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    • alllA Offline
      alll
      last edited by

      Hi,

      This is my first post, long time hobby user of su.

      Something really annoying. Lines get automatically joined even when i don't want it! (see video)

      I make small pieces (1/10mm precision needed) for 3d printing.

      Is there something to prevent this?

      Thanks,
      manu

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      • Rich O BrienR Online
        Rich O Brien Moderator
        last edited by

        Model 100x larger then scale down.

        SketchUp doesn't like small dimensions.

        Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp đź“–

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        • alllA Offline
          alll
          last edited by

          ?
          Should i draw in meters (model units) or just enter big numbers without using decimal precision?
          so 1 mm i draw 1000mm instead?
          Strange, is there a valid explanation to this behavior? How does su handles this?
          Thanks for your quick reply.
          manu

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          • alllA Offline
            alll
            last edited by

            still no luck!

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            • alllA Offline
              alll
              last edited by

              on a mac

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              • S Offline
                slbaumgartner
                last edited by

                Do you have length snapping enabled in the model info->units setting?

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                • alllA Offline
                  alll
                  last edited by

                  Setting my units to meter and these precision, i found a work around ?.??...

                  https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=05f660f83b&view=fimg&th=157136caf02651e8&attid=0.1&disp=inline&realattid=f_iswznkz20&safe=1&attbid=ANGjdJ8P6xoV2nvxGQPxAW4jhd730u9yN4Wshg42VUoH-B3OG9ZkazUQUDn7PZZakeH_jYKolNsc408teghb7VWyTPC1iXTr9fUikXZU-NBdeMwkFsVP0VKrpNHt-p0&ats=1473512441060&rm=157136caf02651e8&zw&sz=w1920-h988

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                  • TIGT Offline
                    TIG Moderator
                    last edited by

                    @alll said:

                    Setting my units to meter and these precision, i found a work around ?.??...

                    https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=05f660f83b&view=fimg&th=157136caf02651e8&attid=0.1&disp=inline&realattid=f_iswznkz20&safe=1&attbid=ANGjdJ8P6xoV2nvxGQPxAW4jhd730u9yN4Wshg42VUoH-B3OG9ZkazUQUDn7PZZakeH_jYKolNsc408teghb7VWyTPC1iXTr9fUikXZU-NBdeMwkFsVP0VKrpNHt-p0&ats=1473512441060&rm=157136caf02651e8&zw&sz=w1920-h988

                    Please attach your image directly.
                    This method does not work !

                    TIG

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                    • alllA Offline
                      alll
                      last edited by

                      like this?

                      Measure units are meter, i export in stl and model-units, import in 3d-slicing where units are milimeter...


                      unnamed.png

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                      • TIGT Offline
                        TIG Moderator
                        last edited by

                        With 100mm precision ???

                        If you uncheck that - any advance ?

                        TIG

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                        • alllA Offline
                          alll
                          last edited by

                          If i leave the precision at 0,0000 and snap at 0,1 and set the units to mm, I get the unwanted snapping!
                          Setting the units to meter, keeping 0,0000 and snap at 0,1 it "works"...

                          To summarize:

                          Precision:0.01
                          Snap:0.1

                          Draw 2 // lines L1=1.00”units” and L2=0.98”units” along the x-axis
                          Draw L3 from end of line L1 straight up along z-axis

                          With m (meter) units all is OK!
                          With mm (millimeter) units it screw it up!!!!!

                          So that is why I set units to meters, export to .obj, import into slicing software for 3D printing.

                          If somebody can explain this behavior? Because I still have other artifacts while merging different groups and “outer shell” them or do intersections, flat faces get “distorted” !!!


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