by silvershadow » Wed Nov 06, 2013 11:27 pm
Been using Sketchup for just over 7 years now. This is achievable with the free version i suppose. Sketchup is a very basic and easy program to learn. But you get plugins that make the program great for modelling. I must honestly say, doing this out of the box (free version, no plugins) would definitely be a challenge tho) It will probably just take longer.
For example, if you have 3 faces, and want to make it thicker and they all are angled, with the basic (no plugins) you will only be able to extrude (or thicken) one face at a time, where say with plugins you can thicken all 3 at once, saving you time.
Plugins are free, 99% of them. Just google sketchup rubies, or go to sketchucation, its a sketchup forum, and look for plugins. A lot of guys there make their own, and is very helpful. Then using a render plugin you have to purchase (vray) i rendered these out, also kind of a steep learning curve.
Been using Sketchup for just over 7 years now. This is achievable with the free version i suppose. Sketchup is a very basic and easy program to learn. But you get plugins that make the program great for modelling. I must honestly say, doing this out of the box (free version, no plugins) would definitely be a challenge tho) It will probably just take longer.
For example, if you have 3 faces, and want to make it thicker and they all are angled, with the basic (no plugins) you will only be able to extrude (or thicken) one face at a time, where say with plugins you can thicken all 3 at once, saving you time.
Plugins are free, 99% of them. Just google sketchup rubies, or go to sketchucation, its a sketchup forum, and look for plugins. A lot of guys there make their own, and is very helpful. Then using a render plugin you have to purchase (vray) i rendered these out, also kind of a steep learning curve.