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    Cut top off an egg

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      SketchUpNoobie
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      Wow. Your method is a lot simpler. 😳

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      • Dave RD
        Dave R
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        FWIW, based on John's tut, when drawing the egg, you could skip the steps for adding the inside face of the shell since it'll get deleted later. If you draw the circle for the Follow Me path above or below the profile, you can skip step 8 because the edges won't be there to soften/smooth. As an alternative, you could also draw the circle for the path where you have it but make the radius larger and then delete that circles's face. Since the profile won't be sweeping through a face, there'll by no edge created.

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          SketchUpNoobie
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          @unknownuser said:

          If you draw the circle for the Follow Me path above or below the profile, you can skip step 8 because the edges won't be there to soften/smooth.

          Ya, I realized I could have brought the circle down to prevent unwanted lines.

          @unknownuser said:

          when drawing the egg, you could skip the steps for adding the inside face of the shell since it'll get deleted later.

          The reason I gave it thickness was so I could "follow me" it. You can't "follow me" a series of lines. Could you explain this?

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            SketchUpNoobie
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            @dave r said:

            You can run Follow Me on the elliptical profile you made from stretching the vertical circle.

            😲

            Ummm, could I have a visual please?

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            • Dave RD
              Dave R
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              You can run Follow Me on the elliptical profile you made from stretching the vertical circle.

              Lop the top of ahead of time if you wish or do whatever you want to the top edge make the break line. The method shown with the cutting plane is good and quick.


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                SketchUpNoobie
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                Oooohhhh. I see what you mean. Then delete the top to create a hollow eggshell. Right?

                Edit: Alright, the picture is up now. Thanks. πŸ˜„

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                • Dave RD
                  Dave R
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                  @unknownuser said:

                  Oooohhhh. I see what you mean. Then delete the top to create a hollow eggshell. Right?

                  Yup.

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                  • BoxB
                    Box
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                    Seems to me the easiest way is, create the Egg, turn on hidden geometry, draw the zigzag line you want and away you go.


                    Egg.JPG

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                    • Dave RD
                      Dave R
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                      I'd like mine hard boiled, please. πŸ˜„

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                      • soloS
                        solo
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                        Okay, now do the chick inside.

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                        • BoxB
                          Box
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                          With pleasure.

                          http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s296/storeben/Chick.gif

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                          • massimoM
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                            🀣

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                            • soloS
                              solo
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                              🀣

                              Show the wires now... πŸ’š

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                              • BoxB
                                Box
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                                Love to, but have important appointment at the Pub.

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                                • Rich O BrienR
                                  Rich O Brien Moderator
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                                  Great place to meet chicks

                                  Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                                  • Jean LemireJ
                                    Jean Lemire
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                                    Hi folks.

                                    See this SU file for ideas. I made it with SU 4, when Scenes where named Page as an other tutorial on how to draw an oval or "Ove" in French. This is more egg shape than a circle scaled as an ellipse, although it is possible to make an egg shape by scaling only part of a circle. I just added a few scenes to show a possibility with basic tools.


                                    Broken egg.skp

                                    Jean (Johnny) Lemire from Repentigny, Quebec, Canada.

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