![]() ![]() ![]() In our example this simply means deleting the hole and the line to return the structure back to being solid. This version of Solid Inspector is not able to fix the problem although the newer version, apparently, can. (The grey area visible through the hole is the back face of the rear surface of the structure. Clearly, water poured into this structure would now leak out through the hole. There is also another problem outlined in yellow relating to an isolated line. In the example these relate to a hole that has appeared within the previously solid structure (outlined in red). One or a number of circles will appear on the group identifying the problem areas. Select the group then select Solid Inspector. Once installed Solid Inspector is accessed from the Tools Menu. This has more features than the version discussed here.) (At the time of writing – December 2014 – a new version of Solid Inspector has just been released. ![]() In order to investigate further a plug-in tool called “Solid Inspector” provided via the Extension Warehouse will inspect the group and highlight problem areas. The Entity Info box simply declares it a “Group” not a “Solid Group” as it was before. In the example above the similar structure is now not solid. In the course of designing a structure a group may go from solid to non-solid and back again several times as its make-up changes. As their extent is not limited, their volume would be infinite.Īlthough Sketchup will tell us if a structure is solid or not, it does not tell us why it’s not solid. Non-solid structures cannot have a volume. It also has a volume – in this case 2.5m3. In the example below, the group outlined in blue is solid as indicated in the Entity Info box – “Solid Group (1 in model)”. In the Window menu, ticking the Entity Info command and then selecting a group will bring up the Entity Info box and details of that group. Sketchup provides a tool for showing if a group is solid or not. (As far as this tutorial is concerned, components are the same as groups.) ![]() This happens when the entities are grouped. Although it is possible to create a structure that obeys the two rules above and that consists only of a number of surfaces, it will remain merely a collection of entities until Sketchup recognises it as a single object. Must not contain any extra lines or surfaces – since lines are only of 1 dimension and surfaces are only 2 dimensions, you cannot 3 dimensionally print them.įor a structure to be “solid” it must first be grouped. Like the bucket your structure must not “leak” – that is if you imagined pouring water into it, the water would be contained within it.Ģ. You could think of your structure in terms of a bucket. Must be formed from one continuous surface with no breaks or holes. If, however, you want to print your images using a 3d printer then it becomes necessary to ensure that the structures you create are “solid”.ġ. If you only use Sketchup to produce images on a computer, then it does not really matter whether the structures you generate are solid or not. The paid-for version (Sketchup Pro) is essentially the same but has some additional tools for dealing with solid structures. The information in this tutorial relates specifically to the free version of Sketchup. My name is Paul and I’d like to share some of the things I’ve found out about making solid structures using Sketchup. Hello and welcome to this short tutorial on Making Structures Solid. The Advantages of 3D Printed Batch Production.Perhaps I’m using the wrong search terms, but I’m not finding much about this issue here in the forums. I read in a forum thread that there were some extensions that could convert newer file formats into older formats, but Trimble has blocked users with Make from the Extension Warehouse. I’ve looked into online free converters but I didn’t see that they could convert to a file format I can use in Make. Just in Pro for the brief period of time I was renting the software from Trimble, right? I’m not clear on this. That said, I’m not even sure renting Pro would give me access to my files in Make. I can’t justify the expense of Sketchup Pro just to download a dozen or so models (I’m a hobbyist), but I’d hate to lose all those hours of work. I want to download my models in a usable format. I have unfortunately discovered several this week that I missed. I thought I had all my Trimble files downloaded as Sketchup2017 files prior to Trimble removing this function. I have many files saved on Trimble Connect. I also use Sketchup Web (free version), largely so I can access the Warehouse which is no longer available on Make. I have a copy of Sketchup Make 2017 on my computer. I’ve spent several hours on this and I’m not getting anywhere with my searches. ![]()
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