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Why cant I get a clean surface? (#3993)
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warfish3651  
#1 Posted : Friday, September 30, 2011 10:59:32 AM(UTC)
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the wires in this file are port cross sections. They have been manipulated by me. I either need to be able to make them into a solid, or skin the outside, but when I do it gets all twisted.
What am I doing wrong.
I have been able to do about anything I needed to do for the 6 years I have been using the software, but this is something new I have just ran into.
I think part of the problem is the line is broken up into too many sections. is there a way to turn it into one line?
thanks
Charlie Westcott.
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jdi000  
#2 Posted : Friday, September 30, 2011 12:18:28 PM(UTC)
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HI Charlie


Did you try to group the lines together at each cross section?

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Jason
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warfish3651  
#3 Posted : Friday, September 30, 2011 12:39:52 PM(UTC)
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just did, I have never done that. It still twists it.
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jdi000  
#4 Posted : Friday, September 30, 2011 2:12:50 PM(UTC)
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Charlie

What tool are you using "skin solid"?


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warfish3651  
#5 Posted : Friday, September 30, 2011 2:41:39 PM(UTC)
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yes, skin sold. I cant figure out how to wrap a surface around it. Either would work.
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lgrijalva  
#6 Posted : Friday, September 30, 2011 2:44:29 PM(UTC)
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Join the curves with "join curve" tool instead grouping them, and then use the skin solid tool with perpendicular skin option selected, see the attached img.

Luis G.

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warfish3651  
#7 Posted : Friday, September 30, 2011 3:01:07 PM(UTC)
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I have VC pro, it doesnt have the U and V check boxes that yours has. And when you skin it it has funny diagonals going from one wire to the next.
I guess I was wondering if I bought the next version, or shark would it work better for what I am doing.
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