Thread: Question for sketchup gurus

Hi BD, first of all, you need to download version 6.0 as it is the latest. If I do something to your drawing in my V6 and save it, you cant open it in V5.

Did you want a curve on the 2 outer faces only?

Nice one Oz on the SU forum.

Hi matrix....I will download V6 asap..

Yeah..I wanted the curves on the 2 outside faces....just like it is now only with a curved taper instead of straight.

cheers

BD

Here ya go all ya have to do is fill it in.

Al

I gotta say this is giving me some stick ..

Oz, can you fill in those surfaces?

I think if you make a group or component then you should be able too, at the mo sketchup just sees it as separate line.

Ive only had the program for a coupla weeks so Im still learning how to drive it.

Al

I have had a few go's and my brain is twisted ...I tried making the 2 curved faces and then joined them up, but cannot retain the face when I delete the overlaps...

Will have another crack later.

I had a 2min play, what a fabulous tool.

thanks oz...but thats pretty much how I had it originally (wire frame) but I still cant fill it in. I tried making the leg a component but you still cant fill in those curved faces...its like SU dosent recognise it as a 3D face or something.

im with matrix its doing my head in too

cheers
BD

Damn! I think I got it.

Check it out BD, dimensions seem right?

Is that what your After MAddog

keeps telling me skp is an invalid file format ???

What do I have to do to upload the file for dog?

Sorry looks like you worked it out Browndog well done!

SO can I upload in .skp format if so how?

Originally Posted by martrix

Damn! I think I got it.

Check it out BD, dimensions seem right?

that looks like what I had in mind....how did ya do it ?????


cheers

Looks good Martrix.

I had it using the follow me tool but then lost it.

This is fun.

Problems solved at the Australian Woodwork Forums....

Al

well I don't know if its the right way, but I will try and explain.
Basically made the curved face profile with a straight line and the curved line. Then push/pull it so the face is 40mm long.
Did that on both edges so they end up overlapped.
Then the prob was with deleting the overlap, and heres where it got weird.

I ended up selecting the curved face>bounded edges which then shows up all these horizontal lines. Traced around the appropriate lines and then erased them.

I think you have to connect all the lines if you want to delete certain sections. Clear as mud?

EDIT....I changed the attachment, for some reason it came out all massive.....should be right now.

Upload test

I had a quick fiddle as per above. I suggest that initially you do all you dimensioning square then add curves etc last. It can be achieved as per MAtrix's solution Plus using the push pull feature