How to build a plaster mantle range hood

[DVIJD2]

Hello. I am relatively new to Chief and I have now met a challenge I cannot seem to video tutorial my way out of...

 

I am trying to build the Range Hood from ceiling to countertop in the picture below. There is nothing "ready made" to use and I also tried to use a box hood and corbels, but it does not look correct. Does anyone have any suggestions? 

[ericepv]

There are several in 3D  Warehouse https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/search/models?q=plaster+range+hood or if none of those work for you, build your own from  polylines  converted to 3D solids. There are also a few bonus catalogs you can download from Chief that might have what you need.

[DVIJD2]

Thank you for the link to 3D warehouse. It has a hood I could use but it is coming into CA as an entire room and will not let me select only the hood. Do you know if there is a way to explode the room?

[DBCooper]

Look for a different symbol.  There is no easy way to isolate just that hood in an imported symbol.  You could delete all of the surfaces you don't want and then build a new symbol out of it but that would be painful in the case above. 

 

It would be much easier to just create it yourself from scratch (and probably a good learning exercise).  You could build that hood just using a poly solid for the ends and a box for the middle part.  The one in the original picture would only be slightly more complicated because of the extra fillet on the box.

 

 

[ericepv]

Try this...

Plaster Hood 01.dae

[MarkMc]

2 hours ago, DVIJD2 said:

I am trying to build the Range Hood

As DB suggests build it from solids

Mantle hood.zip

[DVIJD2]

Thank you all!

 

MarkMc... This progression is most helpful! I have never used solids, but this gives me a good idea of what they can do.