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      mcat
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      how fill shape?
      now I can draw line between two points and shape is filled but
      this dont work every time

      Forgive my ponglish...

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      • GaieusG Offline
        Gaieus
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        Hi Mcat,

        There are two conditions for lines to fill a shape:

        1. They have to form a closed loop (i.e. there cannot be a "gap" between two endpoints). To make sure this happens, always use the inference engine (there will be a green point saying "endpoint") to snap to.
        2. The other condition is to have the lines "coplanar" i.e. they have to be on the exact same plane. Say you have a rectangle but it does not want to close? try drawing a diagonal line (to divide it into two triangles) and if they fill the shape, this was the mistake.
          Also you can try a little test; activate the Text tool and place a text label onto each endpoint of your shape. Without enterin anything into the text label, it will show the co-ordinates (x,y,z). Say you are trying to draw on the horizontal plane and if the last value (z=vertical) is not the same for all endpoints your shape is not coplanar.
          Another "trick" to force SU to draw on a coplanar plane is to draw a big rectangle and use it as a big drawing board. SU will tend to keep itself on the face of the rectangle (it will have a blue dot with the tooltip "on face").

        Gai...

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          mcat
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          I found script to make faces:

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          (www.smustard.com)

          Forgive my ponglish...

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