SketchUp Skill Builder: Modeling a Spring

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  • @osrodrig
    @osrodrig 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks! Great excercise! Simple and beautiful.

  • @shakoorah1
    @shakoorah1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Good video with clear explanations and guided through eAch step to draw the spring ! Thanks for posting ! Keep sketching 👌🏼✌🏼

  • @KarlLambrechts
    @KarlLambrechts 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very well explained, to the point, not more, not less, perfect!!! Professional teacher!

  • @lykongheng
    @lykongheng 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    A lot of steps but at the end I can draw it without re-watching video.
    Big thank

  • @bearthompson6506
    @bearthompson6506 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Awesome! I've been struggling at trying to invent this process for the last hour using tilted circles when the light bulb finally lit up and I realized I needed a helix. Thanks!

  • @edwinkidambu165
    @edwinkidambu165 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Awesome Teacher . Very moderate speed lets one digest before moving on. I love your tutorials kindly do one on Dynamic Components and formulas. Love from Kenya.

  • @murraymetcalf-CA
    @murraymetcalf-CA 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting, well explained & illustrated tutorial!

  • @catallaxy
    @catallaxy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent video, thank you.

  • @utv20100617
    @utv20100617 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Appreciate the skill build!

  • @GENERALWA5TE
    @GENERALWA5TE 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video, hopefully this will help me make a corkscrew similar to what you would find in a slushpuppy machine.

  • @PaulineFerguson
    @PaulineFerguson ปีที่แล้ว

    That was awesome! I love how seeing videos on how to do things gives inspiration on how to meld them together and do a new design or project. Now... if I can just do justice to the idea I have in my head... 😁 I know it won't be for lack of people showing *how* to do things.

  • @edwaynick5015
    @edwaynick5015 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well done. Perhaps one day I will be able to use Skletchup.

  • @sajit63
    @sajit63 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That was clever. Thanks Aaron.

  • @fredod5271
    @fredod5271 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    looks fantastic thank you

  • @mikefyten8746
    @mikefyten8746 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That's a great tutorial! learned a lot from it, thank you.

  • @ozcanonal
    @ozcanonal 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video, thanks.

  • @jeffharmed1616
    @jeffharmed1616 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for sharing. Great video. I am curious as to why the SketchUp developers didn't make a 3D rotation tool, do you know?
    For example, if you could rotate that "first line" so that the bottom end of the copy of the line meets the top end of the original, line it would make constructions such as the spiral a lot easier.

  • @MsXu2010
    @MsXu2010 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great job!

  • @milehighslacker4196
    @milehighslacker4196 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You have the coolest job! :-)

    • @aarondietzen2995
      @aarondietzen2995 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mile High Slacker Job? Wait, you think I could get paid for this? 😉

  • @JosephKim
    @JosephKim 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yet at it again. Great video!

  • @pmhwessels6138
    @pmhwessels6138 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent Video Aron ;-) I've got a totally different question: Under Window/Preferences/Workspace I can select 'Use Large Tool Buttons' ! Is there a way to make these buttons even larger ? And that goes also for the measurements-box in the lower right corner ? Thanks in advance ;-)

  • @pete.i
    @pete.i 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much!

  • @more376
    @more376 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great lesson

  • @kenhaley4
    @kenhaley4 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great tutorial! One nit: You said "using only native tools," but you used Weld (not native). Weld is one of my favorite extensions though--probably because it's so simple, yet very useful!

  • @vibhavarypatibandla4828
    @vibhavarypatibandla4828 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing!

  • @vtkrey
    @vtkrey 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great tutorial, I managed to replicate it in my project, however, it seems like the online version of Sketchup isn't able to cope with this, it took a few minutes for my follow me tool to generate the spring and I feared it had crashed but decided to leave it for a while and sure enough a few minutes later the spring generated.

  • @XHALE303
    @XHALE303 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Small tip: since springs can take up a lot of geo & memory, only make 1 ''rotation'' make it a component & then connect copies

    • @vtkrey
      @vtkrey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Great advice, cut down the time needed to generate the spring from several minutes to several seconds (using the browser version).

    • @jasoncampbell4660
      @jasoncampbell4660 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @huda9254
    @huda9254 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you 💗

  • @GooGoosDad
    @GooGoosDad ปีที่แล้ว

    Adding degrees is definitely smart!

  • @juanpablosilva8900
    @juanpablosilva8900 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video :) I'm a Mac user. Now to my question. How do you do to change directions on your axis so quickly change to blue/green/red? The way you do at 4:30...

