marlon Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Compare the 'hidden lines' (sorry if that's not the correct term) of both objects. The upper object has only one line. This is in 2D Wireframe. If I print it, the upper drawing would be a line only, and I cant have that. I thought regen would fix it but it didn't. Should I just draw another one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arjun_samar Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Compare the 'hidden lines' (sorry if that's not the correct term) of both objects. The upper object has only one line. [ATTACH]9063[/ATTACH] This is in 2D Wireframe. [ATTACH]9064[/ATTACH] If I print it, the upper drawing would be a line only, and I cant have that. [ATTACH]9065[/ATTACH] I thought regen would fix it but it didn't. Should I just draw another one? ok big bro.... im not really sure... but i think command isolines might work.. in the command line type isolines then type 15. then try to regen... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugshot Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 i guess the upper figure is a solid object. the lower object is the exploded object of the upper one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift1313 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 how were they drawn. i would guess you used extrude>path? is one a copy of the other? select one of them, right click, then go to properties and see what it says at the top of the properties box. should say line, or solid, or surface etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlon Posted December 25, 2008 Author Share Posted December 25, 2008 Arjun: Not exactly what I was looking for but thanks for sharing. Mugshot: Not really. Shift1313:I don't think one is a copy of the other. Yes I used extrude>path They are both solids. Here's a little experiment I did, tell me what you think. Notice that both objects have the same radius. The left one is just a small arc, then I copied it to the right and used EXTEND to make it a perfect half circle. (the small lines at the end of the arcs are NOT lines but circles which are to be extruded along the arcs) Now here's what they look like extruded. Notice the small arc has only one isoline (not counting the arc path) but the half circle has the standard 4 isolines (not counting the arc path). I'm left with the conclusion that arcs less than half a circle would have only 1 isoline when extruded. Am I wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlon Posted December 25, 2008 Author Share Posted December 25, 2008 The object to be extruded should be perpendicular to the path, such as the one on the left. I copied it to the right, rotated the object to be extruded, extruded it, and the result is only one isoline (excluding the arc path). Can anyone confirm this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift1313 Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 does the same thing for me if the path and sketch arent tangent. im not sure if it has to do with some display settings or not but my images are the same as yours(and have always been). ill play around with it a bit when i get the chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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