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    • N Offline
      NHMatt
      last edited by

      I have redrawn and followed the lines, Zoomed in insanely close and followed every line and can't find the space. Here is the finished product, with exception to the problem areas.


      southpark.jpg

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      • pilouP Offline
        pilou
        last edited by

        Maybe this plug can help you!
        It detect and show holes on a surface!
        Label open face by Chris Fullmer

        What append when you select the lines and make an extrude?
        With Didier Bur projection2 plug
        News for today! 😎 😎 😎

        And why not Scale all the project? *1000
        Maybe you work with too small unit?

        Frenchy Pilou
        Is beautiful that please without concept!
        My Little site :)

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        • N Offline
          NHMatt
          last edited by

          Being a welder by trade, Computers are an uphill battle for me. I downloaded the file but how do I use it and apply it to SU?

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          • N Offline
            NHMatt
            last edited by

            As far as scale, the heads are about 6' in diameter.

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            • N Offline
              NHMatt
              last edited by

              There must have been a hiccup in it. I erased it again and redrew them now its better. Thanks guys.

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              • pilouP Offline
                pilou
                last edited by

                For use a plug just copy the unzipped (uncompress if it's a zip file) result inside the Plugins folder of SU
                You must have new icons on the board or new menu lines inside Menu Plugins

                Frenchy Pilou
                Is beautiful that please without concept!
                My Little site :)

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                • GaieusG Offline
                  Gaieus
                  last edited by

                  When you have a closed, even coplanar set of edges, the face will still not be created i there are stray lines "sticking inside" (on the same plane). They somehow break the face creation (see attached).

                  Copy of southpark.jpg
                  Now don't take this necessarily a bug - as if you know about it, it can be avoided easily (just draw those "offending lines" aftermaking the face).

                  In fact, you can even turn this onto your advantage and stop faces getting created say when you are modelling an interior from above and the ceiling keeps filling in all the time - when an appropriate edge is (re)drawn - blocking your sight and forcing you to keep deleting it.

                  Gai...

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                  • Alan FraserA Offline
                    Alan Fraser
                    last edited by

                    I identified the problem of the lines on the inside of the arms...I get that every day when doing 2D Face Me figures...but I never thought of turning it to an advantage like that Gaie. Brilliant. πŸ˜„

                    I usually fill such problem areas by drawing extra lines connectiong the ends to somewhere on the edge, then erasing them again when the face finally fills in.

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                    • GaieusG Offline
                      Gaieus
                      last edited by

                      @alan fraser said:

                      but I never thought of turning it to an advantage like that Gaie. Brilliant.

                      Well, I was actually going to give credits to whom I thought I'd learnt it from and it was either you or Wodan (or somebody else?) but then due to my uncertainty I didn't do it. And now you say you didn't know this "trick"...

                      Now you see you never know (after years of using and still learning SU) who you should be thankful to on a forum. πŸ˜„

                      Gai...

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                      • TIGT Offline
                        TIG Moderator
                        last edited by

                        If you select all of edges and use a 'face edges' script then it will make a face - even with the rogue edge that extends into the face.
                        If you redraw one edge that's next to the rogue edge that extends into the face you will make a face.
                        If you redraw one edge that's NOT next to the rogue edge that extends into the face you will NOT make a face.

                        TIG

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                        • GaieusG Offline
                          Gaieus
                          last edited by

                          @tig said:

                          ...If you redraw one edge that's next to the rogue edge that extends into the face you will make a face.
                          If you redraw one edge that's NOT next to the rogue edge that extends into the face you will NOT make a face.

                          Yes, I remember these "rules" (now).
                          Always good to remember. πŸ‘

                          Gai...

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