Thanks for the hinge video. Although I'm not a paying customer (hobbyist woodworker and retired) I usually find useful info in your videos that help me use the program.
Anyone who has viewed two videos from this channel (the first hinge video and the one about cut /trim / subtract solids) should be able to do this "proper hinge"! This video was THE BEST answer to haters / lazys / dumbs that I have seen. Congratulations!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
this was an excellent video to bring together all of the skills that you learned with the Tools playlist ... or in my case, a half-dozen attempts later, finally nailed it. Still have a few little issues though.
I believe the rounded over hollow sections of a hinge are called knuckles. The flat plates are leaves. When the knuckles are intertwined and pinned together with the pin, that is then defined as the barrel. Hence a "barrel hinge".
Ha. I mentioned the 3 and 2. Thanks for doing another video. Also, the 3 knuckle goes to the door and the 2 to the frame side. I think that's so you can line the pin easier. That fillet double click! Nice.
Hi Aaron, love your work! Could I request you do a skill building session on drawing uneven terrain from a building plan? I am trying to do a garden design from a builders map where they have datum points for heights and I am finding it difficult to join all the datum points together to show a proper topographic map of a household block. I have done a search for any similar tutorials and all I can find is adding contours from a map. I need to get down to a much more granular level. Thanks, Julius
Hey Aaron , what about modelling a DRONE , should be interesting I think ..great channel and I learning every time I watch , look forward to the live shows , keeps me sane at mo lol 😂 cheers
Like to see in 3D. Same principle...build a square component on or around a round object as a way to project geometry through or on a round object. Same has to happen when working around compound angles. Like to see more on these skills.
Another complex hinge made to look easy! Just being bit critical, Most UK hinges like this would have the 2 screw holes close to the knuckle and single out on the flap. I don't know if US hinges are built different?
Wow, under 10 minutes to model a working hinge. Do you do a practice run, to gameplan the design...or that's just first time speed? I'd be there for an hour at least. Nice work.
This is a slippery slope Aaron, I've already found myself modeling the heads of screws in my models. Now I'm gonna be making hinges on doors that won't be opening....
Greetings and thanks for the demo. When I try the double-click move to repeat the arch on the other side of the hinge it doesn't work for me. It may have to do with how the tool is snapping to the edge line but I am not certain and I don't know how to change the snap-to characteristic. Any help on this is appreciated!
So Aaron, if we make a dynamic component with this hinge, we could then export this hinge to our sketchup models of doors, so that every time we design a door we can interact to open it at 0 ° -45 ° -90 ° without having to work on the whole door? Is there a way to do that by grouping the door frame and door with the previously created "dynamic hinge component"? Thank you
When I go to select the hinge it says it's not a solid. When I go triple. Click it becomes a solid but as soon as I get out of it it says it's a group again
I followed you up to where you did the subtract, I don't have pro so everything stops there. Any way you could show using the free Sketchup tools? So far great.
If you hover the cursor reference on any point of the edge of the circle it should then highlight the centre point. Similar to when you run it along a line and it picks out the midpoint. This should also work for arcs. You can also just add a line across the circle and pick its mid point. Hope that helps.
As long as you keeps the circle unbroken hold over in the edge of circle will show a guide of center point automatically. You can draw cross guide by tape measure tool or protector. Although there is some extentions for that but you can do it with default tools
SketchUp is a modeling software, not intended for animation. Yes, there are tricks you could play in SketchUp to make it move a little, but that is limited.
That was excellent Aaron! You have a very efficient workflow. Did not realize you could repeat the radius that easily. I've been copying and rotating. And Divide is now an available Command? That is new? And very useful. Good stuff almost every time. Thank you.
Is there an agreed upon "best practices" for number of segments in a circle for 3d printing? I made a hinge type object for a project a while back and with the default segments for all my circles were visibly segmented and not smooth. I then started using 96 segments. Not sure if that's good, or is there a "true circle" option? I also have to do this change for every circle I make...I'm sure I'm overlooking a setting to remember I prefer 96 segments for all future models?
