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      BarrySumpter
      last edited by

      Fold objects together or snap faces?

      Star Point.skp

      Hello all,

      Great support forum.

      I’m creating a Star Shaped Fruit Bowel.

      I’ve designed it in sketchup over hours n hours.

      I’m now ready to design Crosscut Sleds to produce the points.

      I’ve got left side on one point and the right side of the same point.

      To test all my angles I need to put them together.

      I want to join or fold together, the left and right side.

      I’m hoping there is a way to maybe snap the two faces together.

      Thanks in advance.

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      • Rich O BrienR Offline
        Rich O Brien Moderator
        last edited by

        Did you try SketchUp's native Snap points?

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          BarrySumpter
          last edited by BarrySumpter

          Hi Rich,
          Thanks heaps for taking the time to post that.
          Regrettably, Sketchup 2021 pro does not have the snap faces.

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            BarrySumpter
            last edited by BarrySumpter

            Hi Rich,
            Any chance you could use that snap for the other 4 points like this:
            Star Result.jpg
            No insult intended.
            I'm trying to see how off the finished star is.
            You can see that last snap (Labeled Right) is off.
            Lets say my 2mm if perfectly joined with the other 4 points.
            But I can't get the points left and right in Sketchup.
            So if they are already off on the first snap then multiplied by 10 to get the total discrepency.

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            • Rich O BrienR Offline
              Rich O Brien Moderator
              last edited by

              No insult taken. I can understand the frustration. The smallest error in modelling will compound over time as you array objects.

              It might be better to adjust the modelling approach if you are struggling to align objects.

              I did use Snaps and I get a misalignment at the end too.

              image.png

              🔻 Download star-point[rich].skp

              So it would seem there is a small flaw in the modelling.

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              • Rich O BrienR Offline
                Rich O Brien Moderator
                last edited by

                Edit the group and right click and choose Make Snaps

                Here's a SKP file with Snaps at each corner.

                star-point[rich-snaps].skp

                To fully understand you would need to review the help docs I linked to earlier.

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                  BarrySumpter @Rich O Brien
                  last edited by BarrySumpter

                  @Rich-O-Brien
                  Thanks again rich.
                  Those docs are out of date for 2025.
                  Having a look now at your example.
                  After click on the point where I want the snap.
                  It shifts to something similar to Axis tool.
                  Then it shifts to something similar to the protractor tool.

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                  • Rich O BrienR Offline
                    Rich O Brien Moderator
                    last edited by

                    Yeah, so the CTRL key toggle from place to edit to erase. The behaviour itself is a little flaky because you need to move mouse off of a Snap to get the toggle to work.

                    It won't toggle for me if I hover a Snap and hit CTRL

                    But the basics is to place your Snap, orientate it appropiately and then place a Snap on the other object orientated in the same manner.

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                    That way when you use the Move tool to grab the objects Snap it will snap to the other object's Snap orientation.

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                    • Rich O BrienR Offline
                      Rich O Brien Moderator
                      last edited by

                      The initial Snap placement requires a double left click. So make sure your Snap is perpendicular to the face then double click to place it.

                      If you single click you then get it placed but it expects you to then orientate it. That can cause you to get disturbed by SketchUp's inferencing engine.

                      It's a little tricky to get the workflow but with practice it becomes relatively easy.

                      Personally, I'd tackle this Star Shape differently. Especially if you have exact dimensions. But everyone does things differently.

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                        BarrySumpter
                        last edited by BarrySumpter

                        the snap cursor needs the shift key to maintain its orientation.

                        I just clicked the first time to set the spot.
                        Then click twice more to set whatever it was asking for.

                        Then it would let me move the snap over to the other and orient correctly.

                        I'm sure it was just lucky.

                        Yep, just lucky. Can't reproduce.

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                          BarrySumpter
                          last edited by BarrySumpter

                          When you first started on my original skp file,
                          did you change the Axes before assigning Snaps?
                          I can only get the cubes to snap if they are on one of the axes.

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                          • Rich O BrienR Offline
                            Rich O Brien Moderator
                            last edited by

                            I didn't change anything in the model other than use a single piece.

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