I am having trouble creating a solid object out of my components which when together are a spiral ramp (ellipse in shape).
I have imported this geometry from revit and it seems to have come in a million peices but i can not find a way to join all or re draw in a way to create a Solid.
i cant load any plugins like solid inspector etc.
I can not find any internal geometry in need of deleting; however, as mentioned above the surfaces appear as one when selected however due to the curved nature are made up of tiny triangular geometries with many edges.
Is anyone able to assist? or has an easy fix/ way around it?
I need to get this 3D printed and hence need a watertight solid object.
**first timer
There are a lot of reasons why thatâs not watertight. You should get Solid Inspector 2 from the Extension Warehouse and let it help you identify the problems.
hmm i seeâŚ
dimensions are critical unfortunately.
Ive heard that is helpful however I am having trouble accessing any extensions as I am having issues with access to my trimble account.
TT-Lib is a set of support files for extensions like Solid Inspector2. After you download the files go to Window>Extension Manager and click on Install Extension. Navigate to where you saved the download files and click Open. Repeat for the other file, too. Then Quit SketchUp and restart it. You should find a toolbar button for Solid Inspector.
I havenât tried it (have no ongoing Revit project at the moment) but I just wonder if it could save you all this trouble going through other applications just to get an STL file to 3D print.
Maybe. Does SketchUp show as solids in Entity Info. I expect it wonât be.
I did a quickie version of your model that is solid. I think it could be made to look better but it would be helpful to know exactly what dimensions you really need.
this is great thankyou!
How did you do this exactly? i thought the follow me tool would come in handy but i couldnât figure it out.
dimensions:
basic ellipse: 157mm x 76mm
width of âpathâ : ~20mm
height of path : ~5mm
height of entire structure: ~120mm
with ff to ff ceiling (ramp to ramp spacing): 28mm
Follow Me will probably not do what you want. I drew a helix using the Helix tool in the Curve Maker extension and then I scaled it to make it elliptical. I then drew the end section of the ramp and used Eneroth Upright Extruder to make the ramp. This create a solid component which I Unioned withthe eliptical base using the Union tool in Eneroth Solid Tools. This isnât really that simple if you are a newbie to SketchUp. Not difficult but you have to learn to use the tools first. The other thing I did to avoid potential issues with very tiny geometry is I modeled as if millimeters were meters.
Let me see if I can get better results with your given dimensions.
I think maybe half a turn too tall ? Honestly the rotations arenât too much of an issue as itâs height and widths that needs accuracy in order to fit as an insertion into a physical model
@DaveR thankyou so much this looks great i really appreciate it.
Would you happen to still have the SKP. file? i believe in its current state it is slightly too wide at 97mm
I think I could just scale the edges in 20mm to reach 76mm in depth.
