I have a 3D SU model that has faces I want to export so I can cut them on a 3D printer. For the faces that are parallel to the planes formed by major axes, I can use parallel projection, a standard view, then “export 2D graphic”. But what about faces that are NOT parallel to an axis? I’ve been r…

also, better than position camera, while in parallel view, right click on a face (inside the group/component if it belongs to one) and pick align view

Figures, soon as I posted the question I found “Position Camera”. I’ll delete the post.

That looks interesting! I’ll check it out. Thanks!

I really like “align view”! This positions the camera nicely to export a 2D graphic for cutting on my laser. Is there a way to rotate the camera at the current position? I’d like to create a scene for exporting each face, but while align view gets a good position for the camera, some faces need r…

Yes, you have the look around tool. Camera / look around. W key shortcut. that woud only work for perspective, obviously

Seems to work fine for parallel view too. Thanks!

Exporting 2D "non-orthogonal" faces

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paul.millet December 1, 2020, 3:19pm 3

you can also dig into this Sketchup Unfold Tool

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Exporting 2D "non-orthogonal" faces

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