topic Having problems with snapping lines in 3D view in Modeling

Having problems with snapping lines in 3D view

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:23:24 GMT

Hi,

I want to make several elements snap together in 3D view as I can't do it in 2D, but only a few of parts actually snap. It's weird because they were all created in the same way but only the odd one or two will snap onto each other.

Attached is a screenshot of what I want to snap, the red line indicates where the join is.

Thank you for your help

Re: Having problems with snapping lines in 3D view

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:04:21 GMT

Anyone please ?

Re: Having problems with snapping lines in 3D view

Erika Epstein — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:07:16 GMT

Select the front object and move it into place.

Re: Having problems with snapping lines in 3D view

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:21:48 GMT

Erika wrote:
Select the front object and move it into place.

I have but I can never get it lines up perfectly. My other thread, shows why it needs to be aligned perfectly, but I'm having trouble with it all for some reason

Re: Having problems with snapping lines in 3D view

Erika Epstein — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:24:35 GMT

I haven't followed that entire thread, but if there aren't nodes after all the trimming where you want to align them, then you may have to do this in section windows.

Re: Having problems with snapping lines in 3D view

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:26:08 GMT

Erika wrote:
I haven't followed that entire thread, but if there aren't nodes after all the trimming where you want to align them, then you may have to do this in section windows.

Windows ?

Re: Having problems with snapping lines in 3D view

Erika Epstein — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:08:27 GMT

The window that the section opens in.
I place a lot of what I call working sections throughout a project. They are a favorite so on a non-plotting layer. Place (and delete when done) as many sections as you need move your elements to proper alignment.

Re: Having problems with snapping lines in 3D view

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:04:50 GMT

Ok, I know where I've gone wrong ( again )... Going to start from scratch.

How can I add an offset to this Fill without it ' going off shape' As you can see when I drag the cursor the profile is at an angle, can I add something to make all offsets from that line straight as illustrated by the simple line to the left of the angles line.

Thank You

Edit: I believe I need to add a tangent to the line so that it is the same width when extended. Not sure how to do that !

Re: Having problems with snapping lines in 3D view

SeaGeoff — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:03:36 GMT

How about this:

Re: Having problems with snapping lines in 3D view

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:18:30 GMT

Yeah, that what I did thank you.

I don't mean to be rude to Ralph who has helped me a lot on the other thread, but could you please help me with it as he's not online...

It;s setps 5 and 6 I'm not too sure with : Click here

Thank you to all who have helped me with my project so far, it's amazing how much you can learn daily !

Thank You

Re: Having problems with snapping lines in 3D view

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:31:15 GMT

Hmm I'm getting desperate now . Please can someone help me