Hi everybody, sorry for my English, I’m a french guy. I am contacting you about a problem with SKETCHUP Free. Here is the problem:
We created a base in 3D (a motorcycle helmet) on the software, and on the same file we make a sketch of a form (let’s take for example a star). We hope that this star sticks on an area of the helmet (as if we were sticking a sticker) and that it fits perfectly the shape of the helmet but without the star being changed in size.
Is that possible? and if so, how to do it?
Would it be possible to do the same thing but with a solid
It is geometrically impossible to attach or project a flat surface (such as a sticker) onto a curved object (such as a motorcycle helmet).
In the real world, stickers tend to have a bit of “stretch” to tolerate deformations. This lets you adhere it tightly to curved surfaces without creases or bubbling (to a point).
SketchUp doesn’t have precisely that. In many cases, projecting the flat texture onto the curved surface will suffice.
I know SketchUp has a project feature, but I’ve never used it and can’t open SketchUp to teach myself right now. I’m sure others will chime in.
SketchUp Free (for Web) and SketchUp Make 2017 (Desktop) are both licensed for non-commercial work. (If you can use one per the license, then you can use the other.)
If you are doing work, on company premises or as an employee, it is (per the license) commercial work.
If so, and your company will not purchase a Pro (Desktop) license, perhaps they will agree to upgrade the Web license to Shop which allows commercial work. (Shop is 9.99 dollars a month.)