Filling a wireframe object with color

[mchlmacdonald]

i was wondering if it is possible to fill the faces of this wireframe model. there are complex curves that apparently dont allow faces but i dont want to square anything off in order to fill them. is this possible?

[TIG]

@mchlmacdonald said:

i was wondering if it is possible to fill the faces of this wireframe model. there are complex curves that apparently dont allow faces but i dont want to square anything off in order to fill them. is this possible?...

It requires a script unless you have the patience to hand stitch it as triangular facets... Try Fredo's CurviLoft or my EEbyRails tools... You will probably need to split it up into sub-forms to achieve the whole shape BUT it is readily doable... Here's a quickly bodged EEbyRails version

[mchlmacdonald]

thank you for this!!! i was actually sitting here trying to do it by hand....this just saved me about 5 days.

[honoluludesktop]

A SketchUp face must be a plane.

[gulcanocali]

You could also use Tgi3D SU Amorph's "create mesh" command. There is a free Training Edition with a limit on the number of vertices to work with. It may be sufficient for your model here.

Simply select any closed loop and click "create mesh". Create mesh generates mesh surface inside a given boundary with optimum smoothness.