Asking for advice on how to model a smooth, curved eagle inspired roof canopy in SketchUp

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Hi everyone,

Im designing an eagle inspired hospital for my major project,

I’ve attached my current model and the roof shape I’m aiming for.

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I’m trying to model a curved roof/wing canopy that sweeps back from the centre entrance, but I’m struggling to make the surface curve smoothly. When I try lifting points, the whole form moves instead of just the area I want.

What would be the best way to create this in SketchUp — Sandbox/Smoove, Curviloft, Follow Me, or another method?

Any quick workflow tips or tutorial recommendations would be really appreciated.

Thank you!

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I wonder if in all of the SketchUp live modeling sessions that @TheOnlyAaron may have covered this problem. I’m sure that others will have good suggestions too.

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Isn’t it already designed?

Lots of tutorials online. I rarely model shapes like this but the rounded and organic shapes thst I have done I have used:

Curviloft
SubD
Quadface Tools
JointPushPull

And some Googling might help you get started: