Here are my latest efforts using Sketchup. I am rather happy with the results. The problem I had with the previous post's model was the size of the circle. Once I got that corrected, I got a much more realistic appearance. There are still some issues with this model, however. I used Sketchup to calculate the rotation angle. It said ~7.7°, which is not precise enough. You can see the cumulative error as the khar mod are spun copied around the center. I need to get my calculator out and suffer through the geometry to get a better fix on the angle.
The other issue is the age of my computer. My desktop was pretty smoking 4.25 years ago, but now, it just doesn't cut it. The model had ~70,000 entities with XYZ coordinates. It took about a minute to do the last rotations. Sigh.
The other issue is the age of my computer. My desktop was pretty smoking 4.25 years ago, but now, it just doesn't cut it. The model had ~70,000 entities with XYZ coordinates. It took about a minute to do the last rotations. Sigh.
Nice work! I've been having fits with trying to get Sketchup to think "round". Also kudos to a fellow yurt builder!
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