Buildings! grow!

Hi all,

Years ago, I used the animation feature, on another 3D program, to make buildings appear by making them grow from the ground.

and now for SU...

is it possible to have a ruby that push/pulls selected faces automatically thus creating animation with pages?

lets say that I have a simple box (representing a house).

the top face is selected with a special mark. Then, I create a page.

In the next page that I will add, that marked face with push/pull itself x centimeter higher.

animating the pages will have the illusion that the buildings grow from below.

See what SketchyReplay can do and how it is doing it:

http://forum.sketchup.com/showthread...=SketchyReplay

pushpull may not be suitable because it alters permanently the intrinsic geometry of objects.

In contrast, transformations can be applied and recalled at will against an immutable model.

Remi

Make a group of the required 'block'. Copy it several times on top of itself and then push-pull/scale each one by the required amounts. Place them on separate layers and make a set of pages that switch the layers on/off in turn so that in a slide-show or a movie the 'block' will appear to grow. The more steps you make the smoother it will look...

Or just add two hidden section planes - one at ground level and above the final height of the building. Then set two pages with Section 1 active in the first and Section 2 active in the second - your page transitions will create a smooth growth of your building for you - no geometry affected. See the attached file and click for page 2 - speed is controlled by the tourguide settings under Model Info.

Kelly

Buildings grow.skp

Buildings grow (updated).skp