Multiple Holes

Gaieus

Another approach is to make a combined component (of two children), array that and at the end, select all instances and explode. There sre two examples that work this way here
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=19117ee553b17296419a54028b473680
and here
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=dafc9e4c19c92809649d9dccc59cec7

TIG

Copy 'holes' is quite possible...

pilou

Doh of the day! we can make "12" or "12" in the VCB after the first copy move !

Dave R

@unknownuser said:

Doh of the day! we can make "12" or "12" in the VCB after the first copy move !

Or "x12" or "12x" if you wish.

pilou

@unknownuser said:

Or "x12" or "12x" if you wish.

SUPER DOH

kalli

Thanks guys for all the input. Logical answers I didn't see the other day. Perhaps just staring at the darn thing (and way too many hours at the computer).

As a colleague of mine often states : "the blindingly obvious."

I really do appreciate all the input.

kalli

Jean Lemire

Hi folks.

A while ago, I have made a tutorial about making such a model real quick. You can find it here:

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=21769e98f6c04b1612cfb0c58382469f

The principle applies to punching multiple holes having different shapes in one operation.

The steps are:

1 - Draw the object in 2D, ie, the plate and the holes figured out by circles, polygons, shapes, whatever.

2 - Select all. This select the plate and all the shapes figuring out the holes.

3 - Press and hold the SHIFT key down to Add/Subtract from the selection.

4 - While still holding down the SHIFT key, double click on the area between the shapes. This deselects it as well as all its perimeter which is the plate perimeter and all the shapes perimeters. Only the insides of all the shapes are still selected.

5 - Delete the selection. This empties all the holes in one shot.

6 - Now, using the Push/Pull Tool, give thickness to the plate.

Just ideas.

oganocali

Just a warning here, SketchUp does not like faces with too many sides (internal and/or external).

pilou

Why not and what should be the acceptable numbers ? 65 535 as the 3DS format?

oganocali

I am not sure why sketchup does not like faces with too many sides. Modifications on such a face takes forever. A single face with 65K edges is on the too much side. You can always add redundant softened planar edges to divide the whole face to faces with each one having manageable number of faces.