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    • D Offline
      driven
      last edited by

      oops...2D

      Fredo's Bz tools give you a right-click, select, convert to Polyline arc corners...

      works on 2D

      john

      learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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      • Jean LemireJ Offline
        Jean Lemire
        last edited by

        Hi Merlin 7777777, hi folks.

        See this SU file for ideas.


        Rectangle with rounded corners.skp

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

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        • M Offline
          merlin7777777
          last edited by

          thanks for this driven. It looks like a useful tool but in this case an arc will give me the corner I need.

          I just wondered if there was a way to draw the rectangle with rounded corners in the first place?

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          • M Offline
            merlin7777777
            last edited by

            @jean lemire said:

            Hi Merlin 7777777, hi folks.

            See this SU file for ideas.

            Thanks for this - it's shown me several useful things. Please could you explain the smoothing part at the end for me - don't quite understand.

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            • Rich O BrienR Offline
              Rich O Brien Moderator
              last edited by

              Another method...

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                merlin7777777
                last edited by

                that's a really nifty approach.

                Thanks for everyone's help on this topic.

                I have to say, though, that for such a sophisticated drawing package it still seems strange to me that it can't do something that the most basic MS office program can do with it's drawing tools!

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                • Dave RD Offline
                  Dave R
                  last edited by

                  I would guess that any of the resident Ruby wizards could write a plugin to draw rectangles with round corners. Perhaps the tool could be selected and run like the native Rectangle tool The VCB could be activated to take the dimensions in the format of x,y,r in the current model units.

                  An alternative that might work out for you if you have to do a lot of rectangles with rounded corners is to make one and save it as a component. It could then be brought in and modified with the native tools to suit the current application. Of course using TIG's 2D tools to make the rounded corners is pretty fast and painless, too.

                  Etaoin Shrdlu

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                  • pilouP Offline
                    pilou
                    last edited by

                    You have a plug by Tig very practical for this! πŸ˜‰
                    I believe its inside 2D Tools! (a must to have) 😎
                    2D Tools (2D Fillet)

                    Menu Draw / 2D Tools / 2D Fillet
                    ALT = Fillet / Chamfer
                    you can enter any angle value in direct!
                    if you enter "13s" + Enter you will have 13 Segments inside the fillet! (18 by default)
                    must be typed before the first click (3s is the minimum number)
                    Have fun fillets πŸ˜‰

                    http://www.3dsaloon.fr/phpbb3/download/file.php?id=992

                    tig2dfillet.jpg

                    Frenchy Pilou
                    Is beautiful that please without concept!
                    My Little site :)

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                    • pilouP Offline
                      pilou
                      last edited by

                      @unknownuser said:

                      the most basic MS office program can do with it's drawing tools!

                      Yes but there is only one value angle πŸ˜„

                      Frenchy Pilou
                      Is beautiful that please without concept!
                      My Little site :)

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                      • honoluludesktopH Offline
                        honoluludesktop
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                        @merlin7777777 said:

                        ......I have to say, though, that for such a sophisticated drawing package it still seems strange to me that it can't do something that the most basic MS office program can do with it's drawing tools!

                        Keep in mind that SketchUp is a tool that was originally designed to build Architectural models, not to make 2d drawings.

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                        • Dave RD Offline
                          Dave R
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                          @honoluludesktop said:

                          @merlin7777777 said:

                          ......I have to say, though, that for such a sophisticated drawing package it still seems strange to me that it can't do something that the most basic MS office program can do with it's drawing tools!

                          Keep in mind that SketchUp is a tool that was originally designed to build Architectural models, not to make 2d drawings.

                          Actually to sketch them.

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                          • sdmitchS Offline
                            sdmitch
                            last edited by

                            The plugin Fillet Tool does exactly what you want.

                            http://rhin.crai.archi.fr/rld/plugin_details.php?id=146

                            Nothing is worthless, it can always be used as a bad example.

                            http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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