Having problems with snapping lines in 3D view

Anonymous · ‎2009-11-06

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

Anonymous · ‎2009-11-06

Anyone please ?

Erika Epstein · ‎2009-11-06

Select the front object and move it into place.

Erika
Architect, Consultant
MacBook Pro Retina, 15-inch Yosemite 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Mac OSX 10.11.1
AC5-18
Onuma System

"Implementing Successful Building Information Modeling"

Anonymous · ‎2009-11-06

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

Erika Epstein · ‎2009-11-06

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.

Erika
Architect, Consultant
MacBook Pro Retina, 15-inch Yosemite 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Mac OSX 10.11.1
AC5-18
Onuma System

"Implementing Successful Building Information Modeling"

Anonymous · ‎2009-11-06

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 ?

Erika Epstein · ‎2009-11-06

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.

Erika
Architect, Consultant
MacBook Pro Retina, 15-inch Yosemite 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Mac OSX 10.11.1
AC5-18
Onuma System

"Implementing Successful Building Information Modeling"

Anonymous · ‎2009-11-06

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 !

Geoff Briggs · ‎2009-11-06

How about this:

Regards,
Geoff Briggs
I & I Design, Seattle, USA
AC7-27, M1 Mac, OS 14.x

Anonymous · ‎2009-11-06

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

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