Compound Curve

jkrav1

Hello...This is my first post. Been using SketchUp for a while now and typically when I hit a challenge, I usually can mess around long enough to figure it out, but this one has taken more time than I'm embarrassed to admit!

I'm trying to combine the 2 curves depicted in the attached images into 1 piece. That attached shows the original piece with no curves, then the first curve and then the second. I've tried everything in my wheelhouse and nothing. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.

Dave R

I wuold start with the board as in the background, draw the arc on the far edge, select the top and front edges, get the Follow Me tool, and click on the face inside the arc.

Rich O Brien

You could also use Solid Tools > Subtract and make some cutters to carve away....

1 - is 2 separate cutters

2 - single cutter

Just make sure your cutters are solid/manifold.

jkrav1

Solid Tools > Subtract for the Win!!!

Thank you, Rich!!

panixia

I know this was already solved, but I would say that in this kind of situation (when you already have the 2 objects) I usually prefer to use Split.. so you don't have to draw the cutters just for the sake of doing the boolean and you end up with less total clicks.
Nobody loves Split.. I do.

Rich O Brien

@unknownuser said:

Nobody loves Split.. I do.

Variety is the spice of life.

I tend to stick primarily with ADD or SUBTRACT for boolean ops as I have them as shortcut keys. If I want to TRIM I just copy the cutter to memory buffer before the boolean. CTRL+V will bring it back.

SPLIT is not something I use as often as ADD/SUBTRACT

panixia

@rich o brien said:

I have them as shortcut keys. If I want to TRIM I just copy the cutter to memory buffer before the boolean. CTRL+V will bring it back.

That's the key point.. I'm a "toolbar man" can't remember that many button, I have really bad memory.
But I have custom toolbars set up, so I can keep a compact group of just 3 buttons: add, group-add and split (from BoolTools2).
I always feel that split is the most versatile "subtractive" boolean.
Your point about trim is valid, but what if you need intersect?
Split may serve as subtract, intersect and trim and takes a single button on my toolbars.

But.. probably the real reason why I prefer Split is that, for the kind of models I mainly do for work, I barely use booleans. They tend to create unsuitable topology..
I use booleans mostly when I do hobby projects to build something out of wood.
I don't want to waste wood, so with Split I can more easily keep track of the leftovers and scraps to do this kind of stuff.