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    • A Offline
      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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        • A Offline
          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
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                      thanks

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                        tonamu
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                        Hi
                        Thanks for share.
                        tonamu

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                        • fredo6F Offline
                          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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                              fredo6
                              last edited by

                              @rv1974 said:

                              Fredo would it be hard to add fillet tool please?

                              What do you mean?
                              This is a set of tools "on Surface".

                              Fredo

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                                rv1974
                                last edited by

                                I mean fillet on 3d surface. See attached:
                                Say you have AB and CD lines. The red fillet connectig AB abd CD is demanded.


                                fil.skp

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                                  rv1974
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                                  Street - underground parking ramp junction. Example from real life (VERY common an tedious task).


                                  ca.skp

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                                    fredo6
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                                    @rv1974

                                    Somehow, you are asking if I could implement teh equivalent of BezierSpline 'on surface', of which the filetting is just one tool.

                                    That's probably possible, but non trivial.

                                    Actually the real difficulty with TOS is to handle the sharp changes in surface, because this is where directions may change abruptly. If everything was on a smooth surfce it would be simpler.

                                    I'll think about it.

                                    Fredo

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                                      rv1974
                                      last edited by

                                      I'd gladly use this 3d fillet on more or less 'calm' surfaces and get an error report on sharp ones. no problem.

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                                        Einstein
                                        last edited by

                                        Hi!

                                        As you can see in the screenshot, I selected two neighbouring surfaces. Offset on Surface creates one big offset for them both, together. I was thinking, if it's possible that offsets would be created separately, independently for each surface?


                                        Offset on Surface.png

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                                          fredo6
                                          last edited by

                                          @einstein said:

                                          Hi!

                                          As you can see in the screenshot, I selected two neighbouring surfaces. Offset on Surface creates one big offset for them both, together. I was thinking, if it's possible that offsets would be created separately, independently for each surface?

                                          Why don't you select each face for individual offset?

                                          Fredo

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                                            Einstein
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                                            @fredo6 said:

                                            Why don't you select each face for individual offset?
                                            Fredo

                                            Because in another model I have tones of surfaces to offset and selecting them one by one would be haaard.

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