In the previous post I created a natural edge slab using some existing wood grains and a bark texture I had edited in Photoshop. This time we’ll create a representation of a real slab of cedar that I have.
1st…I took some photos of the slab grain and bark and edited them in Photoshop to crop out any extra.
Here’s how to use them in Sketchup
-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org
























7 comments so far
brunob
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posted 815 days ago
I just stumbled on this. I have been fooling around with SketchUp. This’ll help a lot. Thanks
-- Bruce from Central New York
mot
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posted 815 days ago
Just great, Bob! This is one of the major problems I’ve had with sketchup in trying to visualize my purple mock-up. Thanks!
-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)
cajunpen
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posted 815 days ago
Thanks Bob for the tutorials. I’m trying to figure out this SketchUp program, a lot of power for a dummy like me to master. If you get the chance, would you do a little tutorial on building a small box, say with box joints?
-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/
Bob Babcock
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posted 815 days ago
Tom….Purple mockup?
Bill….You can find a box joint tutorial and others that I did previously for FWW at brightcove.com.
http://www.brightcove.com/search.jsp?query=treefarmer it will be on the second page. You can also find them in the knots forum at FWW or the design,click, build blog.
-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org
Jeff
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Thanks for the continuation Bob. I like these small bites. I’ve found that I can watch them right before I go to work in the morning and let my brain soak it up. Then when I review them a 2nd time, they are easy to remember.
-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN
Lip
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posted 815 days ago
Thanks Bob … nicely done!
-- Lip's Dysfuncational Firewood Farm, South Bend, IN
Aubster
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posted 807 days ago
Thanks a lot Bob, this helps a loads. I love using skecthup, and these tutorials are teaching me the thing I did not think it could do, but wished it could. Now I know how. I will be designing my next project soon, so expect a lot of questions from me.
-- A man who moves mountains starts one stone at a time.