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Offline cachalote

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Re: SYSTEM-X DESIGNER WANTED
« Reply #90 on: October 15, 2010, 01:08:26 »
:wave: hello elaine,
 :) i am glad you decided to give it a try.

you can start by google's sketchup home page - http://sketchup.google.com/.

then you have 2 kinds of products:

- sketchup
http://sketchup.google.com/intl/en/product/gsu.html
it's a free download meant for "recreational" purposes

- sketchup pro (8)
http://sketchup.google.com/intl/en/product/gsup.html
it costs you 495 u.s.d. ant it is meant to be used professionaly.

you have a "help" page - http://sketchup.google.com/support/ - that can help you with all the questions you have. (i am still at this "stage").
 :) sir pleamo will no doubt help you deciding how to start.
 :o he is even producing a manual for this.
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Offline Tiermann

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Re: SYSTEM-X DESIGNER WANTED
« Reply #91 on: October 15, 2010, 01:56:04 »
The free version should be all that's needed for this type of project.
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Re: SYSTEM-X DESIGNER WANTED
« Reply #92 on: October 15, 2010, 02:32:08 »
Quote from: skypurr on October 14, 2010, 22:53:14
Having shown this to Junior he has shown interest in having a go at this.
Could anyone tell us how to go about getting sketchup -  is it sketchup 8 that we need, what does it cost etc?
We are on a pc not mac.
Thanks,

Elaine


Yes you need Sketch Up 8 (or at least 7).

If you are not familiar with 3D- and/or graphical programs it will be a little tricky to find your way in, but there is a lot of support in the net. As cachalote already mentioned, I will publish a manual for the use of the parts in SketchUp soon, but this will take some more time.

If you have further questions, ask  :)
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Re: SYSTEM-X DESIGNER WANTED
« Reply #93 on: October 16, 2010, 00:56:16 »
Thanks for that, we'll give it a try.
Junior is doing design graphics at school so he will have much more idea of what to do than I have!

Elaine
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Re: SYSTEM-X DESIGNER WANTED
« Reply #94 on: October 30, 2010, 13:47:57 »
...autumn is coming, winter is near. All the animals prepare for this time and begin to reduce activity... and so do humans too?

It has been a long silence here right now... Well I personally have not posted because I have had a major computer problem... BUT NOW:

I have just sent a pre-release of a little more than 200 parts to some of the "grand seniors" of this thread, so yes, the day of the first major package comes closer!


Here is a small preview:
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Re: SYSTEM-X DESIGNER WANTED
« Reply #95 on: October 30, 2010, 17:36:50 »
This is an amazing job Sir Pleamo!!!  :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: respect for the knowledge, time, money and effort put into this!!! Please keep up the good work!!!
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Re: SYSTEM-X DESIGNER WANTED
« Reply #96 on: November 01, 2010, 12:47:11 »
That is an amazing structure, Sir Pleamo!  Thanks for keeping this project going.   :hatoff:

I hope to have some time in the near future (maybe after the winter holidays) to participate more fully - until then I will look forward to seeing everything that you and the other "grand seniors" are able to accomplish.   :)
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Re: SYSTEM-X DESIGNER WANTED
« Reply #97 on: November 18, 2010, 22:58:15 »
NOW THE TIME HAS COME!!!

After receiving messages from nearly all persons that I have sent the test-version of the first part-package, it's time to share it with all of you!

I was a little bit sad, that so little activity was in this thread the last weeks, but cachalote encouraged me in writing to me: "sooner or later the initial speed would have to slow down", I guess he is right... BUT now I am anxious for your responses to these parts within your hands!
The download Link will be available DEFINITELY ON THIS SATURDAY (November 20).

...well, I know, because of I am the creator of these parts, my judgement will be biased, but I think this will lift up sharing construction ideas to a new level.
Those who know my project from the very beginning, will remember that all started with the idea to build a huge 17th century harbour named "Port Pleamo" (guess where my avatar is from!) but haven't the space to build it in real... and so a very little part of this harbour was good enough for a testing the files. And by watching the added pictures you can convince yourself of the potential of this 3D-project for planing dioramas, save your ideas or just to explore new designs...

So return to this thread on Saturday at the latest!
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Re: SYSTEM-X DESIGNER WANTED
« Reply #98 on: November 19, 2010, 09:42:06 »
WOW!  :o

Amazing! I once had several (five?) 3112. ...and I sold them all... :doh:

I completely agree that this would bring sharing building plans to a completely new level!  :love:

thanks for sharing.
socrates

P.S.: I will install the software right now on my computer. Looking forward to your parts!

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Re: SYSTEM-X DESIGNER WANTED
« Reply #99 on: November 19, 2010, 10:41:56 »
8} this is an incredibly great creation, sir pleamo.
:love: i always loved the "port" and island sets from playmobil - http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=4690.0 by the way - but you what you show us brings this love to another level.
in the past tiermann spoke of a wish to have a cad system that could be used for playmobil - http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=1996.0 - but you were the one to make this possibility "real".
a lot of people are interested in this - if you type "building system" in the search engine of this forum's home page, you wil find a lot of entries - but i think now there is really a "path" openned for virtual system-x creations.
in the past i had a different idea about playmobil's "construction" potential (http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=2115.0) but now i have to say that i was wrong.
:) with system-x this potential is clearly visible and thank you sir pleamo for showing us that.
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