How to tackle this slopy thing...?
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Please see my attempt to answer my own question. I don't get a thick black line or the inference mentioned. ('On face,' and the typicals I get, of course.) The black dotted line Peter shows looks like a construction line rather than the 'thick black' line, but I don't know since I cannot replicate it.
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Hi folks.
You can also start simple and complexify afterward.
Click on the scenes tabs of this SU file for ideas.
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@brookefox said:
..... The black dotted line Peter shows looks like a construction line rather than the 'thick black' line, ....
The dotted line is indeed a guide or construction line.
To replicate a thick black line (in general):
start an edge on a face F, or on its perimeter (or even somewhere in the same plane that face F is in, but outside the perimeter. Then hover the cursor to somewhere on that face F till you see 'On Face' and now press and hold down [Shift]. You should now get the thick black line to lock the "edge in progress" to face F.
While holding down [Shift], you can move the cursor away. The rotating thick black line is "connected" to its inference 'On Face' by a thin dashed line and stays in plane. It ensures that the second endpoint will also be in the plane of face F. Don't release [Shift] till after the second click. -
That is a guide line such as OP has in his video showing the establishment of the side of the triangle, "a" being the point to complete it. The inference indicator is a thick black line, while you are drawing with the line tool.
I started drawing at "a" so I can draw "a-b". Note (as I amended my first post ealier
) You press shift as you pull out that edge with the line tool, and pass over the face. The line changes to a heavy black line. In this case it's simultaneous with the "on face", which you do get. You should be getting a heavy line if you are drawing.I often don't know how to describe what I am doing because I am doing it automatically. I noted the pressing of shift but not exactly when.
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@unknownuser said:
Gaieus wrote:
pbacot wrote:
Drawing with line tool from "a" hover over triangle until thick black line appears, press shift and draw fourth side to adjacent edge of column for "b".Thick black line and a blue inference point with a tooltip "On face". Then press Shift.
How did you learnt this?
I've never read or see anything about this. -
A couple of YT videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDvwHon6-zY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFfmIgJqlIw -
Never stop learning.
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Thanks, Gerrit, you nailed it for me: Thin black line changing to thick when pressing shift to lock whilst getting 'on face' inference indicators. For me, it was in fact a missing inference: 'on plane of'. Thank you, Peter. I missed the OP's video link entirely.
SNEAKY EDIT: Pardon what bears repeating until is sinks in: I think the quote in Gilles' post following misses the key point that the black line is not thick until you press and hold shift.
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@gaieus said:
A couple of YT videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDvwHon6-zY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFfmIgJqlIwMore specifically, if you are particularly interested in the surface or planar lock which this thread centers on, go to minute 5 of the second video listed above. All of it is for me a good inference locking reminder, though.
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@brookefox said:
More specifically, if you are particularly interested in the surface or planar lock which this thread centers on, go to minute 5 of the second video listed above.
In this case, you can even link like this below - watch the
#t=05m00spart at the end of the video link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFfmIgJqlIw#t=05m00sUnfortunately this does not work with the simple phpBB embed code.
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