Trouble making a 2x4 wood beam
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Hi. I am playing around with SketchUp, and I'm currently trying to construct a bench for the yard. However, I'm having trouble filling in the sides of the diagonal beams to make them, well, complete. I hope you guys can help me with this. I just don't understand it:-) Have attached the file so you see what I mean:-P
Arne
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Welcome to the forum Arne,
There are many ways to do this, however I would just make a plain 2x4 componentlonger than you need, place it accurately using Sketchup's inferencing and the Rotate tool, then double-click the component to edit it and trace along the intersections of the adjoining lumber. Just delete the extra and you will have a perfectly fitting board!
Does that help?
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The main problem - make every part component first to separate pieces as in reality.
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BTW, the reason you make it a component is so you only draw the board once, then just copy it to the other side. Actually any time you have 2 or more identical objects in a model you should make the first one into a component and copy it, that way if you make a change to one, all of the copies will update as well.
Dedmin beat me
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Thanks for the incredibly prompt response guys:-) I will try this out at once:-)
Thanks again:-)
Arne
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Good info posted already.
Arne if you look at your model I uploaded again, I created 5 components. That is all you need to model for this and just fit them in place.
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Recommend you split it into components as suggested.
Also the raking rails were not drawn with coplanar edges so they can't have faces.
As suggested make a beam orthogonally that's a bit longer than you need, group it and move / rotate into place, edit it and select all, then intersect with model [right-click] to make cut-lines. If you toggle View > Component Edit > Hide Rest of Model. you can see what you're doing... Erase the unwanted bits.
If you make a component rail rather than a group you can simply copy it into the other orientation and if you edit one the other changes automatically...
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Thank you so much for all the answers:-)It really helped me.
I redid the entire model using components as you guys suggested, and it was so much easier I feel like an idiot doing it the way I did the first time:-P
Thanks again
Arne
Have attached the result.
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Nice table, Arne. I made a quick render (and yes, I know the composition is not a great one at all)
Got the grill from the Warehouse for it. -
Cool rendering:-) When I see it like that I will certainly build it:-) Thanks for all the help, and the positive feedback:-)
Arne
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