With 20 days left on the free trial, and many hours of trial and error and frustration, I managed to complete this icosahedron. Am thoroughly enjoying my first taste of SketchUp and am grateful for videos like this one. A few times I was missing the requisite skill to perform some operation or another but with so many good instructional videos out there, I eventually figured things out. My next task is to turn this basic model into a three frequency icosahedron. There'll be a video or two out there that'll help for sure. A sincere thank you Paul, for sharing your knowledge like this.
you do a great job showing all these types of structures. As an old, retired engineer you said something about drawing a 3d models using SketchUp. If SketchUp can't do the job I suggest your followers use Fusion 360. It's free and the skills to create the pieces are as easy as cutting a piece of wood in real life. There are many tutorials that can get a person started. The added benefit is changing the size of the pieces will update the finished drawing easily. I will be creating the size you showed with the man in the doorway as a project for a star gazing room in the winter (hopefully). Your videos are great and thanks. 👍✌🖖🥃
Hi Paul, Thanks for the video. I was wondering if you could explain the rotation of the face. I have tried several times to rotate into the correct position but it is not correct. Thanks
Paul, just want to say thank you for these tutorials. They are great. You are very knowledgeable. Geodesic domes have always interested me and thanks to you I'm starting to get a handle on them. I know Sketchup quite well and now know how to make a icosahedron.
Woo, such a simple way to draw it, I don't know how long will take me to figure out. There are months of work behind this guineas way of doing it. You are a generous man. Thank you!
Awesome video! Restoring a 3-frequency (I think) dome over the next several or more years. Will help to have a 3d model. Question: does sketchup automatically snap a golden rectangle? How do you get a golden rectangle?
click and drag the rotate tool from the corner point of the triangle to the centre of the intersecting rectangles to set the rotation plane, then clicking on the midpoint of the triangle again to begin the rotation.
It's entirely possible that he did figure it out with golden triangles. I only learned of this relationship a few days ago. I just learned another way as well... taking all the possible configurations for three and four edges to a single vertice. Turns out there is only five. Plato could have cut out triangles and cubes from papyrus paper and played around with possible configurations.
Ok, I finally worked out what he is doing! He is clicking and dragging the rotate tool from the midpoint of the triangle to the centre of the intersecting rectangles to set the rotation plane, then clicking on the midpoint of the triangle again to begin the rotation. That baffled me for a few moments there! Hope it helps you!
@@danjones9999 How do you copy the second one? So far I have two triangles stuck together but when I try to copy and paste them, they move to some random position
You spend minutes stepping us through really basic and irrelevant stuff and then the one part of the video that is tricky to understand you stop talking and speed up the video!!!! How do you rotate the faces?
With 20 days left on the free trial, and many hours of trial and error and frustration, I managed to complete this icosahedron. Am thoroughly enjoying my first taste of SketchUp and am grateful for videos like this one. A few times I was missing the requisite skill to perform some operation or another but with so many good instructional videos out there, I eventually figured things out. My next task is to turn this basic model into a three frequency icosahedron. There'll be a video or two out there that'll help for sure. A sincere thank you Paul, for sharing your knowledge like this.
you do a great job showing all these types of structures. As an old, retired engineer you said something about drawing a 3d models using SketchUp. If SketchUp can't do the job I suggest your followers use Fusion 360. It's free and the skills to create the pieces are as easy as cutting a piece of wood in real life. There are many tutorials that can get a person started. The added benefit is changing the size of the pieces will update the finished drawing easily. I will be creating the size you showed with the man in the doorway as a project for a star gazing room in the winter (hopefully). Your videos are great and thanks. 👍✌🖖🥃
Hi Paul, Thanks for the video. I was wondering if you could explain the rotation of the face. I have tried several times to rotate into the correct position but it is not correct.
Thanks
Paul, just want to say thank you for these tutorials. They are great. You are very knowledgeable. Geodesic domes have always interested me and thanks to you I'm starting to get a handle on them. I know Sketchup quite well and now know how to make a icosahedron.
Woo, such a simple way to draw it, I don't know how long will take me to figure out. There are months of work behind this guineas way of doing it. You are a generous man. Thank you!
Took quite a while to get it joined :) but finally got it, thanks for your patience.
around 5:03-5:04, he click *AND HOLD* on the midpoint of one of the triangle and drag it to the center of the cross we draw earlier
Bless you, good sir!
Awesome video! Restoring a 3-frequency (I think) dome over the next several or more years. Will help to have a 3d model. Question: does sketchup automatically snap a golden rectangle? How do you get a golden rectangle?
5:02 what is happening here??? even at 25 % speed i don t get it and it doesn t work if i try! LOL Can anyone explain please? (new to sketchup)
click and drag the rotate tool from the corner point of the triangle to the centre of the intersecting rectangles to set the rotation plane, then clicking on the midpoint of the triangle again to begin the rotation.
@@CC-jy4gr Thank you for that tip of click and drag the rotate tool. I've never used that before but now I'll never forget it.
Good tutorial. Thanks for sharing. I wonder if Plato did this the same way (using three golden rectangles)?
It's entirely possible that he did figure it out with golden triangles. I only learned of this relationship a few days ago. I just learned another way as well... taking all the possible configurations for three and four edges to a single vertice. Turns out there is only five. Plato could have cut out triangles and cubes from papyrus paper and played around with possible configurations.
ME ENCANTO EL VIDEO. Muchas gracias justamente lo necesitaba para mi proyecto especial de grado
3:12 size ???
how are you making that rotation at the 5 min mark the first triangle?
God only knows! It's driving me mad! Sketchup isn't doing that for me!
Ok, I finally worked out what he is doing! He is clicking and dragging the rotate tool from the midpoint of the triangle to the centre of the intersecting rectangles to set the rotation plane, then clicking on the midpoint of the triangle again to begin the rotation. That baffled me for a few moments there! Hope it helps you!
@@danjones9999 How do you copy the second one? So far I have two triangles stuck together but when I try to copy and paste them, they move to some random position
Wilf Gordon sorry Wilf my sketchup trial ran out! I am not an expert and can’t remember!
@@wilfgordon7704 before trying to copy the first triangle, did you make it a component?
So good. thank you so much!
what is a golden rectangle?
A rectangle that is based on the golden ratio?
Brilliant!
Excellent!
Thank you very much, this is very nice 🍰
Sub'd!!
You spend minutes stepping us through really basic and irrelevant stuff and then the one part of the video that is tricky to understand you stop talking and speed up the video!!!! How do you rotate the faces?
Who give tutorial in this speed!? -_-
If you click on the cog setting bottom right, you can change the speed faster or slower.
@@Geo-Dome who talks trash about a free tutorial no ones else is taking the time to provide!!! haters gonna hate cause they cant relate!
Element global
nooooo pffff