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.

KaseyDXF.skp

[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

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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

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

Is that correct?

Kasey

[remus]

Yes, thats right.