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    • pbacotP Offline
      pbacot
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      @rich o brien said:

      Circular Selection tool in Vertex Tools

      Top View > Paralell

      Select

      Kill

      I don't see how this works. All you can select is vertices and you loose the outer ring.

      Make it harder.


      ring.png


      another headache.skp

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      • pbacotP Offline
        pbacot
        last edited by

        I'm trying to learn video recording but by the time I manage one, you'll have figured it out.

        MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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        • Rich O BrienR Online
          Rich O Brien Moderator
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          @pbacot said:

          I don't see how this works. All you can select is vertices and you loose the outer ring. Make it harder.

          302 Found

          favicon

          (www.screenr.com)

          Works for me. But I did leave out some info

          If you wanna do a quick screen capture with audio or without try screenr.com

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

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          • pilouP Offline
            pilou
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            @ Roger: Valuable on a little surface and with many zoom! πŸ˜„

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

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            • pbacotP Offline
              pbacot
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              Turn off hidden geometry. By double clicking face to select face and outer edges, then shift-click (deselect) face, you choose only outer edges. Offset tool. Offset outer edges to inner ring (SU snaps to hidden edge). May have to do this twice to get a hard inner ring edge. Select all. Shift and double click outer face to deselect. Erase. Native tools.

              You don't have to buy tool (but it's REALLY worth it).

              OK Rich I see, exit the tool. Thanks, Peter

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              • pilouP Offline
                pilou
                last edited by

                16 seconds : that's a task πŸ˜‰ πŸ‘

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

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                • pilouP Offline
                  pilou
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                  Your last solution gives me another one πŸ˜‰
                  because your Offset tool seems don't snap on Outer "Vertext" or middle of segment circle! 😲 bug ?
                  just snap on the inner circle at the end 😲
                  So difficult to fit the 2 circles πŸ˜‰

                  So Top View
                  Turn off Hidden geometry
                  draw a circle from the Center to the inner cirle (you must know the number of sides circle of course πŸ˜‰
                  Double click on the disk between inner and outer circle
                  Invert selection (By TIG)
                  Erase πŸ˜„

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

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                  • pbacotP Offline
                    pbacot
                    last edited by

                    @unknownuser said:

                    Your last solution gives me another one πŸ˜‰
                    because your Offset tool seems don't snap on Outer "Vertext" or middle of segment circle! 😲 bug ?
                    just snap on the inner circle at the end 😲
                    So difficult to fit the 2 circles πŸ˜‰

                    So Top View
                    Turn off Hidden geometry
                    draw a circle from the Center to the inner cirle (you must know the number of sides circle of course πŸ˜‰
                    Double click on the disk between inner and outer circle
                    Invert selection (By TIG)
                    Erase πŸ˜„

                    Works OK for me to use the offset tool--but this is if the original ring is an exact offset. I don't try to snap anything. Just move in and it finds the snap. For some reason I had to do it twice sometimes.

                    Rich, Maybe I'll try Screenr-- it starts out by requiring me to update system software because it doesn't recognize my java. So it'll be hours.

                    OK I figured the screencast out. Not that great because I should have given audio. But my first screencast! Thanks Rich!
                    http://www.screenr.com/Hh38

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

                      @unknownuser said:

                      16 seconds : that's a task πŸ˜‰ πŸ‘

                      I went slow to see the action 😎

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

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                      • D Offline
                        driven
                        last edited by

                        I always use 'cut' >> 'paste in place' for this type of selection.

                        Select 'contours' >> 'Sanbox' from contours >> Select 'contours' [not new group] >> 'Cut' >> 'Edit' group >> 'Paste in Place' >> Select 'surface' between contours >> 'Cut' >> 'Select All' >> 'Delete' >> 'Paste in Place'.... Done

                        john

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

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                        • pilouP Offline
                          pilou
                          last edited by

                          @unknownuser said:

                          I always use 'cut' >> 'paste in place' for this type of selection.

                          A little tricky but works like a charm! πŸ‘
                          😎

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

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                          • P Offline
                            Panga
                            last edited by

                            Something a bit like what driven said..

                            Select contours...Copy it...use sand box tool...edit created terrain...paste in place contours and then delete unwanted faces is really easy as all edges are soften except the contours you pasted in place...(make sure hidden geometry not visible of course !).

                            Cheers.

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                            • pilouP Offline
                              pilou
                              last edited by

                              Seems with this last solution the erase don't works in one click! 😲
                              Some little faces stay so you must make some clicks more πŸ˜„

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

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                                driven
                                last edited by

                                Variation.....

                                Select 'contours' >> 'COPY' >> 'Sanbox' from contours >> 'Edit' group >> 'Paste in Place' >> Select 'surface' between contours >> 'Cut' >> 'Undo' >> 'Undo' >> 'Undo' >> 'Paste in Place'.... Done

                                use Undo to remove unwanted.

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

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                                  Panga
                                  last edited by

                                  @driven said:

                                  Variation.....

                                  Select 'contours' >> 'COPY' >> 'Sanbox' from contours >> 'Edit' group >> 'Paste in Place' >> Select 'surface' between contours >> 'Cut' >> 'Undo' >> 'Undo' >> 'Undo' >> 'Paste in Place'.... Done

                                  use Undo to remove unwanted.

                                  +1 Using undo and paste in place is often the better solution !

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                                  • pbacotP Offline
                                    pbacot
                                    last edited by

                                    This was first made by Sandbox from Contours. If you just save the circle contours in the first place and paste into the skinned group, you have a defined outer ring face to select separately. So don't throw away the contours in the first place.

                                    Another way to work with the problem is to select the outer edges by drawing a rectangle around the whole thing so you can double click the outer face of that. Once you have the outer ring alone selected you can lift it up so that the center section can be isolated-- right/left click and delete.

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                                    • pbacotP Offline
                                      pbacot
                                      last edited by

                                      @panga said:

                                      @driven said:

                                      Variation.....

                                      Select 'contours' >> 'COPY' >> 'Sanbox' from contours >> 'Edit' group >> 'Paste in Place' >> Select 'surface' between contours >> 'Cut' >> 'Undo' >> 'Undo' >> 'Undo' >> 'Paste in Place'.... Done

                                      use Undo to remove unwanted.

                                      +1 Using undo and paste in place is often the better solution !

                                      Why not just select the surface between contours, copy, close group and erase, paste in place? why the undo's? Just take what you wanted and throw the rest away.

                                      MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                                        Panga
                                        last edited by

                                        @pbacot said:

                                        @panga said:

                                        @driven said:

                                        Variation.....

                                        Select 'contours' >> 'COPY' >> 'Sanbox' from contours >> 'Edit' group >> 'Paste in Place' >> Select 'surface' between contours >> 'Cut' >> 'Undo' >> 'Undo' >> 'Undo' >> 'Paste in Place'.... Done

                                        use Undo to remove unwanted.

                                        +1 Using undo and paste in place is often the better solution !

                                        Why not just select the surface between contours, copy, close group and erase, paste in place? why the undo's? Just take what you wanted and throw the rest away.

                                        I like the undo 'cause this way I'm sure there's not unused components in the file...It's not a problem here as the created terrain is a group, but It's an habit I have.

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