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    Tools on surface not working

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    • K Offline
      kayjay
      last edited by

      I may have found part of the problem. I went through each tool and checked out everything in each context menu and it looks like my computer has something backwards or scrambled. This is a long and a bit confusing, but here goes:

      When “Group” and “Mark With Construction Points” are being used, it says [GROUP] [CPOINT] by the "Show Instructor" button. When they are not being used, nothing is shown on the bottom.

      "Trigonometric sense" will say yes or no. It is the only one that does that shows both on my computer

      All others are the opposite and show nothing when they ARE in use, and show [NO…. when NOT in use].

      These tools: Rectangle, Polygon, Circle, Ellipse, Parallelograms, 3 Part Circle, and Arc - all have the same discrepancy with their context menus.

      With context menu item “Generate Faces”, the context menu shows:
      Generate Faces (current=Yes) -->F8
      The bottom shows: [GEN. NO FACES] and nofaces are generated.
      *******I know that an arc can’t have a face because it isn’t a closed loop, but I thought I’d mention the discrepancy

      When the context menu shows:
      Generate Faces (current=No) -->F8
      There is nothing about faces listed on the bottom and faces are generated.

      With context menu item “Generate Curves”, the context menu shows:
      Generate Curves (current=Yes) -->F8
      The bottom shows:[NO CURVES]

      When the context menu shows:
      Generate Curves (current=No) -->F9
      There is nothing about curves listed on the bottom.

      I don’t know what “Generate Curves” actually does, so I can't tell if it is working or not, but I'm assuming that when the context menu says "no" it really means yes, as with the other tools.

      The protractor only works with the Line and Sector tools
      It does, however, show in context menus of all tools, whether they are supposed to have it or not.

      There isn't anything about it by the instructor button whether it’s on or off, even with the tools it does work with. Has anyone had any problems like these?

      KJ

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      • K Offline
        Krass
        last edited by

        hello, I have a model with many polylines and the line tool doesn't work... is there a trick?I have a model with many polygons, and the line tool isn't working... is there a trick?
        It can't isolate these faces; I've also tried showing the hidden geometry. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
        tos.png

        Krass

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        • K Offline
          Krass
          last edited by

          ce serait tellement bien si ça pouvait marcher un jour....

          Krass

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

            @Krass said in Tools on surface not working:

            the line tool doesn't work

            Can you expand on this? Is it that the enclosed area is not selectable?

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            • K Offline
              Krass
              last edited by

              yes, i need to paint high poly surfaces, hard edges painting, but no way

              Krass

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              • K Offline
                Krass
                last edited by

                no this zone is not selectable as it should

                Krass

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

                  SketchUp has limitations healing edges when they are below 1mm. Are you encountering that limit?

                  If yes, scale the object 10 - 100x and try drawing.

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                  • K Offline
                    Krass
                    last edited by Rich O Brien

                    yes you are right! I forgot to scale the object... But at the end, I did it manualy

                    Krass

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                    • K Offline
                      Krass
                      last edited by

                      I enlarged it by a factor of 100, but it doesn't work.

                      Krass

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                      • K Offline
                        Krass
                        last edited by

                        Actually, it works better; I tested it elsewhere and the rectangle isolated the face well.

                        Krass

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

                          In 90% of edges not healing or holes not filling or missing it is edge size.

                          If you are importing scans it is best to x100 the scale to avoid this behaviour.

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                          • Dave RD Offline
                            Dave R
                            last edited by

                            I often work with a scale of 1000x. I can treat millmeters as meters that way.

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                            • Mike AmosM Offline
                              Mike Amos
                              last edited by

                              The simplest way to deal with many errors, imho.

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