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Permalink Reply by pat schmidt on December 27, 2011 at 6:02pm

send the file or something we can look at

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Permalink Reply by Rod Stark on December 27, 2011 at 6:55pm

Ok here's the file. The extrusion for the channel was about .75 mm and the top thickness was 2.5 mm overall so it should have just cut a channel I think. Anyway your input would be greatly appreciated.

Rod

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• Good one-Hollow.3dm, 310 KB

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Permalink Reply by pat schmidt on December 27, 2011 at 11:19pm

is this what your trying to do? if so let me know

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Permalink Reply by Rod Stark on December 27, 2011 at 11:45pm

Yep that'd be it. I'm interested in how you accomplished that. If you don't mind letting me know it would be greatly appreciated.  I tried a couple more examples with RhinoGold and they are all hollow. Looks like I may have to change my workflow. 

Thanks for your time,

Rod

pat schmidt said:

is this what your trying to do? if so let me know

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Permalink Reply by pat schmidt on December 28, 2011 at 3:45am

it'a a little hard to explain but here goes 

1. project your curve (blue curve)to the ring delete the curves that go on the underside of the ring after you project

 2.copy the ring 'in place' and hide it

3. split the original ring with your curve (the blue channel curve)

 4. lock the split surface (blue) and delete the rest

 5. offset the surface(blue),solid, both sides, whatever you need say .75  

 6. no unhide the copied ring, mirror the offset surface (blue)and booleon diff   

I tried to show the process as to what it looks like in a step form hope you understand ...I also did the center curve (the same way)for fun and added the stones just fastly done for fun...not perfect!

              

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Permalink Reply by Rod Stark on December 28, 2011 at 6:02pm

Cool!! Thank you Pat. I'll go by this and see if I can get the same results...should be a good learning session....

Rod

pat schmidt said:

it'a a little hard to explain but here goes 

1. project your curve (blue curve)to the ring delete the curves that go on the underside of the ring after you project

 2.copy the ring 'in place' and hide it

3. split the original ring with your curve (the blue channel curve)

 4. lock the split surface (blue) and delete the rest

 5. offset the surface(blue),solid, both sides, whatever you need say .75  

 6. no unhide the copied ring, mirror the offset surface (blue)and booleon diff   

I tried to show the process as to what it looks like in a step form hope you understand ...I also did the center curve (the same way)for fun and added the stones just fastly done for fun...not perfect!

              

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Permalink Reply by Rod Stark on December 28, 2011 at 6:51pm

OK...tried that work flow and it worked out wonderfully. I can wrap my mind around that method real well.....Thanks again for taking your time to do this Pat....well done!!!!

Rod

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Permalink Reply by pat schmidt on December 28, 2011 at 7:59pm

that's one way there are other ways also.... maybe someone can show a different way.....

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Permalink Reply by Rod Stark on December 28, 2011 at 8:06pm

I'm always up to learning different ways to get around problems...never know when you need a good trick to pull that rabbit out of the hat.....*smile

Rod

pat schmidt said:

that's one way there are other ways also.... maybe someone can show a different way.....

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Permalink Reply by Tariq Abdul Rauf on December 29, 2011 at 8:56pm

sometimes if the offset dosen't work with soled option, just offset surface with the desier distance and delete the orignal one and close the open gaps betwen the surface and adges using " surface from 2,3,4 edge-curves.

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