Flatten a pipe

moot · 10 Dec 2016, 16:06

It may be tiny surface issue so scale up the model to X100 or X1000 before perform such operations, and post your model in SU 2015 version please.

I'll give it a whirl... here is 2015 version:
Make Hole in Flat (2015).skp

gilles · 10 Dec 2016, 16:33

Fine, scaling up to X100 and processing a hole works fine and gives a solid.

moot · 11 Dec 2016, 00:26

@gilles said:

Fine, scaling up to X100 and processing a hole works fine and gives a solid.

I tried with VisuHole and it still did not work... could you give more detail? i.e., 'processing a hole'...

SolidSolver still gave 'nested groups' and would not fix...

I created circle, selected all, Scaled factor 100, opened VisuHole, selected stencil, applied at guide...

Edit: I did it over again and this time it worked... SolidSolver still found 'nested group' but fixed it

Thanks so much for your input...

Dave R · 11 Dec 2016, 01:13

Would this be close to what you're trying to achieve?

moot · 11 Dec 2016, 02:07

@dave r said:

Would this be close to what you're trying to achieve?...

eh.. pretty darn close... I just need to adjust the angle of the flat to the 'hub' angles for the dome struts, i.e., V1, V2, V3, etc...

That pic is much cleaner then what I have so far:

Trying to document the dome I've built... planned use to cover round bale hay and provide pasture shelters for goats and donkey's... yup got two (mother and daughter) to keep coyotes away... coyotes killed one of my goats and the neighbors cow

Anyway, here is the dome I built so far... need to make the skin.

Dave R · 11 Dec 2016, 02:54

I see. Nice thing you're doing for your goats.

Maybe you need a coyote trap.

moot · 11 Dec 2016, 04:03

@dave r said:

... Maybe you need a coyote trap.

Trying to trap is problematic... don't want to draw them onto your land... a donkey will keep them away or kill them... then they stay away.

Your model of the strut is awesome... hope to be able to do modeling like you some day.
Especially like the way you were able to get the 'flat' really flat.

Dave R · 11 Dec 2016, 04:14

Ah, yes. My brother has a neighbor who keeps a couple of donkeys to fend off the coyotes.

Thanks on the drawing. I used Curviloft but I didn't really try to draw it the shape as a pipe. That is there's no wall thickness. I doubt there'd be much value in the internal faces and the geometry is much easier to handle without them.

pilou · 11 Dec 2016, 10:36

Maybe this can interest you!
TaffGosh the SketchUp Master of domes!

moot · 11 Dec 2016, 12:29

@dave r said:

...I used Curviloft ...

Thanks, I'll look at it and see if I can clean up my model.

@pilou said:

Maybe this can interest you!
TaffGosh the SketchUp Master of domes!

Verrrrry interesting... Thank you for the lead... lots of great information.