Yep that is what I am thinking. But first...supper time

I am more of a noob that I thought haha. I gotta go back to the drawing board I think. Slope should be equal on both sides. Only a couple mm's on each side. But I will have to whip out the calipers and see what is what

Hmm...that one you made. Why isn't it symmetrical? From the top corners to the vertical axis it is 3.3 and 3.7mm? The two slopes are different angles? Man this this is confusing me hard haha

That was awhile ago...haha

Ah yes of course...Thank you SOO much. This 3d drafting stuff is tricky

Nope that ain't working...make the back skinnier? Will try that...

So what did you do there? Bring the "front" (taller part) "waist" down? Thats what it looks like.

I need to keep the top part level and at that angle...and have at least from the "waist" up tapered. But if that taper starts lower down in the front I don't think that would be a problem...hmm...

First off...fastest and most helpful forum ever.

Second off: I can't believe I didn't notice that. Of course simple geometry dictates that they can't be on the same plane!

Me again...back from the dead. Forgot about this and sketchup for the longest time (six months) and I am failing hard. Again. First off the upper edges are messing me up. Why are they not coplanar? I want the two angled side pieces to be on the same plane at the same angle? I think they are not currently... and I can't for the life of me figure out how to do that?

I think once I figure out that I can figure out the gouging out part. I did that once by accident but it made me realize how messed up the angled edges were

Sweet thanks, I will give that a try. Yeah I am not sure why those diagonal lines showed up? I am quite a newb at this, just learning as I go

Bang on!!! How did you do that?!?! Haha

Close! Except the groove does not have to be the same depth in the sloped part. I am aiming more for if you laid it on its side and milled a groove at a constant depth. Which is all good for the straight part, but when it gets to the slanted part, actual material removal would decrease until it gets to where the difference between the slant and the "base" is 1 mm, then no more material removed after that. Thats what I am trying to say haha

Hey guys. I just downloaded and started using Sketchup. I learned alot (mostly through trial and error) but now I ran into a problem I can't solve no matter how much errors I make and trials I do.

Basically I am trying to put some grooves in the side of this object. I need three on each side, I can put a groove on the straight part, but once it reaches the angled part it won't let me continue.

I only need to groove to be the distance from the vertical plane (so like at the top of the object the groove won't even be in the object anymore because in the groove area it only needs to be a 1 mm ish skinnier than the footprint) if that makes sense???

I put one groove in to show what I mean

Can anyone help? Thanks

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