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    Holes in a cylinder

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    • L Offline
      Leggie
      last edited by

      Ok thanks

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        Box
        last edited by

        If you work out the logic of the shape you can just use arrays.
        Here I roughly worked out the number of segments needed then created one hole and made two arrays.
        This hole is 1.5mm radius and the face is a 5mm square, and the cylinder is 142mm radius with 168 segments. It's not accurate, you need the correct circumference then divide by the 5mm centers, to get the true number of segments. I just did this by eye.
        That was my guess from your info.
        If you need thickness then I would make the hole with two faces in a wedge format.

        https://i.imgur.com/YeGCYXb.gif

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          Leggie
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          Hi I managed to draw it by taking one segment of the circle (80 segments), pulling it up to the length and cutting the holes in that
          50 holes per segment
          Then I copied and rotated it 80 times, so now we have 4000 holes
          It was scaled up x10, I tried to scale it back down but got the spinning beach ball and it just froze up
          Any idea how to clean it up

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            Box
            last edited by

            Use the bare minimum of segments for your holes.

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              Leggy
              last edited by

              the file is too big to send

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              • BoxB Offline
                Box
                last edited by

                I'm not sure why you want to send it.
                Just start again and use fewer segments in the circles for the holes, and be patient, doing anything with 4000 holes can take time.
                And I'm off to bed.

                By the way, how many users accounts do you have?

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                • L Offline
                  Leggie
                  last edited by

                  I’m on the minimum
                  Only one account

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                  • BoxB Offline
                    Box
                    last edited by

                    What is the minimum?

                    How can you only have one and yet you are leggie in one post and leggy in another.

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                      pbacot
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                      @box said:

                      anything with 4000 holes can take time.
                      And I'm off to bed.

                      As they found out in Blackburn, Lancashire.

                      MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                        Leggy
                        last edited by

                        I signed into my iPad and forgot which way it was spelt
                        24 segments

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                          Dave R
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                          @pbacot said:

                          As they found out in Blackburn, Lancashire.

                          Fortunately I'd finished my coffee before reading that.

                          Etaoin Shrdlu

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                            Box
                            last edited by

                            24 is the default not the minimum. You could use as few as 8 and still have the appearance of a smooth circle. The minimum is 3.

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                              GD3Design
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                              @pbacot said:

                              @box said:

                              anything with 4000 holes can take time.
                              And I'm off to bed.

                              As they found out in Blackburn, Lancashire.
                              🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

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                                Box
                                last edited by

                                Just to keep you all happy.


                                Holly beatles.jpg

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                                  slbaumgartner
                                  last edited by

                                  Good thing the holes were very small!

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