I’m trying to model a tractor seat. I have the physical item and it has several compound curves. Is it possible to take a photo and turn it into a solid model in sketch up? I know modeling this is beyond my current skill level, but that’s how i stretch myself… or frustrate myself…any ideas welcome!
Thanks.
There’s an extension by ThomThom called Bitmap to Mesh which might work for you. If you take a photo of the seat straight on from the top it might get you something to start with anyway.
Do you really want to learn to model it in SketchUp?
What exactly does that 'tractor seat' look like and what does the picture of it look like? Is the 3D solid model for 3D printing? If so, at what scale? How detailed do you want the model to be?
Or is it for visualization and rendering?
These are good clarifying questions!
My goal is to craft a seat in wood that has the contours of the pictured seat. I don’t have a CNC so I thought if I could make it in sketch up then cut the model into transverse slices I could print them and transfer them to wood and cut and assemble them into the final seat.
It can be created from a photo (in the attached images, using AI - image to 3D), but it requires retopologizing to get as close to the real thing as possible.
In SketchUp it can be modeled better if you have at least top, front, side photos. And you can find tutorials on YouTube for that.
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thanks so much! i know it is possible now. will look at you tube.
If you have some photos from different angles you could try photogrammetry, or if it’s possible for you to 3D scan it with an iPhone you could get a point cloud and convert it to a mesh, for both options you’ll need another software like meshlab or Meshroom.