Tool that displays straight lines are true on axes?
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Hi
I am somewhat a newbie but I am fighting with bigger and complex models that are in high resolution (mm) and often find that for whatever reason a straight line is ever so slightly out from the red/green blue orientation. Is there a tool that would e.g. allow you to colour all lines that are in the axis orientation as to spot where to correct the error?
Thanks a lot!
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Duh, thanks ever so much! Mike
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Ok, well anoter one in the same category. See file attached with coloured lines active.
Although all lines in red/blue would form fillable surfaces they do not. Where indicated the blue line does NOT for some reason meet the red line but hits the bottom surface just next to it for some reason when you zoom in. What is causing this issue? I get lots of problems with copying and mirroring and putting them together and they do ever so slightly not align. There are often just a bit out. I use inference to generate these lines so I would assume they are spot on whatever the resolution.Mike
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Is any of your geometry based on imported models? DWGs?
Can you share model?
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Hope it worked.No, nothing shared, no DWG. Was all developed in SU.
Mike
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The problem is that your red lines there are not 100% over each other. I don't know how you model this - but there are many inaccuracies in the model.
The two curves surfaces doesn't share the same curve where they meet so you have these small gaps there as well.
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Well, as mentioned I am a bit new to these things and still experimenting. Forgetting about the overlapping geometries for now - if the lines do not join, they do normally appear to"snap in" on my system and even if I zoom in I generally can't see them not joining. What am I doing wrong that I can't see it?
An instance where I can clarly see the reason is shown in the detail (zoomed in hard) just a sample red line that was drawn with red inference lock and should be right on top of the bottom red line. And they do NOT join. I don't understand why that happens.M
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I like to put endpoints ON while drawing sometimes so I can see when a real connection is made, or a line is discontinuous. I might put on "profiles" with a heavier lineweight so I can see that a line is not lying within a surface or not joining two surfaces.
Yes SU can be frustrating at the beginning, even after the beginning. It seems simple but It just takes practice when you want to do more with it. The good thing is, there is a place where you can "get a feel for it".
I'd say, where curves and complex surfaces like you have there (nice job on that--plugin?) (I mean anything with two different curves bordering)--I'd try to work on all the flat surfaces associated with those first. You might put in some curves for reference, but don't worry about tossing bad stuff out when it isn't working, and reconnecting the stuff that is working.
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Yes, I agree with you and I will try the end points suggestion.
Regards the surfaces I used curviloft but I am really struggeling with it as there is no real documentation.
Things are happening that I don't understand, sometimes when I selct a line it will e.g. select a whole rectangle and so on.
If you can point me to a tutorial that is suitbale for a humble beginner (skinning is what I'm really after) that would be great. Thanks for your kind help anyway. There are so many little things I am struggling but I set myself a bigger project knowing I will come across many points where I will have to learn new things.All the best
Mike
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