[Lab] sketchupsperts?

[Paul & Andrea Mumby]

In follow up, one option might be to do a sphere, then export in a format
that tessellates like an STL. Then re-import the file, it should be made of
proper polygons then... Then try a boolean subtraction.

- Paul

On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Paul & Andrea Mumby <themumbys at gmail.com>wrote:

> This has been a problem for me too... Sketchup has a hard time with spheres
> for some reason.
>
> When I used indents to hold spheres, I ended up using inverted pyramids,
> that was easier to draw and still worked well (but not nearly as pretty).
>
> If you could manage to do a geodesic sphere instead of one made of curves,
> then it would probably subtract fine, but I don't know how to do that with
> sketchup. (there may be a plugin to help with this).
>
> - Paul
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Andrew,
>>
>> I tried that. The problem with subtracting a portion of a sphere is that
>> the little lines defining the sphere never lined up with the surface. I'll
>> try again. Perhaps if I make little bowls instead of spheres it will be
>> easier to make the bowl lips line up with the game surface.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Andrew Plumb <andrew at plumb.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Make another object in the shape of the indentation and subtract it from
>>> the surface:
>>>
>>> http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=1004126
>>>
>>> Andrew
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On 2011-04-16, at 11:51, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm making a game using Sketchup and I'm having a problem making little
>>> indents so marbles can sit in them (like a chinese checkers game).
>>>
>>> Anybody have any better ideas than the method I'm using? Or can you tell
>>> me why my method isn't working?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Darcy
>>>
>>> Sketchup Follow-me tool acting funny<http://mambohead.com/2011/04/sketchup-follow-me-tool-acting-funny/>
>>> BY DARCY WHYTE, ON APRIL 16TH, 2011
>>>
>>> I’m making a marble tic-tac-toe game to practice Sketchup and cutting
>>> with my CNC mill.
>>>
>>> I’m having an interesting problem. I’m trying to make little cups for the
>>> marbles to sit in. I make a circle on the surface, then a circle into the
>>> material. I then make the perpendicular circle into a fragment and rotate it
>>> around using the Follow-me tool.
>>>
>>> For some reason it only gives some of the cup shape. I’m missing the
>>> lower portion and some other fragments. Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Source: xo5 <http://mambohead.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/xo51.zip>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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