Easy Zome Drawing in Sketchup 

This is like the net bag that you bring avocados home from the grocery store in. Of course all the lines are the same length. It can be crochet'ed. Beautiful!

Thank You Paul!! For your time and for be so generous!

Thanks Paul! Finally a video that explains zomes and how to make them!

These are SOOOO beautiful! Thank you sooo much, I didn´t know what I was looking for, until I saw it..

Cant wait for your next vid :) Am working on casting them out of methacrylate like spaceplates only need 4 or 5 wooden moulds for this Zome :O) would love to see how you jamm the edges together -- thank you so much for this!! :)

Thanks Paul !!! I was just looking for informations on about the zome ... to make it on sketchup later, but.. You have the all work done here ... and explanations ... and it's seems easy !!! Thanks a lot for your sharing !!! (Jack)

I like this a lot ..I was always afraid I had to get these special plugins that they show in others. I work on the old FREE Sketchup I think it would help if you showed your menus also in your tutorials Thanks

For several days, I searched for a tutorial that explains how to make a zome simply. And There you go ! Thank you so much for your sharing

7:00 , 9:20 The vertical extra-line in the triangle is not needed. Just choose the triangle and rotate a copy around the bottom edge by 180°. Then delete the horizontal edge and maybe reverse te face and the next diamond panel is compleeted. for my one i created a 6m Ø 12-side-polygon at first and a 4m center-line. So the edges of my zome are exact 5 m long

That did it! Many thanks.

Paul. Gracias un millón. Fácil.

very nice paul ...

how did you create that glass-window-texture at the sample-zomes at the beginning of the video?

wow...!!!!!! Excellent....

hi paul do you have plans to construct the basic one you drew ? or have you attempted to build said item yet ? regards rob

very helpful. I am very new to Sketchup. How did you rotate the components into all the different angles automatically ps?

Thank you!!!

how do you get the curved one? thank you!

Wow! thank you! Did you build one already?

Paul, how do you take the design from this simple line structure to the actual cut timber angles? Is there a quick way or the old fashined way with calculating all the angles, as with these the angles are different at every level.

We have a number of acres that could use a few of these. These are great

Could a zome be constructed with Wangerflanges, or are the angles too tight?

This is so amazing! I wonder how strong one of these is compared to geodesic. Probably not a strong but this would be so good for my area.

I like it!

u are awesome!!!

Hi Paul, I'm thinking about making one out of concert. What are the angles of intersecting between the panels? Are they all just the same as those of the original polygon base?

Thank you, Paul. You're such a great teacher! I wonder how can we calculate that spiral shell shape on a spheric dome? Fibonacci?.. but how to aply it? That may leave a natural space for the door, like a snail. Will you please try it? Big hug for you!

Thanks a lot.

Hey just followed the tutorial successfully cheers for the great work !!!! one question if you scale / squish it at the end you lose the fact that all the struts are the same length?

I find all this so fascinating but confusing. I was able to duplicate the regular zome from your video but I haven't a clue how the twisty seashell design was made as well as the elongated zome. Very limited as far as sketchup knowledge. I'm just starting to understand components and groups. I hope you will make a few more sketchup video detailing the other zomes. I have been searching for info about zomes but I'm not finding much so far. Would really like to know how to figure out the dihedral face angles so I could make a small scale wood model. Thank you for all the great and inspiring videos.

thabks for giving it a name!

Hello! Thanks for the upload! At the first image displayed at the beginning (00:09 seconds) on the left you have a more intrincated zome model. Have you got the measures of it or some other similar. I have already done a cardboard model of the one you have on the right. I'm working with students from my neighborhood and we would love to make one in a larger scale using cardboard. Many thanks!. Oh, and it would also be great being able to make the one on the back end at 00:38 seconds, that one that looks one on top of another. Thanks again.

Thanks a lot for making this! Do you know any simpleish method of extracting the bevel angles and all the measurements from the model for construction?

Hey Paul, will you be making a set of plans for making these Zomes in the bevel frame method?

superb

Do you have a video to make this on fusion 360?

Hi Paul, how did create the 3rd type of dome, the pulled one? I just finished the normal one, and i can't "skew" it (if that's the correct term). Many thanks for this tutorial.

Hi Paul, did you end up ever making a zome building or come up with more detailed plans for building one?

Paul I’m building a 16’ zome now. What do you think would happen if you averaged the dihedral angles?

Good job..Do you have plan for this?Thank you..

Another way to avoid the manual approach to doubling the facet length. Draw the triangle, then draw the vertical line as before. Instead of calculating the length of the new line, just select and move the vertical line at the top point, making sure to move as a copy, and then move the top point of the copied line, the bottom point of the previous vertical line. Then you have the exact doubling of the central vertical axis of the diamond facet.

*Merci pour cette vidéo, j'en fabrique en cuivre!!!* #Ortimlife

Starting at 8:30 you have a single diamond then using "make component" and "rotate" you create 9 more. How? (I have the free version of Sketchup, Maybe I need Pro?) I can rotate the original but I can't figure out how to generate copies. I'm eager to see you build one. Your work with domes is very creative.

A Rhombic Dodecahedron is a Zome

Are there any better apps or software for doing this? Maybe autodesk?

This like that building in downtown London.. Pinecone Math! -Overlapping 3-d Fibonacci sequence; sorta.. I have a ufo on film -with four silver pine cones on top.. just sayin..

REALLY?! AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOULD THE CLOSEST PERSON TO PAUL ROBINSON PLEASE HUG HIM

Hows going Paul? No updates for a while now