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    • andybotA Offline
      andybot
      last edited by

      Just thinking - you could use vertex tools to merge close vertices. That may work to clean up the breaks at each bend in one shot.

      Edit: looked at the model - that works only for the smaller bends. For the perpendicular intersections, not much help there.


      rollbar2.skp

      http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/

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      • KrisidiousK Offline
        Krisidious
        last edited by

        That sounds like the labor I had envisioned Tig. I was really hoping for a clickable cure.

        Andybot, that did work, but each vert had to be welding 1 at a time. again pretty time consuming.

        And all of these work-arounds seem like more work that just rebuilding the roll bars.
        I guess that will have to do.

        Thanks for all the suggestions.

        By: Kristoff Rand
        Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
          last edited by

          @krisidious said:

          That sounds like the labor I had envisioned Tig. I was really hoping for a clickable cure.

          Andybot, that did work, but each vert had to be welding 1 at a time. again pretty time consuming.

          And all of these work-arounds seem like more work that just rebuilding the roll bars.
          I guess that will have to do.

          Thanks for all the suggestions.
          There's no such thing as a free-lunch !
          😎

          TIG

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          • KrisidiousK Offline
            Krisidious
            last edited by

            Fredo Lines2Tubes

            I guess it will do... I wish it were welded though.

            rollbar.JPG

            rollbar3.JPG

            rollbar4.JPG

            rollbar5.JPG

            rollbar6.JPG

            rollbar7.JPG

            Took longer here wrting and answering... But, I'd still rather have a pipe plugin that saw this geometry and knew I wanted 3" pipe in that general shape and welded.

            Or am I back to the new Profile Builder?

            By: Kristoff Rand
            Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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            • sdmitchS Offline
              sdmitch
              last edited by

              rollbar5.jpg is why I put a sphere at each vertex. That eliminates the outside gaps.

              Nothing is worthless, it can always be used as a bad example.

              http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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              • pilouP Offline
                pilou
                last edited by

                Why not use Plugins specialized in Pipes ?
                Like 3SKeng or this free one by Architectboy?

                Frenchy Pilou
                Is beautiful that please without concept!
                My Little site :)

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                • KrisidiousK Offline
                  Krisidious
                  last edited by

                  a roll bar is one solid piece and the less pieces the better on the system.

                  http://s3images.coroflot.com/user_files/individual_files/original_221352_5TgHTnNTM6oQ_yH1OYPItE4Ok.jpg

                  By: Kristoff Rand
                  Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                  • andybotA Offline
                    andybot
                    last edited by

                    @krisidious said:

                    Andybot, that did work, but each vert had to be welding 1 at a time. again pretty time consuming.

                    I selected all the vertices and used "merge close vertices" with a distance of 0.3 Much quicker than if you do it individually. πŸ˜„

                    It deletes some faces in the back though, but generate faces fixed that pretty easily. Also need to remove inner faces (There's a plugin for that πŸ˜„ )

                    http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/

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                    • pilouP Offline
                      pilou
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                      @unknownuser said:

                      merge close vertices

                      With what plugins ?

                      Frenchy Pilou
                      Is beautiful that please without concept!
                      My Little site :)

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                      • andybotA Offline
                        andybot
                        last edited by

                        @pilou - Vertex Tools

                        http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/

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