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    • artmusicstudioA Offline
      artmusicstudio
      last edited by

      hello,
      i just went thru all my rubies, but somehow i cannot find one for genereting faces in a curved frame:

      has anybody a tip for a ruby, which can generate a face in a structure, as shown in the picture atached?

      thanx a lot and merry xmas to all of you!

      stan


      curved face.jpg

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        Try CurviLoft or one of my ExtrudeEdgesBy... tools - e.g EEbyRails [provided that you have 4 welded curves - Divide the vertical edges into a few parts and immediately use Weld to make them into Curves]...
        OR since it looks quite simple, you could also use EEbyVector on one preselected Arc, pulling it up vertically into a surface...

        TIG

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        • artmusicstudioA Offline
          artmusicstudio
          last edited by

          hi tig,

          hi tig,
          yes, that works, thanx for the advise of welding the lines into curves, that was , what made EE by rails (which i tried before already) not working.
          great! thank you a lot!

          merry xmas !

          stan

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          • Chris FullmerC Offline
            Chris Fullmer
            last edited by

            or more simply, use the sketchup pencil tool to draw a line between the bottom endpoints of the curve, to make a flat face. Then pull that face upwards to the top of curve and delete the extra faces that get made in the process.

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            • artmusicstudioA Offline
              artmusicstudio
              last edited by

              hi mr. fulmer,
              yes, i chose a wrong example, because sometimes the curve has an s-form , so connection of endpoints does not create a face (without further intersections).
              but you are right in that case....
              regards and thanx
              stan

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              • cottyC Offline
                cotty
                last edited by

                @artmusicstudio said:

                hi mr. fulmer,
                yes, i chose a wrong example, because sometimes the curve has an s-form , so connection of endpoints does not create a face (without further intersections).
                but you are right in that case....
                regards and thanx
                stan

                Not with one extra line, but with two or three ...


                scurve.jpg

                my SketchUp gallery

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                • massimoM Offline
                  massimo Moderator
                  last edited by

                  Still just one line in your example, cotty. 😉


                  Cattura.JPG

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                  • Jean LemireJ Offline
                    Jean Lemire
                    last edited by

                    Hi folks.

                    There is more than a straight line that can be used to close a face from ends of arcs. This simplify works by avoiding unnecessary intersections. See this SU file for ideas.


                    Curved face.skp

                    Jean (Johnny) Lemire from Repentigny, Quebec, Canada.

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