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I can't answer just now. I will tomorrow if I have time.
But lets clean things up a bit, rather than having this discussion in Tuna's Gallery thread.
Can you start a new thread in the Newbie sub forum and include your model. It would be best if you can include it with the setup before you used follow me.
Then Dave or Rich will split the relevant post out of this one and into the new one.
Look for the tooltips that tell you midpoint or end point etc
@ntxdave said in I’ve Been “Boxed”:
Apparently, I am not not drawing the arc between to circle correctly.
Make sure you get the magenta inference. The start and end points of the arc should be in the same relative segments of the circles. Often best to use a segment Midpoint rather than an endpoint. And it needs to be at a point that will flow smoothly with the circle.
@ntxdave said in I’ve Been “Boxed”:
I have to use the TIG Weld feature to connect the lines so I can use them for the path for the Follow Me tool.
Well yes, but all I did was triple click to select all of it as the path. Weld allows you to select it with one click.
@ntxdave said in I’ve Been “Boxed”:
I get the outline in the face and I have to go erase the outline.
I double click on the face, which selects the face and it's edges allowing it all to delete in one go.
@ntxdave said in I’ve Been “Boxed”:
Here is the file from what I did for this exercise
Looking at your model it is clear you haven't connected the arc smoothly.
And the circle you have in the middle of the shape is drawn Off Axis, so it will not line up correctly with the rest of the model.
@ntxdave said in I’ve Been “Boxed”:
I do have a little problem with in the videos is that he obviously enters info in the text boxes that you cannot see in the video.
I'm not sure what you mean by this, I go out of my way to show everything I can in my gifs, which is why I use a toolbar rather than keyboard shortcuts, and that toolbar has the text box included that shows everything I type. Very occasionally something might be just off screen, but I usually mention what it is if that is the case.
Can you link to one that you are having an issue with.
If you use facebook you will find a lot of vids here https://www.facebook.com/BoxGifs/videos
And on the Sketchup forum there is a long thread with more, https://forums.sketchup.com/t/out-of-the-box/68182/1
Some of the vids are on both some are not.
I'm well impressed that you have understood the relationship between the 'Orb' and the 'Structure' in each case. Well done.
@ntxdave said in Beautiful door to model:
I must have missed something. Where is your gif?
Technically not a gif now as I had to upload to youtube to post it here.
And it's the staircase not the door.
@L-i-am said in Beautiful door to model:
would you mind sharing your model with me?
I only saw this just now.
Sorry, the model was so simple I probably didn't save it and certainly not on the machine I'm currently using. I pulled the gif and render from my FB page.
It's very quick to make if you follow my gif.
If you put handrails in the right place I'm sure it could be made legal.
@L-i-am said in Beautiful door to model:
did you do a full model and render?
It was only an experiment so I only bothered going this far with it.
@L-i-am
Here's a version I did in mid 2023.
https://youtu.be/xZawPNj6aio
Do you have a licensed version of the extension? The free trial doesn't have those options.
@danna said in Component Axis:
Thanks for your time
Obviously wasted.
Good luck moving forward and finding someone you can understand.
@danna
You can see here the difference between Opening your file and Importing your file.
Understanding components is a fundamental.
Classic case of not understanding what a component is.
Import your saved component and see how it is aligned.
A bit too tired just now to explain.
But your model is a closed version of your saved component and if you open it it will align with the world axis, but if you import or insert it into another model it will be at 45 deg.
I've tried a bunch of ways to get this and it still 'works'.
As I mentioned we need to see your model or we just waste time guessing.
Realistically we can only guess at your workflow, attaching a model would allow someone to point you in the right direction.
@baz You could try installing an older version of the driver.
@baz said in Spacemouse plugin problem. Ruby Guru needed!:
In my twenty years with this Forum, I don't think I have ever had a post not responded to
It's partly the time of year, your post has only had 13 views as I write this. Only a few people will decipher ruby errors.
Oh and RTFM
It could be that you have scaled a group or component, components have the option to Scale definition, which will correct the stretching.
With groups it is easiest explode and regroup.