    • @juanpablosilva8900
      @juanpablosilva8900 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Never mind I just figured it out. I just use my right/left arrow key to change directions on it :)

  • @Rebiai
    @Rebiai 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    good work

  • @yasuleone9856
    @yasuleone9856 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for teaching us how to 3D model a spring in SketchUp.

    • @aarondietzen2995
      @aarondietzen2995 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yasu Leone And thank you for learning!

  • @tianwang
    @tianwang 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    how did you smooth at 5:14? i don't have that many options in my entity info window? it just has the topmost simple pane? i right clicked and chose "Soften/Smooth Edges" but it did nothing?

  • @MarioMortara
    @MarioMortara 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cool!

  • @nguyen3545
    @nguyen3545 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks!

  • @tejakur
    @tejakur 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    around 4:33 , how did you draw that circle vertically ? i tried to press right/left arrow keys but still horizontal, tried up or down arrow keys too but "constaint is not appropriate at this time"

  • @georgepatterson69
    @georgepatterson69 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    very usefull thanks

  • @ismail-ig2jr
    @ismail-ig2jr 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    God job thanks you sir

  • @seeker9969
    @seeker9969 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    nice job :)

  • @tamarakepreyeomgbuayakimi.1379
    @tamarakepreyeomgbuayakimi.1379 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice.

  • @omriron8722
    @omriron8722 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    nice!

  • @vladimiro4488
    @vladimiro4488 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do you have a video on how to draw threads on bolts or nuts?

  • @cacho53tube
    @cacho53tube ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellence in teaching
    Would you be willing to do a video explaining how to convert XKP files from newer version to older one.
    For example version 2022 to 2021 ..and so on,
    Than you

  • @shughes599
    @shughes599 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am struggling with making a table leg that has a spiraled cove cut into it. The leg remains square at the top and bottom. The middle section has diagonal lines across it (3) each diagonal line is a groove or cove. I can build it in shop but struggling to model it. When I use follow me starting with taking a semicircle across the diagonals it works great on first face but it rotates 90 on second face and 180 on third face etc. I will keep looking.

  • @clohan88
    @clohan88 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    How did you change the axes when creating the 2" circle? Try as i might it keeps defaulting to a horizontal circle.

    • @jonomoles
      @jonomoles 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      On my Mac I use the arrow keys to lock to axis. The up key for blue and either left or right for green- I can’t ever remember, but you can just toggle until you get the right one!

  • @rogerb5957
    @rogerb5957 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I notice that on most tutorials, they always stress making objects into groups as soon as they are created. Your first circle, for example. I notice that on your tutorials you don't tend to do that. Is there a reason?

  • @layladadouch3073
    @layladadouch3073 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you can call it a turn maybe, 3 turns
    nice video ;)

    • @TrevorDennis100
      @TrevorDennis100 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      We called them turns in the motor industry.

  • @OmriRon
    @OmriRon 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    👌

  • @bighax5586
    @bighax5586 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    How do you delete the rest of the geometry?

  • @MrJohnspro
    @MrJohnspro 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How do you model a spring such as a chord, say from a old telephone cord where it's just not straight up and down follows a path, or a curve?

    • @MikeHewitt
      @MikeHewitt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      holy crap! how much time do you have?

  • @thecadschool3656
    @thecadschool3656 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    great

  • @jiji707070
    @jiji707070 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi thank you or the video and we hope make video for create lighting

  • @nasseralajmi5259
    @nasseralajmi5259 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    vector line weights and hidden lines in layout

  • @hyungjoochoi
    @hyungjoochoi 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your camera moving is very soft. How can you move smoothly?

  • @TL-gt8qq
    @TL-gt8qq 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I know this is hard to diagnose without viewing my sketch, but when I try to use the follow me tool on the circle I receive the message "this does not appear to be a valid path." I've tried just lining it up with the spring as well as pressing the right arrow key so it aligns on the red axis. Any idea what'd cause this?

    • @aarondietzen2995
      @aarondietzen2995 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      As you said, this is hard to figure out without seeing the model. Are you selecting lines (as opposed to a surface)? If you have not figured it out, you may want to head over to our forum (forums.sketchup.com) and post a picture of your issue... As you eluded to, it's tough to troubleshoot modeling issues in YoutTube comments!

  • @aminahusain86
    @aminahusain86 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Like the way you speak

  • @MrHeHim
    @MrHeHim 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:40 I'm on Windows using SketchUp Pro 2018 and i keep getting invalid angle at that point x23 is put in, i resorted to selecting groups i copied and copying them over then selecting larger and larger groups lol
    Spring i ended up making had 200 sides :-) but i first tried it with the default 24 sides
    Edit: Never Mind! figured out that after you copy you have to select in the area you want to move it next for the first copy THEN punch in x23, had fun either way! and thanks
    Double Edit: Also, what i did to easily delete the extra lines was just delete the base parts of the cercle only next to the ones i wanted to keep then triple click the sections that were still connected. Made quick work of it.

