Steve Clarkson Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Ya, it's a naive question. I've downloaded the drawing of an audio cabinet that has no options in the 3D warehouse, wondering if there's a quick/easy way to create a model from it. Quote Link to comment
António da Cunha Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 This drawing is 2D? You can import the file to Vectorworks and create a 3D object from it. Be it a .jpg .pdf .dwg etc... 3D warehouse you mean SketchUp, right? SketchUp files can be used with Vectorworks and edited. Side tip: I don't know if this changes with language versions, but in the German version Vectorworks 2018 can't read files form SketchUp 2018, so the SketchUp file must be saved as a SketchUp 2017 or below file version. Quote Link to comment
Steve Clarkson Posted January 24, 2018 Author Share Posted January 24, 2018 Thanks! Yes, it's a 2D drawing with Front, Back, Right, Top and Isometric views. And, yes I've used Sketchup models effectively already, but there isn't one for the object I need, so I'm looking at trying to build one. Is the process of building one from a drawing easily described here? Link to a video? Quote Link to comment
Guest Wes Gardner Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 @ Steve, Check out Extrude, Push/Pull, Automatic Push/Pull, Extrude Along Path. Those will get you the larger "panel" objects. You can further manipulate them with Fillet, Chamfer, etc. or the more "exotic" tool to deform shapes like Twist, Bend, Bulge. Basically, start with a 2D rectangle and extrude it into 3D space... Then check out how to apply textures if you need/want to render your casework. Good luck have some fun! Post back any questions...lots of talent here. Wes Quote Link to comment
António da Cunha Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Play with the tools that Wes Gardner posted and when more specific questions appear... I'm sure you will find help in this forum. I know I did when I started learning. There are a few tutorials in youtube. For example this playlist: Quote Link to comment
Steve Clarkson Posted January 24, 2018 Author Share Posted January 24, 2018 Thanks Guys! Yes, I'm going to have more questions... Really enjoying this software! Steve Quote Link to comment
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