Hi everybody. Long time since my last post.

OK,here's my latest work. I was playing with SU and finding different ways to make a building more interesting. And here's the result.
It is a 72-storey building (280 m). It could be a mixed-use building or some office building.
It doesen't have a spire and a base of the building is very simple (i didn't have much time to finish it).
Hope you like it. Comments are very welcome.


http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/2079/b82awg7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/5615/b82bfr1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/4760/b82cis1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

looks very nice and elegant ;) i dont see hoowwww you made this in sketchup tho because when i try to add detail to a curved building i just loose my patience and close it out :p

this is sketchup? wow!.

this is renderd....
and it looks like a parking lot xD
nice

it looks AWESOME!! But exactly because of that, I demand more renders!! And close ups. It seems you modelled the inside of the building as well! Show us!

btw, very nice palm tree models. Those are not the SU originals, are they?

Thank you for your comments.

philvia, i have to say i didn't know this shape is possible in SU,but now i see it is possible. All i can say right now i made this with tool where you can intersect one shape with another. I will post a quick tutorial if you want.

Jude12, yes, this is SU :) ....a lot of interesting shapes could be done in SU.

AcesHigh, i'll try to post more renders. No,i didn't made nothing special to interior. And no,those palm trees are a part of a rendering software i use.

wow, this is awesome

One of the most elegant and beautiful designs I've seen on this forum. Good work!

Thank you for your comments.

philvia, i have to say i didn't know this shape is possible in SU,but now i see it is possible. All i can say right now i made this with tool where you can intersect one shape with another. I will post a quick tutorial if you want.

Please do.

this is renderd....
and it looks like a parking lot xD
nice

Parking lot?! Wha....who........whAT!!!

BTW....Amazing design and rendering, dunno how u did it in SU!

Looks nice

what renderer did you use?

Thank you all again for your comments.

Jude12, i use Vue 5 Infinite from e-on software.

OK,here's my tutorial. I hope this will help you in some way. If you have any answers,please ask.

1. Make 2 circles (or some other shapes)

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/5244/a1qp2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

2. Select second circle

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/8599/a2zn0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

3. Move it away from first the one

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/838/a3fg3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

4. Make floors with first circle (there's many ways to do that)

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/2619/a4bv4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

5. I usually do this to make outside glasses (you can do in your way), because it's easier

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/1668/a5pw5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

6. Move up

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/6313/a6yu2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

7. Pull second circle to the top (align it with first circle)

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/5784/a7gx8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

8. Make a rectangle

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/6928/a8de0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

9. Pull it to the top

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/1166/a9qb1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

10. Now, use your imagination and make some curves

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/8046/a10bb6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

11. Click 3 times on that shape, right click on it and select »MAKE GROUP«

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/8312/a11lz0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

12. Now, use a right click again and select »EDIT GROUP« and pull it to the inside of the circle. Then, use right click again and select »INTERSECT WITH MODEL«. (wait a little bit). Click on that shape again and select Delate

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/9292/a12ct3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

13. You can see the shape on the circle

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/1528/a13bl7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

14. Select inner shape and delate it (make this 2 times...outside and inside)

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/2925/a14sx9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

15. Click 3 times and move it to the original position from the start

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/5462/a15hz1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

16. Align

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/1791/a16tm3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

17. Use different glasses or materials to make a building more interesting

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/494/a17xf6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

18. My finish

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/3457/a18ph9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

19. That's it :)

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/4923/a19sl0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

^looks like the easiest part because the tutorial involves a simple tube shaped building.

you real project on the other hand, has a building with a much more complex shape (smaller on the bottom, than larger in the middle than gets thinner on top again... some pretty curves).

The first tower is so beautiful and organic looking! Nicely done!

Parking lot?! Wha....who........whAT!!!

BTW....Amazing design and rendering, dunno how u did it in SU!

yeah we in germany have some parking lots with about 5 stores

Fantastic! :applause:

Excellent design! :okay:

does this VUE 5 imports SU objects, or must you first export from SU to 3DS then import with Vue 5? How easy is to use VUE5? Whats the website for it? I want to see a galery.

^looks like the easiest part because the tutorial involves a simple tube shaped building.

you real project on the other hand, has a building with a much more complex shape (smaller on the bottom, than larger in the middle than gets thinner on top again... some pretty curves).

One way is to take each floorplate and scale it accordingly

How does one do that?

AcesHigh, yes, this was just a tutorial and it's different than my first building, wich is more complex. But you can always make such a shape of the building.
There's 2 ways to do that, first one is like malec already said and second one is to make a 2d shape and use a "follow me" tool. I'll try to post another tutorial.
AcesHigh, you can export objects directly to Vue (i use .obj file). Website of that software is www.e-onsoftware.com

is VUE 5 free?. if it is where can i get it? :D

is VUE 5 free?. if it is where can i get it? :D

Website of that software is www.e-onsoftware.com

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DC you're an inspiration. I followed your tutorial and it worked just as you described, just like the other tutorial you posted before. This is amazing! Just when I thought SketchUp couldn't get what I had in my head on the screen too.

I am curious though, how you do the different floor size thing, I read what Malec posted and can see how that would work, but I'm curious how you do it. Also your way of making windows made the way I was doing it look so very hard lol.

Also, you mentioned there's lots of ways to make floors? I only know of one way, which is making the floor, making it a component and then copying up as needed. Is there a better/faster way? Making 100 floors like that can be uh, boring.

Anyway, thanks again for the tutorial and the inspiration! Maybe one day I can post something I've made here =) Still learning though.

Jude 12, Vue 5 ( now Vue 6) is not free software, but i think there's a trial version. You can get it on their website.

Skyhi71, i'm glad my tutorial makes your work with SU little easier.
You asked me if there's is some easier way to make floor in »quick« way. Well,there is.
You do everythink like you told me »copy floors«....after that, just tipe the number of floors ( there's a window marked with red on the pic where you can see what you tipe) and tipe x press enter and that's it (beware not to click onto nothing with your mouse before you press enter).....Look the pics bellow.


http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/1469/b1lc0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/4628/b2vh5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/1308/b3cy7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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Oh my god. I can't believe that was so easy. All this time I've been doing it one by one. :runaway:

Thank you very much!

Hey DC..how do you change the size of your floors? Like how do you make the floor size smaller the higher the building is?

i think you have to do this on your own (resize it with resize tool)
anyway...the tu up there isnt the easyest

Your project is so sexy

i tried to do the easy way to copy the floor but it always says invalid length.

i tried to do the easy way to copy the floor but it always says invalid length.

Go to windows -> preference, see it it's on your metric (metres or feet)

The firs tower is just awesome!:okay:

is this easy floor adding way available on the free SU 6 version. Ive got the german one.

btw i tried it and it didnt work.

^^ me too it didnt work

Not sure why it wouldn't work. Go back and read DC's tutorial on the floor adding over again and make sure you follow it step by step.

One thing that hung me up for a few minutes was that you must make a copy first before you can multiply it.

Meaning, make the first floor, then use copy to make the second floor and position it as high as you need, and then you can do "25x" and all the floors will appear.

but what i have to press to be able to enter 25x?

Nothing! Just typ 25x and it happens :D

germantower, like Gijs (Amsterdam) said, after you pull your section or a whole floor up, just type number of floors and after that x and then press enter As i said once before, be sure not to click onto anything before you click enter, because if you do that, it wont work.

ok i got the floor thing. thanks. :D

i still not.will try it later.

19. That's it :)

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/4923/a19sl0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)[/QUOTE]
whats software is this?...

there stands vue 5