Push-pull?

Gaieus · 28 Mar 2008, 08:52

Hi Molly,

If the two faces of the wall are exactly parallel, the P/P tool should stop at the opposite face and cut a hole. If they are not parallel however, what you experience will happen.

To quick check the issue, go to the Stly dialogue > In model > Edit tab > edge settings (the first little icon) and set the line colour to disply by axis. Now you can see whether your lines are parallel or not.

princess · 2 Apr 2008, 07:17

Hi Gaieus
Thanks for the tip. However;
The window does not work but the door does. This is consistent whatever I do. All faces are parallel.
Thanks again,
Molly

I've also altered my preferences to alert me when someone posts a reply but this is not working. Any ideas?

Gaieus · 2 Apr 2008, 07:27

Hi Molly,

A simple skp file would be good to have a look at. Sometimes there are small inaccuracies in SU that are not very apparent (even the axes show right) but can cause problems.

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Pagan · 2 Apr 2008, 08:38

Hi there,try this...

http://www.speedyshare.com/129974256.html

Small video demonstration of two way's using push-poll...

princess · 3 Apr 2008, 05:28

Hi Pagan
Thanks but my computer cannot download this film, despite my adding plugins. Is it on YouTube by any chance?
Molly

GreyHead · 3 Apr 2008, 06:57

Here's a flash version of Pagan's tutorial:
[flash=640,498:2buh0qp4]http://greyhead.net/files/su/push-pull/push-pull.swf[/flash:2buh0qp4]

princess · 3 Apr 2008, 07:14

Thank you but can someone explain why the second opening took more work? Why did it not work as easily as the first one?

Molly

pilou · 3 Apr 2008, 07:29

Why don't post your file here?
with the 2 states before and after
So people who have a Mac can make test

princess · 3 Apr 2008, 07:45

Thank you GreyHead. All is explained! Works fine now. This shows how important it is to observe the clues from the inference engine.

Molly

GreyHead · 3 Apr 2008, 08:07

Because in the first one he stopped the push-pull when the SketchUp inference told him that he was exactly aligned with the back face. See the little blue square, the tool-tip and the dotted line here - all are clues - but they come and go quickly if you move too fast.

Bob

Alan Fraser · 3 Apr 2008, 16:41

Another thing to take note of is the fact that the P/P tool remembers how far it went last time. This means that if you have a number of holes to punch through a wall, you only need to get the first one correct....all the others can be done automatically; simply by double-clicking on them with the P/P tool.
It's also a useful trick when pulling up surfaces that have a regular height difference...like steps.