http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php Shapeways: Bring your creativity to life in 3D http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=39298&th=7236#msg_39298 i'm using sketchup to build a ring. How many sides do you need so that a circle is actually felt and seen like a circle?
The default setting in sketchup is 24 sides, which looks not really round. 200 sides makes my pc really slow if i turn the circle into a 3d object (with the follow me tool)
Do i need more or is 200 enough? Or are there other techniques to make things round?
]]> izorg 2011-11-26T18:05:33-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=39303&th=7236#msg_39303
I have a bit more of a writeup here about it..
http://stonysmith.com/wired/scaling.asp]]> stonysmith 2011-11-26T19:55:04-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=39304&th=7236#msg_39304 izorg 2011-11-26T20:12:46-00:00