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Add vertex/control points to object for vertex tool

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  • A Offline
    arcomic
    last edited by 7 Feb 2014, 16:55

    Hi there!

    I'm Josh and a new SU-user.
    I've spend almost one week now, to find all the plugins I need for my projects and Vertex Tools works very fine for me.
    Now my perhaps stupid question:

    Watching the tutorial video on youtube for the vertex tool you first see a flat mesh - I think its created with the onboard sandbox tool.
    But the next thing is an extruded circle, like a tower. And it has all those control points on its surface!
    How do I get that??? 😐

    Thanks for your replies - I'm almost getting crazy...

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      cotty
      last edited by 7 Feb 2014, 18:14

      like in this screencast ?

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        arcomic
        last edited by 7 Feb 2014, 19:09

        Hi, cotty,

        thanks for your reply.
        That looks to me like a workaround, it's not exactly like in the video I saw, because in the screencast its no more one object...
        Have a look here at 2:00min...

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          cotty
          last edited by 7 Feb 2014, 19:42

          With VertexTools, you can only edit vertices that are already there, so you have to create them before using the tool and the way in the screencast is a fast way to create such a cylinder. I'm not sure which difference you see in the two cylinders?

          my SketchUp gallery

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            arcomic
            last edited by 7 Feb 2014, 19:51

            For me it looks like if between the points there is only the hidden construction lines and not the complete cylinder cut in pieces. I think the object will behave different in further manipulations. And then if I have a more complicated surface with not enough vertex for good results with the vertex tool, I would like to push a button and add automatically more hidden geometry...

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              pbacot
              last edited by 7 Feb 2014, 20:31

              That's what it is (the cylinder)--however produced. You can leave it with smoothed side lines and you just don't see the lines (they are smoothed in the VT video but shown in "hidden geometry". They act the same. You can add points with something like Artisan (pay) or curviloft "loft junctions between surfaces..." (Donation)

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                charly2008
                last edited by 7 Feb 2014, 23:43

                Another possibility with the plugin Contour Lines.


                2014-02-08_003601.jpg

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                  cotty
                  last edited by 8 Feb 2014, 08:33

                  You can have a look at FaceSplit ...

                  facesplit.jpg

                  my SketchUp gallery

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                    cotty
                    last edited by 8 Feb 2014, 08:44

                    Or the above mentioned Artisan ...

                    artisan_cyl.jpg

                    my SketchUp gallery

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                      arcomic
                      last edited by 8 Feb 2014, 09:03

                      Wow!

                      ok, thank you guys πŸ‘
                      Will need some time to figure out!

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                        arcomic
                        last edited by 8 Feb 2014, 09:43

                        Now I can post a "result". πŸŽ‰
                        Everything you said works, I tried all plugins. Feels like holding a weapon now πŸ˜‰

                        My "tower" was a very fast created model - just to see, that I've understood..

                        THANKS AGAIN!

                        thing.jpg

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