I am using Fredo’s Push Pull Tool to cut slits on a curved piece. I did that by using a template of all the slits I needed and intersected with the face of the object, pushed through and then cleaned up the excess. However one slit does not want to push through and upon inspecting I noticed it sits right where the faces of the curved object split.
Does anybody know a way to solve this? I’ve tried everything I could think of.
PushPull Help.skp (84.7 KB)
I would model that in a simpler way by making a component of one of the slats and using Rotate/Copy to make copies at the desired spacing around the arc.
Here I’ve model the frame as a separate object and then modeled one slat which I copied into a radial array using Rotate/Copy. The guidepoint in the back is the center of the arc and center of rotation. One of the slat components is selected here.
PushPull Help.skp (125.3 KB)
What is this thing supposed to be?
By the way, I would recommend turning off Length Snapping in Model Info>Units so that doesn’t get in the way of making accurate models.
Hey Dave, thanks for replying! I’ll check it out soon.
My brain is fried of working on this all day lol.
BTW, this is a living room console, I’m working on for a client. That specific area I was having trouble with is where the speakers are going to be housed, hence the need to slits in order for the sound to pass through.
Dave’s idea is the most efficient but, for your particular case, you can also see this SU file for ideas.
PushPull Help - JL - 2025-02-28.skp (263.1 KB)
Thanks a lot Dave and Jean.
I tried your ways and got to learn a few things I didn’t know before.
I appreciate the help!
You’re quite welcome.
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