Im trying to find a way to model “V” shaped grooves that are milled in a flat board. They follow a irregular pattern that has been imported from CAD and drawned using splines.
There is a way to do it in CAD by selecting each spline and then using sweep command on a triangle shaped surface. After making that process 1000 times you can then place the new V shaped forms over a flat board and use a subtract command to make the grooves.
Is there a easier way in sketchup?
I would suggest the basic follow me tool?
make sure you have 'welded edges’before using the follow me tool:
Model the v-shape :
usew the follow me tool:
But that would take some effort to follow me each grain
So to simplify this, you could use an extension like “Tax Enginering” ?
Else search the extension warehouse for an extension that suits your needs.
You could use the rather old but still good Lines to Tubes from SketchUcation.
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Follow me method would be slow just as i would use sweep command in CAD software.
Now this extension tax engineering im not familiar at all so idk in which direction i should be looking.
How did you achieved a V groove instead of a cylinder cutout?
As I showed in the Gif, I used 4 sides.
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