How can I draw a Face perpendicular to a Diagonal?

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Hi Guys & Girls

I often need to draw a shape perpendicular to an off axis line, and I wonder if there is a really simple way to do it :grinning:

For example, how would you extrude the horizontal L Shape in the image below along the diagonal line to create a 1 metre length of 50 x 50 Angle?

The attached file reproduces ths scenario.

Thanks for any help.

Kevin

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I think I would draw the shape upright in the blue-green plane, extrude it along red, and then rotate it to the angle. Unless I misunderstood what you want…

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Say your flat shape(*) is a component in your ‘In Model’ library.

  • change the current drawing axes so blue is along the diagonal line (the other two do no matter for now)
  • get the component from your ‘In Model’ library, (it will come in in the right orientation) and place it at one end of the diagonal line
  • extrude its flat face in its editing context along the line (cross sections will have the correct shapes)

p.s. (*) your component should have logical axes, e.g. blue perpendicular to its flat face.

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Thanks.

I often do something quite similar, but it can be tricky rotating to a compound diagonal. I just wondered if there’s any easy way to extrude it directly?

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Yes, see my post above.

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Easiest option for using an off axis edge in this way is it use the pie tool to create a perpendicular face on which to draw your profile.

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That answer is pure GENIUS

You’ve just saved me hours and hours of work.

Thank you very much :clap: :clap: :clap:

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see CLF Perpendicular Face Tools
https://extensions.sketchup.com/extension/3f7ae162-49e1-4be3-81b0-fd4eb588e147/clf-perpendicular-face-tools
video explainer: Align FACES WITH PATHS in SketchUp with CLF Perpendicular Face Tools! - YouTube

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By the way, it’s pretty simple to align something using the rotate tool and inferencing.

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Thanks Box.

That’s really neat!

Ive learned a lot from this thread :+1: