Slice object -> slices purple -> problem
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Hello dear fellows,
Sliced an object -> the slices are purple -> I cant make "drawings" over the slice.
It doesnt turn up to be the same as when you make a circle and another circle in it (two separate parts) and u can highlight/mark each of the circle.
When I click on the slice with lets say a circle in it, it just marks both of em as they were one. And Ive done explode on the slices. Its like the circle is not being integrated with the slice.
Cheers
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May be a model could help us find out.
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I assume you mean Slicer5 and that the 'blue' == the color of slices made along the blue Z-axis ...
Your explanation is completely confusing... What 'circle' ?
Small objects won't slice successfully if the resultant geometry << ~1mm
Scale up x10, then slice: then scale down.Please repeat this process with the Ruby Console open; and report any error messages; and supply screen-shots of the before and after SKP...
I'm sorry, but we can't understand what you mean...
Try using short simple sentences.
Try getting those into English using 'Google Translate'...Once we understand the problem then we might be able to help...
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Okey, first of all I'd like to appologize for my misleading topic hehe.
It's kinda hard to explain what you really are in need of help with when you are a total noob and dont know what to call certain things for
So! Ive made two scenarios with a picture, to slightly make it easier for you to understand my dilemma over here.
Take a look at picture 1:
This was the first slice I made some adjustments on (see the lines) and the slice turned out to become blue!
I am also able to select different parts of the model.I made a copy of the inner lines of the model and pasted it on the second slice, which by some reason is still purple?
Take a look at picture 2:
When I try to select different parts of the model, it selects the whole model instead.I hope that Ive made it more clear for you now! Cheers
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Is this Slicer? or Slicer5??
The blue color is the back face.
What settings are you using can you give us more info and a better view of the whole thing.
Are the 'slices' faces or 3d thicker objects?
How big is this whole thing etc...Without some clarification this is like going to the doctor, showing him your thumb and saying you friend has a sore toe !
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Why not post a file SKP and an 3D Image
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Hi Hussein, hi folks.
Are you sclicing with a plugin ?
If yes, which one ?
If no, are you slicing with a Section Plane or with a geometry like a rectangular or polygonal or circular face ?
Is the model being sliced a group or a component or is it at the root of the model ?
Is the slicing geometry in the same context as the model being sliced ?
Can you provide a model or at least the part of the model that is causing problem ?
Just ideas.
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Hello dear people,
I'm not trying to make ur Life harder to help me by purpose hehe, but Ill give it Another shot now. Should be easy now as Ive got all the necessery questions
Lets see...
- The plugin being used is called "Slicer"
- The object is 3D model (airplane)
- The model is being sliced as a Group
- Each slice has a thickness of 0mm, with an intervall slicing of 16mm
I will also upload a .SKP file, if ud like to take a closer look at it.
Cheers!
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Hi Hussein, hi folks.
The slices seem to be OK. Some are greenish and some purple. These seem to have been textured with these colors.
If it bothers you, delete these colors from color palette used in the model and when asked if you want to use the default colors for front and back, click Replace. I did it with your model and found that a few slices are reversed in regards to the majority. just right click and choose Reverse Face in the contextual menu.
Otherwise, I don't see any problem.
However, I am not familiar with this plugin. I will let experts with Slicer to get involved.
Just ideas
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OK, Slicer is the precursor to Slicer5 which only slices solids.
Your fuselage-group is not a solid, but SolidSolver takes seconds to make it not one.
Slicer5 can't cope with slicing it in any axis except for the Z.
I suspect that it's because the surface is triangulated and some of the slices will pass though the form very near to a vertex - Sketchup can't cope with tiny geometry so the 'intersections then fail at those points, leaving incomplete slices.
Slicer is a little more forgiving and makes the slices, although the ones in the 60s are incomplete in the 3d assembly - the missing edges suggest incomplete intersection for these.
Work on a copy and use Model Info > Statistics > Purge Unused,,,
Can I suggest that you also make the group a solid using SolidSolver - this can but improve the results.
Then Scale the model up by 100 - draw a line 1m long and use the Tapemeasure tool to pick the two ends, type 100m and answer Yes to rescale when prompted.
Then use Slicer - increasing the spacing etc by 100 too...
If some slices are still malformed them you can edit their group and draw in a missing line to form a face.
That face might need to be 'reversed' [context-menu].
To see face's orientation switch the View to Monochrome mode.
The 'blue-gray' color is the face's back.
The Slicer tool colors its slices by their axis color [red/green/blue]
If some slices in the 'flat' arrangement are not group select the parts and group them as needed...
It also looks like some of the slices have 'internal-voids' that could perhaps be removed, and some unneeded coplanar edges deleted too...
Now Scale the model down by 100 - use the Tapemeasure tool to pick the two ends of the line that was 1m, type 1m and answer Yes to rescale when prompted.Slicer and Slicer5 are not 'foolproof'. Since they use the core 'intersection' method this can fail on small facets and when the intersected 'slice' itself has missing parts caused by Sketchup's tolerance-trap taking two end points of a line that is very small as being 'coincident' and thereby not making the line, when of course this then leaves a gap in a loop so no face can be formed etc...
What you have made so far doesn't look so bad and with some manually tidying up it could be fine, although that depends on your next steps...
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TIG: Did as you say, and that solved my problem and also got my slices in a better shape (due to the size of the model).
I upgraded the plugin to Slicer5 and Im enjoying it even moreJean: And now I can atlast get rid of these colours !
I'm glad I made an account here, you can't expect any better support than this. Hopefully in the future I can provide the same support as you guys do.
Cheers!
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