Hello there, I am new to SketchUp and learning slowly. I have grouped some shaped together and want delete the intersecting area of the OSB which crosses the posts. This should be really simple but despite my attempts I cannot figure it out. What I am aiming for is to make the OSB smaller by the d…

Hello Dave, to be honest I think the groups were created when I first started playing with the program as I haven’t deliberately grouped anything since corresponding with you. The metal is fine included in the cutlist, it’s primarily the ‘groups’ which are annoying me. Is there an easy way to ident…

[image] shdesign: it’s primarily the ‘groups’ which are annoying me. Is there an easy way to identify them and remove the groups but keep the components? You can identify them in Outliner. Select them and hit Delete. [image] shdesign: is there an easy way for the hole to go through sever…

Hello Dave, thanks for your reply. If you have the plugin installed, could you please demonstrate the steps involved in a gif?

[image] shdesign: could you please demonstrate the steps involved in a gif? Which steps? What are you unclear on? Is this regarding the cutlist or cutting the holes for the bolts?

Hello Dave, specifically concerning the steps involved in using the plugin for the holes.

If I could chime in on this one :grinning: Is there a difference between Eneroth’s Solid tools and the native ones? Mike

[image] MichaelSiggers: Is there a difference between Eneroth’s Solid tools and the native ones? There are several. The key being that a component modified by the native Solid Tools becomes a group called Difference. And if you have multiple instances of the component, only the one the tool a…

Well, that will be downloaded tomorrow! Was a pain in the proverbial trimming all those components in that mesh I did for that ‘passe’ Coffee Shop, only to find it had killed the components. Mike

No doubt. This has been a thing I’ve wished were changed since the Solid Tools were introduced in SU8. Unfortunately they haven’t done it yet. I used Eneroth’s Trim tool to cut every peg hole, mortise, dado, and groove in this Shaker workbench model and it took only a few minutes because all the p…

Deleting from intersection area

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DaveR January 27, 2018, 9:49pm 31

Here you go. I made copies of the “board” components and separated them so you can see the holes getting cut. Since the verticals are instances of the same component, only one of them needs to be dealt with.

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Deleting from intersection area

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