    • @Samuel_J1
      @Samuel_J1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was having the same problem and tried what you suggested in your edit and it worked, so thanks :)

  • @fmassajr
    @fmassajr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    how do i draw a round fin tube?

  • @JYelton
    @JYelton 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great tutorial! Just one pet peeve though: "axes" is plural. When you say "green axes" it is weird. It should be "green axis." Sorry to be pedantic.

  • @mercuriallimit
    @mercuriallimit 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    great video, but one question about the "faces". What's the affect of having a wrong face?
    I don't know what faces does.

    • @SketchUp
      @SketchUp  22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It's clean modeling practice to have the Front faces facing out, but it's especially important when you render a model. Some rendering engines interpret Back faces as transparent, which can lead to unexpected results.

  • @dabo9016
    @dabo9016 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Weld?

  • @madwani
    @madwani 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I Wonder how you guy were able to figure out at the first time you can make the spring in this way... Great Vid anyway

    • @NeCtRiCkS
      @NeCtRiCkS 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The more you fiddle with that kind of software, the faster you think on solutions, specially if you master most tools the software has; you even find the same results in different approaches. Modelling is life

    • @madwani
      @madwani 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      nectricks absolutely true. Thanks

    • @aarondietzen2995
      @aarondietzen2995 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wait, are you saying that you DON’T spend all day thinking about how to model the things around you in SketchUp? That’s just me??

    • @madwani
      @madwani 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeh!! I am always in SketchUp. Sometimes I feel worried. Just as if the "Follow Me" is really following me!

  • @hara5381
    @hara5381 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    the thing is, when i type x23, the command box says 'invalid angle'. how you did that array thing?

    • @hara5381
      @hara5381 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      oooh. apparently i had to click the next point first, then type x23.
      shoot. silly me

  • @pius222
    @pius222 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    how can you draw on the red axis at 4:32? mine doesn't change to red color, stays on blue axis.

    • @pius222
      @pius222 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      found answer. press the right arrow key.

    • @rvkajal
      @rvkajal 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanx
      I was searching

  • @spinalgrey3600
    @spinalgrey3600 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So how can i do that with curve?

  • @emmayaw4606
    @emmayaw4606 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    coool

  • @Skans-Gustav
    @Skans-Gustav 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ok that works fine with a round wire, but try extruding a square and you will see that it twists and turns like crazy. How do I solve that?

    • @r3kiwi20
      @r3kiwi20 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      who would want to make something like that in the first place

  • @tehnomotiv6191
    @tehnomotiv6191 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fine tips! But I have one question: You know that the circle is not perpendicular on the first segment of the spiral. Can you recomand a tool or an extension to fix this?

    • @billferrol4202
      @billferrol4202 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you use the axes tool from the large tool palette and align the red, or green with the direction of the first part of the line and the green, or red with the face of the circle the circle is orientated at 90 degrees to the path.

  • @juliaberenguer4576
    @juliaberenguer4576 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hello! I have a question and I need help! When I download a 3D Warehouse object, I copy it and paste it several times, when I want to edit it, ALL the copied elements are edited when in reality I only want to edit one of those because I need the others as the original, how can I do it? Thank you very much and I hope you will respond soon!

    • @aarondietzen2995
      @aarondietzen2995 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Julia Berenguer It sounds like you downloaded a component. Just right-click on the copy you want to edit and choose “make unique” before editing. In the future, try our forum for quick answers for questions like these (forums.sketchup.com).

  • @jacot1083
    @jacot1083 ปีที่แล้ว

    01:42 - "x23" Does not work in SketchUp Free 2022. 'Invalid angle entered' is all I get. Any alternatives?

    • @Mike-mo5bk
      @Mike-mo5bk ปีที่แล้ว

      A bit late, I know, but just in case you re-read this... I suspect you are using Windows, in which case you may find that the * (asterisk) works rather than "x". Works for me, anyway!

  • @silberlinie
    @silberlinie 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can I ask you a question?

  • @triole1
    @triole1 ปีที่แล้ว

    PLEASE HELP: I need to 3d print a 1m long, 50 mm inside section (1 mm wall) spring. All the segments must be printed separately and i they must fit one after the other... Any ideas? I cannot make the "fitting" since the sections are not aligned.. they all have a certain angle between each other. This will be a squash ball machine that originally has only a 5 ball feeder. This spring will allow me to feed dozens every time... Thanks everyone

    • @SketchUp
      @SketchUp  ปีที่แล้ว

      This is a perfect opportunity to hop over to our forum and ask for help! Check out forums.sletchup.com!

