Subdividing faces

[philem]

Hi Guys,
I have hit a bit of a hurdle, I am getting back into Sketchup, I want to be able to subdivide some faces.

I drew an Octagon, Push/Pull it, then scaled the top face in to create a tapered object. But then I wanted to subdivide all the faces into equal amounts or as many as I wanted, I tried everything I could think off but no joy (especially as the entity is tapered.
I realize in hindsight I could have left the Octagon straight, then copied and arrayed the bottom ring to get the faces I needed, then tapered the object.

In Hexagon, I would select all the edges then pick the "connect" tool, this would put a subdivide line in the middle all the way around, I could then repeat the process and create all the faces I need.

Is there a tool / plugin or a technique I can use in Sketchup to achieve the same result?

[Gaieus]

You can still copy an array of the bottom (bigger) face of the prism and then intersect the shape with the copied faces. In the attached file, edit the group, select all inside and intersect with model. This way only the faces will get intersected but no inner faces created. If you need those inner faces, too, explode the group, select all, intersect with model or selected and then start removing access geometry of the multiple octagons copied.

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octagon.skp

[philem]

@gaieus said:

You can still copy an array of the bottom (bigger) face of the prism and then intersect the shape with the copied faces. In the attached file, edit the group, select all inside and intersect with model. This way only the faces will get intersected but no inner faces created. If you need those inner faces, too, explode the group, select all, intersect with model or selected and then start removing access geometry of the multiple octagons copied.

Thanks Gai it worked a treat and was what I was after. Will post the model when it is done