Extruded Handrail
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Hello there
I am currently designing a staircase for a client . The strings treads and rises spindles ect . Have posed no problems however the handrail is causing problems .
Basically it is a continuous handrail with a valute at the bottom so twists and turns anyway i designed the handrail profile which is quite simple being a curved top and sides and then sraight sided with a moulding detail halfway down anyway i decided to use the follow me which has worked fine except when the handrail started to extrude behind the follow me tool the lines appeared which make up the curves so now i have a handrail the correct profile and following the spindles but with all the surface lines that make up the curves showing how can i get rid of this so i can apply a texture to the handrail or is there another way of creating my handrail profile with out the lines showing once i extrude the shape . ? any help much appreciated .... -
Try using Erase+Ctrl to smooth them...
OR make the profile-edges and/or the path a Curve using a 'weld' tool, so the extrusion is smoothed automatically... -
@tig said:
Try using Erase+Ctrl to smooth them...
OR make the profile-edges and/or the path a Curve using a 'weld' tool, so the extrusion is smoothed automatically...Thankyou Tig.. when you say a weld tool how would i go about that ?.
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A collection of continuous edges [with no branches etc] can be selected and turned into a Curve that extrudes smoothly [as an Arc or Circle would - these are just special 'circular' Curves].
There are several 'weld' tools around if you search for them...
My own is available in the PluginStore... http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=TIG-weld
Either AutoInstall it from the SketchUcation Plugin Store dialog within SketchUp [available from the menu above], or download the RBZ from the above link and use the Preferences > Extensions > Install... button to do it... -
Why not just select the whole handrail, right click and select soften edges and adjust them to an angle that is needed to soften the rail? Or is there a problem i don't see?
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