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      barry gray
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      SU7-Mac Tiger10.4.11-Bezierspline1.21

      I love this set of tools,mostly enamored with the "catsmull" tool. However due to my clutzyness or inexperience I'm having fits with inference/accuracy.
      Problem:
      I'll start with a single face/plane. I want to bisect that face with the catsmull tool. I'll start on the first edge, the inference tells me "on edge", then I'll weave my way toward the opposite edge and once again inference announces my arrival with "on edge". Now I'll double left click, then control click>done. With out fail the start point is indeed on the edge, however, as often as not the end point actually misses the opposite side by just a wee bit.Then I have to edit the catsmull, fiddling around until I accidentally intersect that side and bisect the plane. My poor little brain can't seem to sense the difference between when it works and when it doesn't.

      It's frustrating and dramatically slows down my modeling, not to mention what it does to my sense of humor.

      My guess is I'm missing something obvious or doing something typical of an airheaded newby.

      Any help would be much appreciated.

      Barry

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        MartinRinehart
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        Barry,

        The "catsmull" tool? Does that go by another name?

        Author, Edges to Rubies - The Complete SketchUp Tutorial at http://www.MartinRinehart.com/models/tutorial.

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          mac1
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          @barry gray said:

          SU7-Mac Tiger10.4.11-Bezierspline1.21

          I love this set of tools,mostly enamored with the "catsmull" tool. However due to my clutzyness or inexperience I'm having fits with inference/accuracy.
          Problem:
          I'll start with a single face/plane. I want to bisect that face with the catsmull tool. I'll start on the first edge, the inference tells me "on edge", then I'll weave my way toward the opposite edge and once again inference announces my arrival with "on edge". Now I'll double left click, then control click>done. With out fail the start point is indeed on the edge, however, as often as not the end point actually misses the opposite side by just a wee bit.Then I have to edit the catsmull, fiddling around until I accidentally intersect that side and bisect the plane. My poor little brain can't seem to sense the difference between when it works and when it doesn't.

          It's frustrating and dramatically slows down my modeling, not to mention what it does to my sense of humor.

          I had the same problem first staring and still do if not really careful. My guess is even when you have an on edge inference just the process of clicking the mouse causes enough movement to throw you off. Try locking the inference once you get by holding the shift key down and see if that helps?

          @unknownuser said:

          My guess is I'm missing something obvious or doing something typical of an airheaded newby.

          Any help would be much appreciated.

          Barry

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            barry gray
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            Martin,
            The tool is one of Fredos Bezier tools. I goofed on the name a bit its "Catmull Spline" (no 's' in Catmull).

            mac1,
            What you say sounds right. I'll give it a go next time I get back to SU.
            I'll let you know in a day or two. Thanks.

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