  • @monicagracia4763
    @monicagracia4763 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    im using sketchup free (browser) to do this... at 4:43 the circle is created on the green axis that essentially creates the spring. my "circle doesn't flip to follow the coil; it stays on the green axis. help?

    • @aarondietzen2995
      @aarondietzen2995 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Monica Soares In any version of SketchUp, you can tap the right arrow key to lock onto the red axis (or left for green).

    • @monicagracia4763
      @monicagracia4763 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks so much!

  • @p0lednik
    @p0lednik 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    OK i know I am 3 years late here, but I'll try anyway. I am at 4:51 in video and so far everything goes good. Now when I have drawn that small circle, selected the spring line, click on "follow me" and then I click on the circle, it just instantly disappears without following the spring line. Anyone know why?

    • @SketchUp
      @SketchUp  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Most likely you are drawing too small. Try doing everything you are doing, but 10x larger.

    • @p0lednik
      @p0lednik 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SketchUp ok, that work. Thank you! But now I have to figure out how to change the size of the whole model If I cannot create it in the real size :D But that should not be too hard :)

  • @GEK69NY
    @GEK69NY 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Seems like it’s called “flight” (I would guess)

  • @mysteriousal5098
    @mysteriousal5098 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm struggling. at 2:11 wehn I try to copy and move the lines, I drag the entire shape including it's base. I just can't figure out why!

    • @SketchUp
      @SketchUp  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Make sure to select only the lines (1:52) and use the modifier key-Ctrl on Windows or Option on Mac-to turn the move into a copy command.

    • @mysteriousal5098
      @mysteriousal5098 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SketchUp thanks for the reply! It's very strange, the lines are the only thing selected (blue) but no matter what the entire shape gets resized. I can't even copy it. Is there a setting I need for the move tool? I've noticed it can be locked to axis. Thanks again

    • @SketchUp
      @SketchUp  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's hard to know without seeing your model. Try posting on the forum forums.sketchup.com/

    • @mysteriousal5098
      @mysteriousal5098 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks!@@SketchUp

  • @kingasz100
    @kingasz100 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Or just use HELIX ALONG CURVE for a quick result!

  • @SeeZurKicks
    @SeeZurKicks 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Anyone find out the term for one "rotation" on a spring?

    • @SeeZurKicks
      @SeeZurKicks 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think I found it. Coil - single loop of such a coil
      www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coil

    • @tska8473
      @tska8473 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah it's called a coil. Also, if you were wondering, when the end coils are squished in, it can properly be called squared or closed ends.

  • @marthadijkstra-maatkamp4179
    @marthadijkstra-maatkamp4179 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3:00 should be triple click instead of double click ;-)
    great video though!

    • @aarondietzen2995
      @aarondietzen2995 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Martha Dijkstra-Maatkamp Aaahhh! My first mistake ever!! 😉 Good catch!

  • @laurentcouvignou6348
    @laurentcouvignou6348 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very nice, however not perfect, technically speaking. The circle that start the follow up comand should be drawn perpendicular to the first segment, which is rotated 7.5º from the green axis plus the angle on the vertical plane, and not on the blu-green plane. But, the proposed solution in this video is quite sufficient for general use.

    • @billferrol4202
      @billferrol4202 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Laurent if you use the axes tool from the large tool palette and align the red, or green with the direction of the first part of the line and the green, or red with the face of the circle the circle is orientated at 90 degrees to the path.

  • @cekuhnen
    @cekuhnen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A simple spiral drawing tools would be so much more useful ...

  • @eshosora9339
    @eshosora9339 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    as an engineer . it is not convinient to the beginners. it is too complex and primary.
    i have another method more simple and short , logically. i used it now while i was watching you.
    1- draw 4 vertical lines in 4 sides of a circle in different hights from 1,2,3,4(0) units..
    ie(1/4...1/2...3/4....4/4) of the hight of the turn.
    2- draw a 3 POINT ARC between first three virtical lines (0,1,2).
    3- draw a second 3 POINT ARC between second three virtical lines (2,3,4).
    4- this will make a first turn.
    5- coppy turn.
    thanks.

  • @stumccabe
    @stumccabe 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Axis" is singular, "axes" is plural !

  • @philandrawis6232
    @philandrawis6232 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    there IS A 100% FASTER AND FREE - plugin that does it in one second its called helix

    • @SketchUp
      @SketchUp  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And it is a great extension! Learning to model something like this with native tools is an excellent way to grow your Sketchup capabilities!