Oi Joao, You can try make faces by Todd Burch. http://www.smustard.com/script/MakeFaces Chris

Gaieus, Aidus, Pilou thanks for your answers ! I think I'll try with SoapSkinBubbleTool. Thanks again!

thanks a stack tig no more redrawing arcs and circle for me

@jan steinman said: @honoluludesktop said: Draw a edge creating two triangles out of the quadrangle, if triangler faces are then created, the 4 edges are not coplanar. If not, perhaps the edges are not joined together. Yea, I tried that, and it seems the quad is not coplanar. Sigh. I used the line tool to make four vertical lines and entered precise lengths, then connected the ends. Any thoughts on why the result should not be coplanar? Perhaps I just slipped. Oh well, tear it apart and try again, I guess... Unless you post the problematic xxx.skp file you have everyone guessing. If you want to learn post it!

@kxi system said: How about trying using labica's figure up model parts? They may not have any hair, but their still good. BTW you can also pose them. I'm starting to think that people around here haven't got a proper dose of manga&anime and too much american comics, a manga head should look like a normal persons head but with drawn facial features. hai there.. nice one KXI, i downloaded it. its great. but some how, i also finding like zando asking, a anime head...damn i just can't get the feel in 3d, can anyone help me?

Hi folks. The Space Navigator is a usefull device. I can pan, zoom and orbit with my left hand while I add details with the right hand. Just ideas.

See the ones I linked above.

@sketchit3d said: ... gosh that was fast! ... That's only because you can model really fast in SU

Thanks for the response Gaieus, Yes, sorry about the essay, turned a bit stream of conciousness!! will keep on trying and shove something in the gallery when i am happy with it; on a different model hopefully. Regards Sam

Welcome to SCF Ian. There are a few saffers on this forum , I'm an expat from Joey's. Looking forward to the 'greatest show on earth'(Soccer world cup)?

Gaieus, The Measurement Toolbar is exactly what I was looking for. I wasn't sure what it was called, and it was unchecked. Thanks.

Glad the Scaling up, processing and Scaling down fixed the problem - rememeber it for any operations like 'FollowMe' etc... Some faces must be triangulated to form them - a three sided shape will also face but four points need not all be 'coplanar' and therefore might not 'face'. Some applications like triangulated faces for SUp exports anyway... Many of the EEby.. tools triangulate the faces initially to ensure that they will 'face'. Then there is an option to erase coplanar edges later - this then removes any edges that are not needed to form a face so four or more sides are possible... So when it asks you 'Erase Coplanar Edges' say 'Yes' and the triangulation will be removed wherever it can be...

Seems the documentation is inside the file @unknownuser said: Align selection in 3D, starting from a clicked XYZ axis system to a target XYZ plane (Autocad-like). PDF doc included. [image: in5e_align.jpg]

I'll keep that in mind, too, but I'm thinking ten to one the ghosts occur around groups / components with bits on displayed layers but with shared faces / edges on other layers not displayed, not '0', and not right. I'll venture that tt's routine isn't aggressive enough to clean up that kind of problem.

I also wish the PushPull tool did not work this way but there IS a reason; it can only go down until the sides are parallel. If it went further, some faces should somehow turn "inside out" and create invalid geometry so developers seem to have rather put this limitation in rather than risk messed up geometry which can cause bigger problems even when fixed.

Thanks for the help guys. Being a 'KISS' (keep it simple stupid!) kind of guy, I tried the restart solution first and that cleared it up! I can see where I am starting my lines again!

First SU > DXF, then DXF2IGS. I found this, but don't use this. I understand that there is no fee for a working demo, but you must register. You can try it at your own risk.

For what you want to do, I think that the easiest ways are : 1 - draw metal 2 - pathface 3 - extrudeedgesbyface 4 - Extrude Edges by Rails A quick video of the differences between them : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8fA4TItuCA&feature=player_embedded

Hehe. Some people find it annoying. I am getting used to it.

vector1.cross(vector2) does indeed give a vector that's perpendicular to them. As you say, most scripts actually replicate what you could do manually given enough time and effort - it's just that they can do it quickly and cleanly 'behind the scenes'...