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    • A Offline
      applemango85
      last edited by

      Hi

      Does anyone know how to get the arc tool to work - when I do get it drawing something I only get a dashed/broken line which I can only select little pieces

      thanks

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      • pilouP Offline
        pilou
        last edited by

        Click Start - Click End
        & Move! 😉

        GIF_arctool.gif

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

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          jgb
          last edited by

          Pilou

          That answer is NOT good enough. I get the very same problem 4 times out of 5 to the point I have stopped using that arc tool. IT DOES NOT WORK properly.

          I have tried all sorts of variations, on a grouped surface, on a component surface, on a surface that was selected, on a surface with lines shown, lines not shown, endpoint to endpoint. Same result every time. Twisted lines in space, very few on the surface and otherwise useless.

          When it works, it works wonders. When it doesn't it takes me about a 1/2 hour to create a curve the old fashioned way with intersecting extrusions.

          I have complained about this several times in the past, nothing changed.

          Please fix it!


          jgb

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          • pilouP Offline
            pilou
            last edited by

            Maybe try to subdivide surface before if that works not as you want!

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

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            • jgbJ Offline
              jgb
              last edited by

              I've tried to select only faces that I know will contain the curve. That did not work either.


              jgb

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              • pilouP Offline
                pilou
                last edited by

                Have you an Skp file example?

                Frenchy Pilou
                Is beautiful that please without concept!
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                  applemango85
                  last edited by

                  Sorry I'm still having no joy with the arc

                  I've been using the ellipse tool instead. But even that is hit and miss. The tools don't always draw on the surface and draw weirdly on the x or y axis instead. I seem to get success when a purple dots show up but more often then not it's the red star for the intersection.

                  I'd love to sing the praises of this plugin because it's a great concept but I need help to get it working properly

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                  • Dave RD Offline
                    Dave R
                    last edited by

                    Upload an example SKP file with a surface on which you can't draw a curve. Give us something to work with. Maybe we can help.

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                      applemango85
                      last edited by

                      sorry just done it now

                      Ive been using a separate group with lines as a guide.

                      Ive been using the ellipse tool instead of the arc as the arc tool will not draw a solid line.

                      the plan is once the 4th ellipse is drawn to delete the above area then delete the Bottom of the ellipse lines (first time I did this I did a few of the measurements wrong so I know it works I just need to do it again)

                      thank you all in advance


                      tools on surface.skp

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                      • Dave RD Offline
                        Dave R
                        last edited by

                        The group you created as a guide is getting in the way of letting the tool work properly.

                        I copied the top edge of the cylinder down to give me a base line for the arcs and set a few guidelines to locate the ends of the arcs. The Arc on Surface tool works just fine.
                        Click to animate

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                          applemango85
                          last edited by

                          think that my guides were drawn wrong so I redraw I but now I have the problem that the ellipses round is made up of many little lines not the one line which is a tad of a problem when trying to use jointpushpull on the cylinder surface

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                            applemango85
                            last edited by

                            thank you dave - ill see if that works now

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                            • Dave RD Offline
                              Dave R
                              last edited by

                              It's hard to tell what you have going on now without seeing the file.

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                                applemango85
                                last edited by

                                well I'm getting a solid line but my arc isn't happening - its either a mess or something like the attachment


                                tools on surface.pdf

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                                  applemango85
                                  last edited by

                                  oh my goodness, I think I got it to work - I deleted a few of the guidelines and zoomed out - not the prettiest looking object but it does the job

                                  thank you for sparing the time to help

                                  the key seems to be to note where the blue/purple dots appear and keep guides to a minimum


                                  test 1.skp

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                                  • Dave RD Offline
                                    Dave R
                                    last edited by

                                    Good for you. If you use the inferencing tools you really shouldn't need much in the way of guides.

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                                      aofaofaof
                                      last edited by

                                      thanks

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                                        tonamu
                                        last edited by

                                        Hi
                                        Thanks for share.
                                        tonamu

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                                          fredo6
                                          last edited by

                                          NEW RELEASE: Tools on Surface 2.3a- 06 Oct 17

                                          This maintenance release is required for:

                                          • the support of usernames with non-ascii characters
                                          • the compatibility for High Sierra for Mac users
                                          • the support for hi-resolution screens
                                          • the certification for SU2017

                                          You will need to migrate to LibFredo6 7.7g or higher

                                          Please see main post for download

                                          Fredo

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                                            rv1974
                                            last edited by

                                            Fredo would it be hard to add fillet tool please?

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