I can't believe that they STILL have not included the option to lock the toolbars - even in the very latest v2015 32 or 64 bit versions. They brag about all the "new features" but neglect to include the simplest and probably most convenient feature that ANY app can have - the ability to lock those damn toolbars!! WTF!?

I'm sure of that.

@unknownuser said:

[Edit] ok.. so you're most of the way there... ignore some of the following post

is this the result you're after? if so, that's from double-clicking all red faces then going plugins->cleanup->merge faces.
if this isn't the result you want, post a shot of what you're trying to accomplish.

Yes, that's exactly what I wanted and how I finally managed to get it to work by selecting the edges then applying CleanUp > Merge Faces.

Thanks for your input.

@thomthom said:

I'd rather not add too many check boxes and make the UI even more complicated.

I appreciate that and don't have a problem with it.

@thomthom said:

Do you really need to pre-select?

I'm not sure, perhaps not - once I get to know your plugin better it may yield a better workflow. I simply outlined what it was I was trying to do and the way I was doing it was to 1st select all the faces I wanted to merge then hit a magic button (CleanUp) and it would remove all the internal edges. I gave no consideration to materials or anything else.

@thomthom said:

Do you not get your result if you have nothing selected and let it merge faces while respecting material boundaries?

Yes, in this case having nothing selected worked perfectly as well but in a more complex model having nothing selected would make the plugin consider the entire scene - not something that I see doing all the time.

@thomthom said:

If that doesn't produce the desired result can you describe the scenario of why?

I think I need to play with CleanUp more so as to understand exactly what it can do and how I might need to alter my workflow to accommodate its abilities.

@thomthom said:

Also, how do you select? I can see two ways of making your selection:

1. Right click a face > Select > All with same material
2. Select > Bounding Edges
   or
   Double click the faces if you select them one by one - that includes the edges.

All of the above at different times.

Great plugin BTW ... much appreciated.

YAY! .. I managed to get CleanUp to do it. I was only selecting the faces and not their bounding edges as well consequently nothing was done.

Once I done a Select > Bounding Edges followed by a CleanUp it worked perfectly.

It would be nice if I could skip the bounding edge selection - is this possible?

@unknownuser said:

another option:

301 Moved Permanently

(www.cad-addict.com)

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This looked promising but it also fails .. seems to need edges as well as faces selected in order to delete anything and even then it deletes the wrong edges.

@thomthom said:

@xennon said:

@thomthom said:

CleanUp: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=22920

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it appears to me that this plugin is designed to "clean-up" the entire model so what it does applies to the whole model or maybe a group but not just selected faces.

Pick the scope you want to clean up. If you select something it clean up only the selection. If you are editing a group / component and have nothing selected it cleans up only what is in that open context.
But note that it digs into sub-groups/components.

Still does absolutely nothing when I have a path of connected faces selected. They don't get merged for me.

My settings attached + sample file. The RED bits are what I've been trying to merge as a test.

Untitled.skp

@unknownuser said:

There is an option to clean the selection only.

I don't see that option

Also, choosing CleanUp > Merge Faces with a set of selected faces does absolutely nothing noticeable)

@thomthom said:

CleanUp: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=22920

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it appears to me that this plugin is designed to "clean-up" the entire model so what it does applies to the whole model or maybe a group but not just selected faces.

I'll check it out and see if it does what I need, it may be handy to have in any case.

Thx

Hi, I've searched around but cannot find anything like I need. Essentially what I want to do is merge a selected set of adjacent faces into a single face. I know I can simply erase the connecting edges but when you select several faces that collectively form a complex path, it's extremely tedious to have to erase each and every crossing edge so as to make a single unbroken face.

Is there a plugin that already does this?

Much appreciated.