I am trying to model a ring with an engraved crest. I created the ring blank as one group and the crest as another. The crest is basically a flat design that I was hoping to drape over the ring and then push in certain details. However, if I try to run drape, Sketchup crashes.
Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Model file is attached.
Wow, you guys are awesome. Thank you so much -- this is way beyond what I expected for help!
After a few days, I'm still struggling to give one of my hollow models some thickness.
I created a model that looks sort of like this (i.e. a curve spun around the Z axis):
I then select everything, click Joint Push/Pull, and enter a distance that is my desired thickness (e.g. 10mm). Some sort of calculation happens, but when I check on the model's thickness, it appears unchanged:
What am I doing wrong? How can I get the walls to be thicker?
Thank you for the quick replies! It looks like this plugin is what I am after.
Is it possible to do this without intersecting first? I.e. can you just draw an egg shape (which would be hollow inside) and then use the Joint Pull/Push tool to give the egg shell some thickness? Once that's accomplished, you should be able to cut out holes in the shell by drawing segments on surface and removing them.
My apologies if this was answered before, but is it possible to use this plugin to uniformly add thickness to a cylinder-like object? I created it by pulling a circle (and then scaling it at several points) and now would like to add some thickness to the currently hollow object, as it is going to be 3D printed. I am, in essence, trying to pull all the outside surfaces at a perpendicular angles.
Many thanks!