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    • Dave RD Offline
      Dave R
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      Did you try the native Intersect Faces? It works fine for me.


      front fala uchwyt.skp

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      • robertWanR Offline
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        @dave r said:

        It works fine for me.

        OSCoolean or Solid Tools (SU Pro)?

        Robert

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        • cottyC Offline
          cotty
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          @dave r said:

          native Intersect Faces

          my SketchUp gallery

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          • robertWanR Offline
            robertWan
            last edited by

            YES!
            10x magnitude objects.
            Intersect Faces With Selection
            Erase, erase, erase, erase... πŸ˜„

            Works, thank you.

            Robert

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            • robertWanR Offline
              robertWan
              last edited by

              First test on MDF.

              Robert


              Furniture door handle

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              • Dave RD Offline
                Dave R
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                @robertwan said:

                @dave r said:

                It works fine for me.

                OSCoolean or Solid Tools (SU Pro)?

                Robert

                Yes. What Carsten said.

                You'll note in the SKP file I posted, your group is inside a component. I initially made a nested component of your cutter and the panel. Then I did the same thing I've shown many times; I copied the component, scaled up the copy (I used a scale factor of 1000 but 100 probably worked fine), and did the intersection and erasure of the unwanted bits. When I was satisfied things were cleaned up correctly and face orientation was correct, I closed the component to get out of edit mode and deleted the giant copy. No need to scale back down and potentially have to worry about getting the original component in the proper location.

                I should have exploded your group to leave the panel a simple component but I didn't do it before uploading the file.

                The MDF looks good that way. What finish do you put on these panels? How durable is the cut edge?

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                • robertWanR Offline
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                  last edited by

                  @dave r said:

                  No need to scale back down

                  But do you scale down a copy before erasing it?

                  @dave r said:

                  What finish do you put on these panels? How durable is the cut edge?

                  Izolant - Primer - Topcoat (I'm not sure about english name for it)
                  Edges after painting is durable enough. Izolant hardens MDF well. It has the consistency of water, it penetrates deep and hardens. For MDF hardening I use an izolant for wood. Not for MDF.

                  Robert

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                  • Dave RD Offline
                    Dave R
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                    @robertwan said:

                    @dave r said:

                    No need to scale back down

                    But do you scale down a copy before erasing it?

                    No. There's no need for scaling down. I start with a component, make a copy and scale that copy up. The original remains where it is and at its normal size. I work on the scaled up copy and because I'm working on an instance of the component, the same things get done to the original. This doesn't work if you use groups, though.

                    @robertwan said:

                    Izolant - Primer - Topcoat (I'm not sure about english name for it)
                    Edges after painting is durable enough. Izolant hardens MDF well. It has the consistency of water, it penetrates deep and hardens. For MDF hardening I use an izolant for wood. Not for MDF.

                    Robert

                    I see. I wonder if we have access to something like that here.

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                    • robertWanR Offline
                      robertWan
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                      @dave r said:

                      No. There's no need for scaling down. I start with a component, make a copy and scale that copy up.

                      Do not understand something. When prescaling copy at the same time scaling original.
                      http://www.screencast.com/t/owYqxIwxyBi

                      @dave r said:

                      I see. I wonder if we have access to something like that here.

                      http://icaamerica.biz/isol.php
                      I use IS207

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                      • Dave RD Offline
                        Dave R
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                        Do not open the copy of the component before scaling.

                        Do you know about using the Move tool to make copies?

                        Thanks for the info on the "stuff".

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                        • robertWanR Offline
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                          @dave r said:

                          Do not open the copy of the component before scaling.

                          It's so obvious ... now

                          @dave r said:

                          Do you know about using the Move tool to make copies?

                          Yes. I wanted you to see what I click.

                          Robert

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                            Dave R
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                            πŸ‘ πŸ‘

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