Using geometry to erase geometry?
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So I've imported two .stl files because one includes the other and will print as a solid object instead of a base and lid respectively (See attached screenshot). I need to remove the base from the combination model and I was wondering if there was an alternative way to doing it than selecting (or box selecting) individual lines and erasing them that way. I'm using SketchUp Make 2017 (not pro).
I tried the "Intersect with Faces" trick to no avail. I'd like to be able to use the base (left) as a template to delete identical geometry in the total model (right) to leave just the lid and some cleanup.
Thoughts? Plugins?
Thanks in advance,
Octo
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Try Bool Tools 2. It's $20.
BoolTools 2
Designed with 3D Printing in mind, BooTools 2 outperforms the SketchUp solid tools in nearly every way. Even works with nested solids!
mind.sight.studios (mindsightstudios.com)
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@rich o brien said:
Try Bool Tools 2. It's $20.
BoolTools 2
Designed with 3D Printing in mind, BooTools 2 outperforms the SketchUp solid tools in nearly every way. Even works with nested solids!
mind.sight.studios (mindsightstudios.com)
Isn't that a pro only extension?
Similar functionality is available in the pro version's boolean tools. Also Eneroth has a similar extension, but I think it is pro only a well.
Be it as it may, Bool Tools 2 is what I have installed as well, no faulting the recommendation...
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you can use a copy of raw geometry to remove it...
click image to see the gif...
john
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I don't know if it is Pro only?
I haven't used SketchUp free in a long time. I don't even know what the difference is anymore?
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Dale's BoolTools2 works in newer Pro and Make, and it offers a better Boolean experience for all users for a modest fee...
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