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    • D Offline
      DustSS
      last edited by

      Greetings!

      I was wondering if it is possible to stretch a solid group or component that has perforated slots, in such a way that the slots would copy along the stretch path as an array?

      i.e.

      I have the first solid
      and i want to extend it while keeping the array of holes.

      Thank you in advance.


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      • pbacotP Offline
        pbacot
        last edited by

        you might look into "Dynamic Components".

        MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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        • pbacotP Offline
          pbacot
          last edited by

          Oh and I don't know how you can make that as a "solid". Either it has holes (which is not solid) or it's a solid shape but with hole cutting components in it, which also won't qualify.

          MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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          • Dave RD Offline
            Dave R
            last edited by

            I don't think you could make it as a Dynamic Component AND have it as a solid. Does the result have to be a solid? How many different lengths do you need and how often would you need to change the length? It would be easy enough to make a library of components that are sized in increments as needed. You could make a bunch of different lengths in a few minutes and add more when you need them. You could also make them easily swappable in case of design changes.

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            • G Offline
              Garry K
              last edited by

              A ruby plugin could do this - but it is fairly involved. Could you post model so we could take a look at it.

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              • BoxB Offline
                Box
                last edited by

                Make a component of two half holes, hide the relevant edges and array them to the lengths you want.

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                • Dave RD Offline
                  Dave R
                  last edited by

                  What Box said. And if you need solid components you can make them from the array.

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