[Plugin] CleanUp

thomthom

hi ,, i download cleanup up plugin but it's not working ???

Need a lot more info than that. Error messages? Result not what you expected? No menus?

thomthom

I just need clean faces. With how the model now is it had all kinds of holes and gaps in the faces.

That looks to be due to poor geometry in the model. Not something that can automatically fixed. When I opened the DWG in AutoCAD I got a warning I'd never seen before, it'd encountered 30 errors and wanted to abort loading the file.

tomot

I created a simple cube greeble ruby a while ago that draws an array of cubes in xy, xz, yz, or xyz planes. My idea was to carve out cubes from these arrays to create other 3d objects, retaining the basic cube module, much like the Voxel idea. Attached is 3d object file.

I ran Cleanup on this file. but it was unable to delete the redundant interior faces.
In addition is Cleanup able to remove the unnecessary exterior cube lines while retaining the integrity of the 3d object?

Hilbert.skp

thomthom

Cleanup does not remove internal faces. It's a very difficult thing to do - determining what is "inside" from code. Look at TIGs list of plugins, he have at least one that does that job.

@tomot said:

In addition is Cleanup able to remove the unnecessary exterior cube lines while retaining the integrity of the 3d object?

"unnecessary exterior cube lines" - you mean like mending a set of colinear edges into a single edge? That is can do.

Piratestef

@thomthom said:

@piratestef said:

I just need clean faces. With how the model now is it had all kinds of holes and gaps in the faces.

That looks to be due to poor geometry in the model. Not something that can automatically fixed. When I opened the DWG in AutoCAD I got a warning I'd never seen before, it'd encountered 30 errors and wanted to abort loading the file.

Thanks for the help, I was working on a Solidworks file and wanted it as an sketchup file. So I made it a .dwg and there is the result.

Do you know a way to get a solidworks model into a sketchup file?

thomthom

Afraid not, I've not used Solidworks - don't know it's export capabilities.

thomthom

Have you looked at TIGs tools?

thomthom

Solid Solver and Fix Solid should both do it - at least they where made to do so. Perhaps you have an edge case there.

voljanko

@tomot said:

I created a simple cube greeble ruby a while ago that draws an array of cubes in xy, xz, yz, or xyz planes. My idea was to carve out cubes from these arrays to create other 3d objects, retaining the basic cube module, much like the Voxel idea. Attached is 3d object file.

I ran Cleanup on this file. but it was unable to delete the redundant interior faces.
In addition is Cleanup able to remove the unnecessary exterior cube lines while retaining the integrity of the 3d object?

Hello,
I have checked the model it with SuSolid plugin and fixed the model with 1 button.
David

olishea

@tomot said:

none of them perform interior face removal

Have you tried Remove Inner Faces plugin?!

tomot

@voljanko said:

Hello,
I have checked the model it with SuSolid plugin and fixed the model with 1 button.
David

OK!..... please attach my file with you 1 button fix

tomot

@olishea said:

Have you tried Remove Inner Faces plugin?!

Where? there is no such name when searching at this forum or at the ruby library depot.

thomthom

You find all of them in the Plugin Index: http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=250026 (Resources > Plugins)

voljanko

@tomot said:

OK!..... please attach my file with you 1 button fix

No problem

Hilbert_all_solids.skp

tomot

@thomthom said:

You find all of them in the Plugin Index: http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=250026 (Resources > Plugins)

Yes I included that thread also, visually I did not find anything.

thomthom

Use the browser's search feature to quickly find things. (Often F3 activates it)

mitcorb

Remove Inner Faces by wikii in the Plugins Index.

tomot

@thomthom said:

Have you looked at TIGs tools?

I have, in fact I have been trying to compile a Rubies folder on this subject, which is far from complete. Here is what I have so far.

TIG solid solver
TT cleanup
Fix solid
ky delete Interior faces
wikii remove Inner Faces
none of them perform interior face removal

tomot

@mitcorb said:

Remove Inner Faces by wikii in the Plugins Index.

Thanks! it was the first one I tried a while ago, it also did not meet the test.
I added to my list, in the event someone else is searching this subject.

mitcorb

Actually, olishea said it first. I was just clarifying who what the when where and how.