im struggeling to fix this in sketchup, even after watching tutorials online.
Im making a BMW e46 vent delete replacement panel so i can fit gauges in there.
I got the 3 gauge cylinders above the object, punched them through and intersect faces with model both for the cylinder as the ‘plate’.
i can remove the part of the Cylinder that has gone through the bottom and this is all well.
i cant delete the cylinder from the bottom of the plate so it is actually a hole through till the top of the plate.
i hope i made myself clear what the goal is, otherwise thank you for your help! e46 vent delete gauge.skp (218.3 KB)
I would question do you really need both circles? Essentially you just want a hole so a single cylinder should be enough. If I’m right remove the one or the other, do you want the hole as big as the outer or the inner.
Cut the disks to the clipboard, open the group for editing , Paste in place, extrude the disks through the shape (at this point you could reverse the faces of the cylinders) select all of it and intersect faces with selection. Remove the parts not needed.
Normally I would do a gif to show you but can’t just now.
the reason i have 2 circles is that the part of the gauge that should fit the hole is 58mm and the outer part of the gauge that rests on the surface is 62 mm so i need a 58 mm hole and a width of 62 mm
You can do this with solid tools. Solid tools are not available in the web version which is what your profile was telling me. Another reason to keep your profile up to date.
First you need to make the Dash solid by exploding the grouped tabs.
Then you can cut the tubes and fit the surrounds, I went too far through and came out the bottom, they could be cut off or done more accurately to begin.
Done correctly you can see there are no internal faces.
Took me a little while but thanks man! that really helped!
maybe one little question at the end. how can i make the top part (the least thick part of the curved plate) edges round? i can draw an arc but cannot push it out completely (arc at bottom and push upwards)
which intersection are you using becuase when i intersect with selection my behaviour is different than yours the inside curve is not intersected on the top face of the plate
