Need help with complex shapes and materials

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Hi there!

I am trying to improve my Sketchup skills, to be able and make more difficult shapes / furniture. To do this, I got a well modeled chair from the 3D Warehouse, and I exploded the product, trying to find out how it was build.

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In the image you can see the original chair in the top middle, with on the right side some of the torn out parts.
I was able to recreate the bend surfaces with the extension Soap bubble, how ever I don’t know how they made a bend surface become more ‘thick’. In this model the creator made a shape that coveres the thin sides, but I dont know how he made this part. Since I can’t seem to get it done with the follow me tool.

Also does anyone know how the material has been added to the bend surfaces? I copied the material to a flad surface, only to find out that the material has white parts in it aswell, as if the material was exactly fit onto the bend surface.

Also if anyone knows a tutorial or other link where I can learn about making more complex shapes like these, I would be happy to hear about them!
Ps. Sorry for my badly written English.

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http://contentdeveloper.sketchup.com/en

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You can also use Curviloft for this.

This plugin push/pulls curved faces: JointPushPull Interactive

Go to this article Sticking a Photo or Texture to a Face and see the part: “Projecting textures onto a curved surface”

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Thanks guys, will look into this!

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Follow-up question.
So I was able to make a thickness with curviloft (thanks again)

But can anyone tell me how I can change the direction the paint goes?
I know how the change it when the surface is flat, but on curved surfaces like in the screenshot… I wouldn’t know.

I want the pattern to follow the shape, instead of how it is shown.

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[quote=“Tjeerd, post:5, topic:45027”]
But can anyone tell me how I can change the direction the paint goes?
I know how the change it when the surface is flat, but on curved surfaces like in the screenshot
[/quote]For such cases, you can try this plugin: SketchUV
or this: WrapR

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