Cad extrusion geometry into SU entities
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My local planning staff has to have a building on the landscape for view corridor approval and my extruded cad image imports into SU O.K. but it needs editing. There are a lot of short segments and triangles that make editing almost impossible. Does anyone know of a trick to make the cad version clean up and become usuable? I know I need to settle down and work it in SU but I dont have much time, so I am asking for any tricks. Many Thanks...
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Your question is a bit confusing.
You said you brought in a cad image but it needs editing, images cannot be edited in SU.
If you are talking about bringing in cad data (lines) to use for an extrusion then the best way I have found is to make your data a group or component then trace new over top. When you are happy with your profile then discard or hide the cad data component and you are on your way.
Just make sure your imported data is flattened. Otherwise you will run into trouble fast.I hope I have helped however a little more information from you might give us some more insight into the problem.
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Yes, I know, I should have read it b/f sending, but you interpreted correctly.
I originally imported a 3d version of the building. I like your method of 2d elevations and I am off and running. I dont know why I didnt think of that! Thanks very much for desciphering my gibberish and offering a very good solution. 5 stars
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modelhead,
good suggestion and I dont blame you for not looking it up,I had no idea about that script I just spent an hour checking out script descriptions, I am starting out with the StrayLines by Todd Burch, I thought I found another but I'll have to search for it again.Are there any other rubies that can make SU more adept to developing construction documents further in SU? Group and layer managers perhaps? I've been trying to get a grip on Outliner,
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I use the outliner to organize all my models. I don't use layers at all. Maybe I will get shot for saying that but that is just how I do it.
I find it easiest when going from cad to SU to copy my cad file to a new location and then do some major cleanup prior to insertion. I make sure everything is 2D, delete anything unwanted, change all the lines to one layer and one color. I make sure that all connections are made, no small gaps... usually I make polylines so I know if there is a gap. Then I import it to SU and go from there. That way I don't need to discard it later, I just use that data.
The script modelhead was talking about, I think, is makefaces. You select all your lines and run the script. It will fill in the faces without you having to draw lines to finish the face. You can get it here:
http://www.smustard.com/scripts/modelhead, no worries mate.
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