Closet disassembly
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Hi all,
I've made a closet in SketchUp. I made it with rectangles push/pulled to the right thickness (=panels). So it's very close how it will be constructed in reality. But now I need to disassemble the closet in some way so that I have an overview of all panels in the closet. This is the input for my carpenter. Anyone an idea how to do this?
PS: I know you can generate a report with all sizes but this is not sufficient because I need mark which sides of the panel need to be finished with a plastic border. (The sides visible need a plastic border, the others not)Thanks!
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If I understand what you're asking, you just need the ability to move the panels around without taking either the whole cabinet or just one face with it, yes? If so, the simplest thing it would seem to me (depending on how complex you've made this yet) is to select all of the component lines and faces on each panel, right-click, and "Make Group." Then you can move and rotate each element as if it were a solid object, rather than a collection of lines and faces. (If that makes sense.) You would need to be careful that you select all of the elements of each panel, and none of any other panel when you make your group, though.
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Tintin, you did not mention but did you make these panes into components (or at least groups as Alex suggests)?
If yes, here is a plugin that can move them apart into a very pleasing way:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=24390 -
tintin, I do this with nearly every piece of furniture I draw. As has already been said, make each part a group or component so they don't stick together. Then you can move them as needed.
For my work flow, I use components exclusively and I copy the entire model off to one side a little ways. I can then make an exploded view while keeping the assembled version of the model. One of the reasons I only use components is so that if I need to edit the model after making all the various views I need, I can edit the assembled version and all the editing carries through to the exploded version. If I were to use groups instead, I would then have to fix all the copies to make them the same.
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Thanks guys for the quick responses...
Well, I made each panel a group so they don't stick together.
Gaieus: This is spot on! This is the plugin I was looking for. There's only one thing I will have to do manually: the panels are actually 2D (the third dimension, thickness, is not important. It's always 18mm) so I need to rotate the panels that are perpendicular to the front view manually but that I can handle. This way I can make an easy-to-interpret printout.
Dave R: This exploded view, do you make it manually or do you use a plugin like the one Gaieus suggests?Cheers!
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That's I believe the same plugin.
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Although I have two different plugins to make exploded views, I do them manually. I find I need to tweak the positions of the parts enough anyway that there's no benefit to having a plugin move the parts in the first place. Here's another example of an exploded view. As you can see, some of the sub-assemblies don't need to be exploded and some things need to be only partially exploded to show the required detail.
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