Application needed

mtizdall · 13 Mar 2011, 19:45

Hi SketchUcation community,

I am looking for an application which will allow me to wrap the 2D shape to the 3D shape featured here. It would be great if I could choose where I positioned the profile on the mould before it was shaped.

Anyone have any thoughts on how to do this?

Cheers,

Mark

2D shape to 3D shape.skp

TIG · 13 Mar 2011, 20:15

The built-in Sandbox tool 'Drape' will do it... BUT first scale up everything x10 so that it works - very small resultant faces will fail as they are below the minimum size that SUP/OpenGL can process... and you can scale back down x).1 afterwards without loss of data...
Place the grouped 'draper' face above the 'drapee' surface [adjustable using axis locks, snaps etc] and then pick them in turn - the tool 'drapes' the form over the surface...2D shape to 3D shape.skp

mtizdall · 13 Mar 2011, 21:45

Hi TIG,

Thanks for the tip, that definitely looks like the application I am looking for.

However, I am having a bit of trouble getting the last step completed. If you see the attached file, I can get the C-Drape on the mold, but I can't figure out how you got the profile to mesh with the points...?

mark

2D shape to 3D shape.skp

TIG · 15 Mar 2011, 20:03

You need to Scale everything up x10 and afterwards down x0.1,
Sketchup and OpenGL can't cope with the small faces that result in such a small object intersection and so nothing gets made...