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    • charly2008C Offline
      charly2008
      last edited by

      Hi to All,

      When I designed this hull I gave it a thickness. Now I just need only the outer surface (for the quad face tool). Is there an easy way to select all the inner edges and surfaces or do I have to delete them all manually. Any help would be appreciated.

      Charly


      2011-10-11_150453.jpg

      He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        Smooth it so only the outer edges are left with Hidden Geometry OFF.
        Select the surface to go and press delete.
        Then Select all and then hold Ctrl+Shift and double-click the required surface - it and its edges are deselected.
        Press delete again - now you should have just the surface you want...
        If you have inner partitions your stuffed!
        If you made it with JPP you can select settings to not make any inner partitions and make a proper 'solid' ??

        TIG

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        • K Offline
          Khai
          last edited by

          I'd soften edges that make up the Inner and Outer faces using the CTRL+Eraser. then I'd select each smoothed face and make them a group and hide them, leaving the inner faces, lasso them and then delete those, unhide the groups and explode...

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          • GaieusG Offline
            Gaieus
            last edited by

            Something like this?

            http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=28087

            Gai...

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            • charly2008C Offline
              charly2008
              last edited by

              Hi,

              thank you all for the help. The process took me busy for longer than expected.

              Charly

              He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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              • TIGT Offline
                TIG Moderator
                last edited by

                Too late the hero... 😮
                I've just completed a solid making tool 'SolidSolver' [ http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=359994#p359994 ] that would have been useful to remove the internal partitions - leaving you to just erase the large unwanted surfaces afterwards...
                Bear it in mind for next time... 😕

                TIG

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                • charly2008C Offline
                  charly2008
                  last edited by

                  Hi TIG,
                  thanks for the tip.

                  @tig said:

                  Bear it in mind for next time... 😕

                  That's the big problem! Often you can't remember on the name of the corresponding plugin. I think many of us will have the same problem. I have to create a list with small notes for the plugins that are used less frequently.

                  Charly

                  He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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