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    Dave R
    last edited by 19 May 2017, 12:21

    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

    Etaoin Shrdlu

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      applemango85
      last edited by 19 May 2017, 12:41

      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 19 May 2017, 12:43

        thank you dave - ill see if that works now

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          Dave R
          last edited by 19 May 2017, 12:45

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

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            applemango85
            last edited by 19 May 2017, 13:02

            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 19 May 2017, 13:12

              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 R
                last edited by 19 May 2017, 13:18

                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 3 Jul 2017, 04:57

                  thanks

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                    tonamu
                    last edited by 12 Sept 2017, 19:13

                    Hi
                    Thanks for share.
                    tonamu

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                      fredo6
                      last edited by 6 Oct 2017, 12:24

                      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 4 Feb 2018, 18:15

                        Fredo would it be hard to add fillet tool please?

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                          fredo6
                          last edited by 4 Feb 2018, 21:01

                          @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 4 Feb 2018, 21:11

                            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
                              last edited by 5 Feb 2018, 07:44

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


                              ca.skp

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                                fredo6
                                last edited by 5 Feb 2018, 10:19

                                @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 5 Feb 2018, 11:49

                                  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 8 Jun 2018, 19:20

                                    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 10 Jun 2018, 20:28

                                      @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
                                        last edited by 11 Jun 2018, 04:32

                                        @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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                                          rv1974
                                          last edited by 11 Jun 2018, 05:18

                                          Use one of lattisizers and then intersect it

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