Polycarbonate: material / structure (also triangular shapes)

SketchUp
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Hello guys!
May I ask, how would You model Polycarbonate in SketchUp? (In also triangular shapes)?
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Cheers, Lenka

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I’m not sure what aspect your question is about.

First step is to draw a face covering the required opening. There is nothing special about doing this for a triangle vs any other polygon. Then make that face into a component so that it won’t stick to other geometry.

Finally, open the component for edit and paint the face with a translucent material. There is a corrugated glass material in SketchUps Glass and Mirrors collection that could be a start. If that doesn’t suit, you can search for an image of what you need and create a material from that image, adjusting the opacity to suit.

3

I wouldn’t try making polycarbonate. There are people better at that. I’d just buy it from them.

4

Thanks! However polycarbonate should also have visible the structure, what any paint cannot provide. Cheers!

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Thanks! Good tip. Cheers!

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The main polycarbonate material is produced by the reaction of bisphenol A (BPA) and phosgene COCl
2. I wouldn’t try this at home. If I remember right, phosgene is a very poisonous stuff used in WW I as a chemical weapon.