Twickenhaman Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Hi, more help needed for the novice here please. I enclose a drawing of a curtain pellet which I composed from arcs and lines. I cannot get it to compose into a polygon which will then extrude without showing the detail of the central arc. It says there are 2 objects and it seems to extrude but is not one complete polygon. It also shows the arc in the centre in some modes. I have greatly enlarged it to see if the points join and I think they do I would lie to know what I am doing wrong as I have tried "compose" "convert to object" but it remains in bits. Any help appreciated Thank you David Quote Link to comment
bcd Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Select all = you will notice you have 8 objects in the OIP rather than 2. Delete 6 of them Select the remaining 2. Modify Add surface and check the Closed button in the OIP good to go Quote Link to comment
Twickenhaman Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 Hi bcd, thank you for that I must have duplicated some objects unknowingly along the way. I have also learnt a little more about the OIP being full of until now unnoticed info. Thank you Regards David Quote Link to comment
Bob Holtzmann Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 If you select the lines defining the surface, and do the menu "Combine Into Surface", and put the paint bucket in the surface area, it will make a closed polygon there. This command works for intersecting lines without connected vertices, too. The duplicate lines in your file and gaps between arcs, though, would make it difficult. Also, there was something wrong with the arc on the far left. When I deleted it and mirrored the one on the right, "Combine Into Surface" worked fine. Also, When laying out a design like this, I would lengthen and overlap the lines and arc ends, and then use the Connect/Combine tool to make ends meet. Quote Link to comment
Twickenhaman Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 Hi Bob, Thank you for your tips they are much appreciated. Regards David Quote Link to comment
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