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

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          • M Offline
            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.

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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

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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
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                    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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