Profiles on Hidden and Smoothed Edges
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I am trying to get Sketchup to display profile lines around the outside of objects with hidden and smoothed edges. My style is set to display edges and profiles but in the attached image, hidden edges and smoothed edges appear without profiles. BUT on the sphere to the left, which is made up of smoothed edges, profile lines are displayed.
Anyone know why this is or a way around it? IN some cases I can fake profiles by intersecting geometry to create the profiles I want to see but it's a workaround. Any help or ideas are appreciated.
Thanks
-Chris
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Your issue is caused by the fact that you have somehow hidden the edges that you want to see.
Switch Hidden Geometery ON.
Change to Wireframe [to not show faces].
Change your viewpoint.
Use a fence to select the edges forming the inappropriately hidden edges.
Use the context-menu to 'Unhide' the edges.Revert to your previous settings and the 'profile edges' you desire will be displayed.
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OK I get it - if you want a curved object to display a profile, you have to make sure to set the edges to soften rather than hiding them. Hidden edges never show up as profiles. Interesting - it's a feature not a bug!
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Also, if you don't want the profile edges to appear as thick lines, don't turn off Profiles. Instead, set them to 1.
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