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    • chippwaltersC Offline
      chippwalters
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      @pilou said:

      Best will be a plugin who special join 2 any faces by the common edges starting the chamfer (or fillet) and kill them! πŸ˜‰

      Don't know if yet existing?

      But that is a funny challenge with the native tools! β˜€

      Or even a merge vertices which merged them to the second point selected (instead of the average of the two). Newtek has one called "weld" which will move all the points to the last selected. Very handy!

      Currently working with Cross-Reality technologies

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      • sdmitchS Offline
        sdmitch
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        @pilou said:

        Best will be a plugin who special join 2 any faces by the common edges starting the chamfer (or fillet) and kill them! πŸ˜‰

        This was my first thought as well.

        Nothing is worthless, it can always be used as a bad example.

        http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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        • R Offline
          rv1974
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          my try, x1 speed. suitable for simple cases. Unfortunately TT's flatten works only in Z direction.
          Flatten, marge coplanar, TIG's fillet, make face were used


          GIF.gif-jjjj.gif

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          • chippwaltersC Offline
            chippwalters
            last edited by

            @rv1974 said:

            my try, x1 speed. suitable for simple cases. Unfortunately TT's flatten works only in Z direction.
            Flatten, marge coplanar, TIG's fillet, make face were used

            I like that! One could also use Vertex Tools to flatten as well. I'll have to look into TIG's fillet tool. Thanks for sharing!!!

            Currently working with Cross-Reality technologies

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            • R Offline
              rv1974
              last edited by

              One couldn't. Vertex tools aren't 100% precise.

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              • chippwaltersC Offline
                chippwalters
                last edited by

                @rv1974 said:

                One couldn't. Vertex tools aren't 100% precise.

                They've worked for me. I typically scale to ~0 two or three times in a row and haven't had any problems creating planar faces. Artisan also has a make planar feature. Both also work on non orthogonal geometry as well.

                Currently working with Cross-Reality technologies

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                • R Offline
                  rv1974
                  last edited by

                  Hmm.. Does 'make faces' work after x3 VT scale to 0 on NON-XY planes? I'll check it tomorrow.

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                  • R Offline
                    rv1974
                    last edited by

                    Doh! moment: I discovered Artisan's 'make planar-best'. Vertex tools are way less accurate.

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                    • K Offline
                      kenancakir
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                      I draw a rectangle from outside of the group, make it fit with push pull tool easily, there was one egde to move with move tool and done.. πŸ˜„

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                      • pilouP Offline
                        pilou
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                        For this special box case with any 4 chamfers (fillets) with only native tools (a big effort from my part! πŸ’š

                        • 4 guides lines on any of the original box = 4 clicks
                        • Draw Oriented Rectangle (second icon of Rectangle Tools) with 3 of intersctions above = 3 Clicks
                          Push Pull this new rectangle = 1 click

                        Total = 7 Clicks for an original new oriented box without chamfers(fillets)! πŸ˜„

                        GIF_erase_chamfer.gif

                        Just now erase the original chamfered box! πŸ˜„

                        Frenchy Pilou
                        Is beautiful that please without concept!
                        My Little site :)

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                        • K Offline
                          kenancakir
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                          Our ways are the same pilou.. "Thinking outside of the box" got its exact meaning.. πŸ˜„

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                          • pilouP Offline
                            pilou
                            last edited by

                            Sure, maybe there is more tricky for draw easily this rectangle with less clicks! πŸ€“
                            What is your method ?

                            Frenchy Pilou
                            Is beautiful that please without concept!
                            My Little site :)

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                            • chippwaltersC Offline
                              chippwalters
                              last edited by

                              @pilou said:

                              For this special box case with any 4 chamfers (fillets) with only native tools (a big effort from my part! πŸ’š

                              • 4 guides lines on any of the original box = 4 clicks
                              • Draw Oriented Rectangle (second icon of Rectangle Tools) with 3 of intersctions above = 3 Clicks
                                Push Pull this new rectangle = 1 click

                              Total = 7 Clicks for an original new oriented box without chamfers(fillets)! πŸ˜„

                              [attachment=0:1oo1awgy]<!-- ia0 -->GIF_erase_chamfer.gif<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:1oo1awgy]

                              Just now erase the original chamfered box! πŸ˜„

                              OK. But now try it with the file I provided. A simple pushpull extrude won't get it because the sides are NOT parallel.