I second the dynamic component request. It'd be nice to add some on-click behavior to the hinge leaves to make them rotate in 90º increments per click about the center of the pin. You could get "fancy" and have the first click rotate to 90º. The second click could rotate an additional 90º for a total rotation of 180º. And a third click could rotate the hinge all the way back to 0º.
Thanks as ever Aaron. Funny the little bits you discover while watching these videos. In addition to learning how to make a hinge, which is what I wanted to do, I will forever remember the offhand way you said, ''so I'll scale that to negative 1". That is such a useful trick to me that I can't get over it! Thanks again.
Aaron, great work. One option I’m having an issue to ‘make’ my own custom insulation wave pattern, or material. Can I ‘add’ it to the hatch list or is this locked.
Thanks for the hinge video. Although I'm not a paying customer (hobbyist woodworker and retired) I usually find useful info in your videos that help me use the program.
Anyone who has viewed two videos from this channel (the first hinge video and the one about cut /trim / subtract solids) should be able to do this "proper hinge"!
This video was THE BEST answer to haters / lazys / dumbs that I have seen.
Congratulations!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Right on man!! Just what I was looking for
this was an excellent video to bring together all of the skills that you learned with the Tools playlist ... or in my case, a half-dozen attempts later, finally nailed it. Still have a few little issues though.
I believe the rounded over hollow sections of a hinge are called knuckles. The flat plates are leaves. When the knuckles are intertwined and pinned together with the pin, that is then defined as the barrel. Hence a "barrel hinge".
Thank you very much for an interesting and useful video! I learned a lot from him new methods of working with objects!
Far better way to draw a hinge, and quicker than my effort. Tank you
Another awesome skill builder, thank you Aaron. I have learned something new. thanks again.👍
Good to see you using guides. Tks Aaron
Hello, Aaron, Great work! Thank you for this short lesson.
That's great video! Keep doing good jobs Aaron. Cheers!
Ha. I mentioned the 3 and 2. Thanks for doing another video. Also, the 3 knuckle goes to the door and the 2 to the frame side. I think that's so you can line the pin easier. That fillet double click! Nice.
Other way round usually, the 3 knuckle goes on the frame, 2 on the door.
Reason: Load spread carrying the weight of the door. Ask any old carpenter
Hi Aaron, love your work! Could I request you do a skill building session on drawing uneven terrain from a building plan? I am trying to do a garden design from a builders map where they have datum points for heights and I am finding it difficult to join all the datum points together to show a proper topographic map of a household block. I have done a search for any similar tutorials and all I can find is adding contours from a map. I need to get down to a much more granular level. Thanks, Julius
Hey Aaron , what about modelling a DRONE , should be interesting I think ..great channel and I learning every time I watch , look forward to the live shows , keeps me sane at mo lol 😂 cheers
Like to see in 3D. Same principle...build a square component on or around a round object as a way to project geometry through or on a round object. Same has to happen when working around compound angles. Like to see more on these skills.
@6:50 - I am group! hehe :) Great instructional - thank you for sharing this!
Good one, thanks Aaron.
Another complex hinge made to look easy!
Just being bit critical, Most UK hinges like this would have the 2 screw holes close to the knuckle and single out on the flap. I don't know if US hinges are built different?
Wow, under 10 minutes to model a working hinge. Do you do a practice run, to gameplan the design...or that's just first time speed?
I'd be there for an hour at least. Nice work.
They are called knuckles and each side is called a leaf. Usually 2 &3 knuckles on a 3”- 3.5” butt hinge, 3 & 4 knuckles on a 4” Butt hinge.
thank you for the good trick Aaron :)
Hi Aaron, Great video however i don't have Pro. how would you do this using only the Intersect tool? could you make a video for that too?
you are the man nice one. new zealand
Yeah really efficient, didn’t take long👍🏻
I don't have Pro because I can't afford it.
But I figured out how to do this without it. It takes longer, but it gets it done just as well.
Salam. Great job I love it thank you
This is a slippery slope Aaron, I've already found myself modeling the heads of screws in my models. Now I'm gonna be making hinges on doors that won't be opening....
cool and it so simple!!
