aspx Message from ziggy72 ]]> Tue, 06 Aug 2013 19:34:28 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic2963-sketch-up-model-making-tip.aspx Message from glasgowjim
May I suggest adding the information to the Wiki? Big Grin

http://muvizu.com/Wiki/wiki/57/importing-to-muvizu-from-sketchup]]> Tue, 06 Aug 2013 16:34:58 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic2963-sketch-up-model-making-tip.aspx Message from urbanlamb Tue, 06 Aug 2013 15:50:05 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic2963-sketch-up-model-making-tip.aspx Message from Mike_Num_5

Thanks for sharing!]]> Tue, 06 Aug 2013 15:00:45 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic2963-sketch-up-model-making-tip.aspx Message from ukBerty Tue, 06 Aug 2013 06:44:18 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic2963-sketch-up-model-making-tip.aspx Message from fazz68 anyone who uses sketch up will know this problem..... dodgy looking shadows on flat surfaces. if you are like me and have no clue how to make ambient occlusion maps and things like that. i found a method to sort out them pesky shadows.

here i made a simple model with a hole in the middle to show you what i mean.
on the right model with horrible shadows on the left a lovely model with no horrible shadows.

here is the same model in sketch up before exporting. To get rid of those horrible shadows all you need to do is this....
use the offset tool and make a very small border on the face of your model around the edges and around whatever is causing the shadows, like i have done on the picture above.

the off set tool is the bottom right one.. or just use the line tool, if the offset tool wont do the job.
now when you import your model into muvizu them pesky shadows should have gone. hope this helps you out. it makes your models look a whole lot better

even using this border method on a simple cube will make shadows better.

box on left...... no small borders....
box on right...... small border method
both boxes are made from the same model
edited by fazz68 on 06/08/2013]]> Tue, 06 Aug 2013 04:13:16 GMT