Push/Pull from DXF

kcummings

Befor I buy flattin I thought I would see if this problem can be resolve in SU.

Importing a DXF file. Push/pull and Paint Bucket does not work.

I work in a 2D program. So I the lines should be at zero.

Alan Fraser

It's already flat. It's just that complicated surfaces such as this are very difficult to fill. You'd be advised to download Todd's Makefaces.rb http://www.smustard.com/script/MakeFaces

That's all I used on the file.
Note: you will also need progressbar.rb

DXF.skp

remus

I managed ot get all the geometry to work properly by entering the component, selecting the outer rim and going tools->create face. I then selected the whole thing and intersected it with the model to get the middle details on the face.

There might well be a ruby out there that does this, but i dont know it.

EDIT: allan beat me to it, and good news on the ruby

kcummings

Do you have any way to now use Push/Pull on what you painted.

I usally need 1" or 2" thickness.

What is progressbar.rb?

Kasey

Alan Fraser

You will find that Push/Pull works perfectly normally on the file I posted. I haven't painted it, I have used Makefaces .rb to create a face there. The reason that you cannot use Paint or P/P on your version is that there is no face to work on. Dxf files typically import as lines-only; you need to create a face before you can do anything at all with them.

Progressbar.rb is another Ruby script which is required by Flatten.rb and certain other plugins. It places a small progress meter on the left hand side of the status bar when such Rubies are working their wonders.

kcummings

I place the two plug-ins

Make Face
Progress Bar
in this path
C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 6\Plugins

Is that correct?

Kasey

remus

Yes, thats right.