Copying Holes?
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Ok - I see what it is now. If you make a hole that cuts all the way through, connecting on the other side of the cube, then you won't get a hole. But a hole, simple or a little bit extruded, will make a new hole where it's copied to.
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That seems like the exact opposite of how it should work.
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This has been a common probelm for me. Especially in making square insets for windows, then copying a large chunk of windows across a face. I often have issues where some do not cut right.
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I can understand the hole not copying - it is a hole (as in nothing there) so why would I expect copying the cylinder to create a hole?
But I don't understand why the cylinder does not intersect the top and bottom surfaces when copied.
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A related behaviour is seen by push/pulling a hole through a cube - deleting the top surface of the cube and reinstating it by drawing a line along one edge. The surface so created fills the hole (as well as the cube) which then acts like the copied variety discussed earlier.
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Hi folks.
See this SU file for ideas.
Array of holes.skp
Sorry for the large size, I could have used circles with less segments. -
What is interesting about a hole all of the way through is that if you just copy the circles (but the the cylinder wall) both faces are cut by the circles. But if you select the cylinder walls as well (or by itself) then the faces are not cut.
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hmm.. played with it a bit. gotta be a bug. did anyone notice that you can get the circle to resize with the move tool???
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Yes, being able to click on one of the cardinal points with the move tool has always scaled a circle or arc in SU. Weird, huh?
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@solo said:
If you make the hole a component that cuts it will work fine.
Yup, works fine if it makes a component that cuts.
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....and I've got video to prove it
[flash=800,500:3rgcl2d4]http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9879304[/flash:3rgcl2d4] -
I just discoverd the "cut opening" function in the component dialog box.
I played a bit around and it works great except one thing:
I can not create a hole component which can cut holes through an entire object (from on face to the other), when I try to create such a component the "cut opening" check box in the "create component" dialog is not able to be selected.
Tomtom has already mentioned this behaviour in this tread.
Do I have to live with that or is there a fix?
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@newnoob said:
Do I have to live with that or is there a fix?
There is no fix, sadly it's by design. What you can do is a hole cutting component on each side of your volume...
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OR... use my tool http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=HolePunchTool
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Ok thanks for the information - at least I know now it is not my fault which is usually the case.
@tig said:
OR... use my tool http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=HolePunchTool
to add associated reveal geometry to a hole-cutting component...I'll check that out.
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