How to stick an object to another ?
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Awesome! Glad you could get the component worked out.
I'll try to answer your two questions...how to fusion 2 pots togheter ?
- Now that your pots are components you can weld them together by making them snap together according to the surfaces/angles you want welded. Then you have to explode both components and re-component them together again. After that, double-click the welded component and deleted the inside face that was joined in the middle. You could also delete that face before they were exploded, either way works.
I would use Sketchup 8 and try the "Outer Shell" tool which does the exact same thing. Welds two solids together. Its kinda finiky because both objects have to be absolute solid which means no lines or faces inside them, but then you select both and click the "Outer Shell" tool.
how to put all pots in the right straight line with a 'help point' for be 100% straight to the wall edges (100% parallele)
I explained it earlier in my step-by-step instructions how to copy with the "Move" tool, just make sure your building/wall is perfectly straight according to the Red or Green axis and Ctrl+M then type the distance on the numpad & hit Enter. Immediately after that type the number of copied objects, Press "X" and then "Enter" again. Sketchup should copy all of them in a straight line.
I use this all the time and it works great! - Now that your pots are components you can weld them together by making them snap together according to the surfaces/angles you want welded. Then you have to explode both components and re-component them together again. After that, double-click the welded component and deleted the inside face that was joined in the middle. You could also delete that face before they were exploded, either way works.
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Aligning the axes is not that very difficult if you have a little routine. Ideally I always make the component in a very early stage - when it is only 2D so axis alignment is pretty easy (the gluing plane is already given).
You could have used my component but it's better that you made (could make) yours as learning the how-to's is the most important.
I do not really understand what you mean by fusing the components together (unless it is what Booman understands).
You will need to learn linear arrays as he says. Basically you can do it in two ways; Copy-Moving the second component to the place where the next should be and typing x5 (for instance) to add four more than that first copy or copy-moving the component to the place of the last button first and typing /5 to do the same.
you can do the same with the rotate tool to make radial arrays:
http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=94896Here is what can be entered into the Measurement box (or "VCB"):
http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=151558 -
Ah, linear arrays... thats what I meant.
I thought you had to do the number first then the "x"
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I think it works both ways (and also with the * character instead of the x)
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ok, thanks for all your complete explanations and infos
I will try all that and reask you question if I have some
see you later
thanks again ; ) -
Not a problem. Thank you for coming back!
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