                              Here's the link again...
                              FILE:
                              https://altuit.cloud/web/3Dnew/chamfer.skp

                              Currently working with Cross-Reality technologies

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                              • pilouP Offline
                                pilou
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                                @unknownuser said:

                                the sides are NOT parallel.

                                Yes so that is not a general box but a polyedra! πŸ’š
                                So a new mini challenge! β˜€

                                Frenchy Pilou
                                Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                My Little site :)

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                                • K Offline
                                  kenancakir
                                  last edited by

                                  I tried with the shared rectangle with pen tool, as i said above, Δ± draw a rectangle that is paralel to the edges, made it fit with push pull tool and there was one edge not fit, selecting edge and moving with move tool solved that..


                                  Ekran AlΔ±ntΔ±sΔ±.PNG


                                  Ekran AlΔ±ntΔ±sΔ±1.PNG

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                                  • kimi kimiK Offline
                                    kimi kimi
                                    last edited by

                                    Here is my method (I'm not good at making GIFs):

                                    1. Select all the main or big faces
                                    2. Copy
                                    3. Select everything
                                    4. Delete
                                    5. Paste in place
                                    6. Offset, offset, offset on the outside, all of them
                                    7. Clean up with CleanUp
                                    8. Select all- intersect with selection
                                    9. Select those big faces again
                                    10. Copy
                                    11. Select all
                                    12. Delete
                                    13. Paste in place.

                                    Seems complicated, but it isn't.

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                                    • pilouP Offline
                                      pilou
                                      last edited by

                                      The icon "F" of the Join Push Pull Interactive by Fredo makes the trick
                                      for 2 faces around a chamfer! πŸ˜„

                                      A sort of smart Push Pull! πŸ€“
                                      So all faces in addition to the 2 faces
                                      around the chamfer can have any orientations!

                                      Maybe 2 Guides lines are necessary for the intersection!
                                      because seems interferences don't works inside the plugin itself!

                                      Alas it's only 2 faces by 2 faces! πŸ’š

                                      GIF_iconef.gif

                                      Frenchy Pilou
                                      Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                      My Little site :)

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                                      • chippwaltersC Offline
                                        chippwalters
                                        last edited by

                                        @pilou said:

                                        The icon "F" of the Join Push Pull Interactive by Fredo makes the trick
                                        for 2 faces around a chamfer! πŸ˜„

                                        A sort of smart Push Pull! πŸ€“
                                        So all faces in addition to the 2 faces
                                        around the chamfer can have any orientations!

                                        Maybe 2 Guides lines are necessary for the intersection!
                                        because seems interferences don't works inside the plugin itself!

                                        Alas it's only 2 faces by 2 faces! πŸ’š

                                        [attachment=0:x9keu75d]<!-- ia0 -->GIF_iconef.gif<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:x9keu75d]

                                        Brilliant! Once again, creative thinking by the French! And the solution I was hoping for by posting this challenge. Much appreciated πŸ˜„

                                        Currently working with Cross-Reality technologies

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                                        • chippwaltersC Offline
                                          chippwalters
                                          last edited by

                                          @kimi kimi said:

                                          Here is my method (I'm not good at making GIFs):

                                          1. Select all the main or big faces
                                          2. Copy
                                          3. Select everything
                                          4. Delete
                                          5. Paste in place
                                          6. Offset, offset, offset on the outside, all of them
                                          7. Clean up with CleanUp
                                          8. Select all- intersect with selection
                                          9. Select those big faces again
                                          10. Copy
                                          11. Select all
                                          12. Delete
                                          13. Paste in place.

                                          Seems complicated, but it isn't.

                                          Another fine fine solution. Thanks for your help!

                                          Currently working with Cross-Reality technologies

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                                          • JQLJ Offline
                                            JQL
                                            last edited by

                                            I usually do the following:

                                            1 - select all;
                                            2 - remove big faces from selection;
                                            3 - group and delete group;
                                            4 - use tak2hata extend trim faces plugin;
                                            5 - then cleanup plugin if needed for merge faces and repair edges.

                                            Step 4 is the one that needs getting used to.

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