Greetings and thanks for the demo. When I try the double-click move to repeat the arch on the other side of the hinge it doesn't work for me. It may have to do with how the tool is snapping to the edge line but I am not certain and I don't know how to change the snap-to characteristic. Any help on this is appreciated!
Hi There, I am looking to import an hinge from warehouse and intersect in my model. Also I want do open and close it. Is that possible? many thanks
thank you
can you please show how to make the same hinge without solid tools? I have a free version that does not include solid tools. thanks
So Aaron, if we make a dynamic component with this hinge, we could then export this hinge to our sketchup models of doors, so that every time we design a door we can interact to open it at 0 ° -45 ° -90 ° without having to work on the whole door? Is there a way to do that by grouping the door frame and door with the previously created "dynamic hinge component"? Thank you
When I go to select the hinge it says it's not a solid. When I go triple. Click it becomes a solid but as soon as I get out of it it says it's a group again
I followed you up to where you did the subtract, I don't have pro so everything stops there. Any way you could show using the free Sketchup tools? So far great.
you can right click and intersect
I think screw hole of other part should be in the inverse position instead of being in same place
what is the use of this? can you print this in a metal material?
Dear sir please show me how to draw apple in SketchUp
How are you getting the circle tool to infer to the center of that pin opening? I'm clearly missing something there.
If you hover the cursor reference on any point of the edge of the circle it should then highlight the centre point. Similar to when you run it along a line and it picks out the midpoint. This should also work for arcs.
You can also just add a line across the circle and pick its mid point.
Hope that helps.
I don't know what I am doing wrong but it seems to be right from the start... the follow me tool doesn't do what it's suppose to do...
how do you find the center of the circle so easily . Is there a special key?
Peter
As long as you keeps the circle unbroken hold over in the edge of circle will show a guide of center point automatically. You can draw cross guide by tape measure tool or protector.
Although there is some extentions for that but you can do it with default tools
Can we make it move?
SketchUp is a modeling software, not intended for animation. Yes, there are tricks you could play in SketchUp to make it move a little, but that is limited.
That was excellent Aaron! You have a very efficient workflow. Did not realize you could repeat the radius that easily. I've been copying and rotating. And Divide is now an available Command? That is new? And very useful. Good stuff almost every time. Thank you.
Perfect. Thank you.
O cara é fera ou não é?
Top!
Excellent thank you
That's great video! Keep doing good jobs Aaron - love it - greatings from Denmark
Is there an agreed upon "best practices" for number of segments in a circle for 3d printing?
I made a hinge type object for a project a while back and with the default segments for all my circles were visibly segmented and not smooth.
I then started using 96 segments. Not sure if that's good, or is there a "true circle" option? I also have to do this change for every circle I make...I'm sure I'm overlooking a setting to remember I prefer 96 segments for all future models?
Love it!
None taken
Thanks!!! I was one of the commenters that asked for a 3 and 2 barrel hinge. I’d love to see more dynamic component training.
I second the dynamic component request. It'd be nice to add some on-click behavior to the hinge leaves to make them rotate in 90º increments per click about the center of the pin. You could get "fancy" and have the first click rotate to 90º. The second click could rotate an additional 90º for a total rotation of 180º. And a third click could rotate the hinge all the way back to 0º.
Nice!
In both your hinge videos you mentioned scaling them to right size 'later', but never explain how. Could you show how to do that? Great videos!
How would you do that without Solid Tools
It could be done with the Intersect tools, but the process would be a bit more work.
Thanks as ever Aaron. Funny the little bits you discover while watching these videos. In addition to learning how to make a hinge, which is what I wanted to do, I will forever remember the offhand way you said, ''so I'll scale that to negative 1". That is such a useful trick to me that I can't get over it! Thanks again.
Aaron, great work. One option I’m having an issue to ‘make’ my own custom insulation wave pattern, or material. Can I ‘add’ it to the hatch list or is this locked.
Always learn something from your skill builders thanks Aaron !
Salam. Great job I love it thank you
Awesome thanks.
Thanks Aaron :)
nice work!