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Some confusion w/regard to "skin solid" (#4973)
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Flyarbox  
#1 Posted : Friday, January 31, 2014 11:52:40 AM(UTC)
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I've seen a video or two that demonstrate the "skin solid" tool, creating complex shapes from 2D polygons and circles and such.

I can get it to work with circles, but whenever I try a polygon (made with the multi-line tool or the rectangle polygon tool), all I ever get is an error:

"Curves must be closed!"

even when I follow the vid in detail (AFAIK) and even use "select chain".

Any insights?
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rockyroad_us  
#2 Posted : Friday, January 31, 2014 1:14:05 PM(UTC)
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upload a file so we can take a look. Cheers,
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Tim Olson  
#3 Posted : Friday, January 31, 2014 2:49:26 PM(UTC)
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The Skin Solid tool takes one object per skin profile. If your profile consists of more then one curve, you will need to group the curves into one group object.

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workshopswarf  
#4 Posted : Monday, April 7, 2014 4:48:44 AM(UTC)
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Can a solid be made by say creating say 6 2D polygons, skinning the surface and joining together?
I have tried this but cannot get them to form the solid.
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Tim Olson  
#5 Posted : Monday, April 7, 2014 10:02:16 AM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: workshopswarf Go to Quoted Post
Can a solid be made by say creating say 6 2D polygons, skinning the surface and joining together?
I have tried this but cannot get them to form the solid.


Yes, if you post your profiles, I can attempt to create a skinned solid.

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workshopswarf  
#6 Posted : Monday, April 7, 2014 1:06:52 PM(UTC)
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It was a hypothetical case, I was just inquiring how it could be done.
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workshopswarf  
#7 Posted : Tuesday, April 8, 2014 10:15:46 AM(UTC)
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Tim If you have time I would really like some help on the more serious problem I have in my other thread. [URL="http://forum.punchcad.com/showthread.php?p=24834#post24834"]http://forum.punchcad.com/showthread.php?p=24834#post24834[/URL]
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