Faces from edges?
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hi all,
i was amazed by sketchup since few weeks, and thanks to you, my drawings were more simply to make and detailed with the plugins i've found here. today morning i faced some real challange, where i have many doubt about my skills. i'm not pro, but i decided to make a difficult project, what i'd like to use as my first woodworking project for my almost ready homemade CNC machine. so it should be double experience on a really new field.
i understand many of the geometry of this software, but my main problem is: i'm not able make faces from edges somewhere really deep in my drawing, however these tiny details are really important. for those, who'd like to have a look, i attach my SKP file. i've all of my hope in you, please share the secret. where i was wrong?many thanks:
pet
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Oops, I think you forgot to attach the file...another option that may be easier is to post some pictures of the problem areas.
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@d12dozr said:
Oops, I think you forgot to attach the file...another option that may be easier is to post some pictures of the problem areas.
yes, i forgot, but i fixed it already. i hope now its ok.
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Ok, Sketchup cannot make faces smaller than about 2mm (1/16 in)...workaround is to scale it up 10 or 100x to model, then scale back down when you are done.
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You have made a relatively complex [many faces and edges] but a relatively small object. SUp [OpenGL] cannot cope with very small dimensions so if you have a multi-segment curve and want to do perhaps a FollowMe around it then some resultant faces might be v e r y small and they'll not get made !
The trick with small stuff is to model bigger and then scale down...
So lets say you are modelling in millimeters, you already have some stuff made - select all and use Scale x1000. Change the Models units to meters in Model Info [omit the unit suffix 'm', so as not to confuse you]. Continue modelling in meters but entering dimensions as if you were in mm 100 = 100m but think in mm ! When you are done select all and then Scale x0.001 and change your units back to mm...
All of the small faces etc will be made and kept after re-scaling... You can now continue modelling in mm for the bigger stuff - e.g. the car v the steering-wheel !
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thanks, that sounds useful. at the other hand let me ask you if am i doing it the right way? this will be a wood pattern to our foundry, so its far not ready. tomorrow i will post a photo of an original old wood pattern, you can see then what i should do with this.
anyway, thanks for the fast reply! -
here are the pictures of my molding pattern, what i'd like to remake with sketchup. this also has a negative. any ideas how do i need really exact opposite side with the same dimensions? i think this will be the next difficult step for me.
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@petrence said:
here are the pictures of my molding pattern, what i'd like to remake with sketchup. this also has a negative. any ideas how do i need really exact opposite side with the same dimensions? i think this will be the next difficult step for me.
Think you are looking for a mirror image. Use the scale tool and scale at -1. If you first do a copy , then the mirror and then paste in place you have the two.
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