Fall SketchUp Challenge - Empire State Dining Table

All I can do is tip my hat, scratch my head and say, WOW!

Beautiful work !! Been waiting for your entry ! Sitting here looking at it, I’d say it would look really awesome with matching china. Same colors with a similar Art deco theme. Imagine some really cool art-deco-the-best-you-ever-seen- silver or bronze tea set. Shaped like a sky scraper. Tea, Coffee, Sugar, gravy bowls, the whole nine yards. Silverwear to match !! ....

This a very do-able design. Don’t think it would take a whole lot of labor, special fixturing or tools. A curly maple table with alcohol based dyed color would be a cool idea.

-- ..... art for lifes sake

I stand corrected. I didn’t think you could get a really good photo-realistic render in skecth-up. I was so wrong. Those renders look terrific.

-- Kaleo , http://www.kaleosworkshop.com

Brad,
You’ve really shown us what can be done with SketchUp. I am impressed with the Art Deco look. I’ve always liked the art style and have in the past incorporated some of the designs in my leather work. I have to say you’ve done a great job all around.
Tom

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

Doing a quick google search, I don’t see a free version of podium. Do you have a link by chance?

-- Hard work spotlights the character of people; some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all!

Thanks for all the comments guys! Here is the website address to get the free eval for Podium http://www.suplugins.com

-- Women love me.....trees fear me

this is one MAGNIFICENT table—it just feels so powerful and awe-inspiring. I can hear the booming of the grand music in the background … I am in awe.

And then the sketchup… well, well, well… even the screws!!! sweet.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

FIR would be another cool choice for this design. quartersawn old growth fir.

-- ..... art for lifes sake

Great stuff Brad. I’ve been looking forward to this. I didn’t realize podium had a free download. i’ll have to try it. Turbosketch is somewhat painful to use. Great looking table and the Empire State is one of my favorite buildings as well.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

Great design Brad. An interesting view of an American icon.

Looks great.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Wow, that’s great. The rendering really brings it alive! Well done! You’ve not only proven that it looks great but that’s it’s perfectly buildable.

Instead of wenge, you can use some less expensive wood and dye it black using aniline dye.

How did you do the exploded views? I’ve been wanting to do that but haven’t found a way yet.

-- Steve, New Zealand, www.steveracz.com

Thanks again for the nice comments everyone!
Steve- as far as the exploded views go, I tried to avoid the temptation to just draw lines on top of other geometry. In other words, I created each piece of the legs individually and made each one a group. Then you’re able to manipulate them as much as you want. I created all my pieces, then assembled the leg, and then just copied it as many times as I needed. Then I just started to pull a few of the legs apart a piece at a time, trying to keep the components an even distance from each other. There is a ruby script that you can buy at http://www.smustard.com that will explode/implode grouped objects for you, and I guess that would be really handy if your model was really complex ..and it would be faster than the way I did it.

-- Women love me.....trees fear me

wow what a great sketchup job – great table too. really well designed and thought out. I normall don’t dig on art deco – (i guess the colors and shiny metal you normally think of) but this I like – could be the wood, and/or all the detail you put into this.

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Fantastic work! An inspired design with a terrific source for that inspiration. I am a born-and-bred-in-the-West kind of guy, but I got a kick out of your theme. Something about that building in the Big Apple that just verifies some sort of instinctive, internal truth. Your presentation of those truths in your design are worthy of high praise indeed. Thanks for taking the time to make this shine!

-- Never let your hobby become a job... Only do what you love to do.

Great Job!

-- The Gnarly Wood Shoppe

Congratulation on The Win of the challenge Brad.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Great job!

-- The opposite of war isn't peace. It's creation. -- Wood T's: http://www.printfection.com/snbcreative

Awesome, Congratulations….

-- Sawhorse - Sulphur Springs, TX - www.sawhorseworkshop.com

Brad, As a NYC native I am not usually at a loss for words. Looking at your table design leaves me speechless looking for the appropriate adjective… Spectacular!!! will have to suffice.

-- Peace, LJ http://mysite.verizon.net/biznxgtf/4Goldens.org

That is FANTASTIC! I just want to build that table. I am a big fan of the Art Deco style.

Your work is INCREDIBLE!

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com