My hinges, motors and servos don't have axles

Sawduster · 10 Sept 2010, 21:40

Just downloaded SP2/3 and installed it. Trying to follow along with the tutorial of the car but when I put a hinge into a wheels, it doesn't have an axle. I'm using SP2 (3 didn't seem to bear much resemblance to what was in the tutorial) and my process is to click on the hinge in the SP box, go down and click on the center of my wheel, then pull the mouse out from the center on the red axis and click. But there is no axle visible and I can't attach the hinge to the fixed part. Tried the servo and motor, and neither of them have axles, either.

camokid11 · 10 Sept 2010, 23:44

Normally at the center of a hinge, motor, servo joint there is a small "cross" which marks the center. if you want an axle.

There is a way of changing the shape of joints, by trying to find the induvidual model within the sketchup folder and editing and changing the shape, but i havnt personally done that and i wouldn't recommend it as it might not work again.

hope this helps a little

Sawduster · 11 Sept 2010, 16:08

Yeah, when I select the joint, I can see a really little blue "x" in the middle. Don't know what I can do with it, though.

camokid11 · 11 Sept 2010, 16:22

that little x marks the exact center of the joint. this is also where the center of an axle would be.

Sawduster · 12 Sept 2010, 11:58

I located the folder with the SP joints and such, opened the hinge in SketchUp and added a line going out in front and in back of the little blue "x". Went back and checked, and now my hinges have axles. Need to do the same with the servo and motor. Thanks.