I have the image above with a volume of an house made by me with Draft (is for an energy diagnose). I created a volume, then disassembled, created a face and extruded; in the image is the little cube with a face green. Then I wanted to have a singole volume without the old edges fo the first volume. So as I understand I can use "copy_refine_shape", but it's not working.
I tried with simple copy, a boolean union, fusion, anything, but the edges are always there. At the end I disassebled the volume (draft_downgrade), creating single shells/faces, then redraw the upper face of the roof and down, then re-assembled the solid with the new faces, it's very time consuming and I'd like to know if there is a simple and quick method to fuse objects not remembering the old edges used to create it. I uploaded the demo project. Any suggestion?
Maybe for this kind of things #Topology can do better?
How to (easy) fuse a solid/volume (Part_Shape_Refine ?)
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How to (easy) fuse a solid/volume (Part_Shape_Refine ?)
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Re: How to (easy) fuse a solid/volume
Read a few time but really not sure what you want
The object has some invalid shape. Tried to downgrade to faces, and build a shell (hopefully then solid) with Part shapebuilder but fails.
Maybe you just want to use Part Refine to omit some coplanar edges ?
The object has some invalid shape. Tried to downgrade to faces, and build a shell (hopefully then solid) with Part shapebuilder but fails.
Maybe you just want to use Part Refine to omit some coplanar edges ?
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Re: How to (easy) fuse a solid/volume
Ok, let's say better that here the problem it using https://wiki.freecadweb.org/OpenSCAD_Re ... Feature/en (Part_Shape_Refine... that it's a that makes a copy at the end), that it's not working to my volume as you can see. Ok so: how do you find exactly where is the hole, where is the problem with shape or some faces/edges? It's there some test, some method, tips or tricks, to find quickly where is the problem and fix it?
I do a check geometry as you have done the same. He says to me that some shape has some problem. But where?
I do a check geometry as you have done the same. He says to me that some shape has some problem. But where?
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Re: How to (easy) fuse a solid/volume (Part_Shape_Refine ?)
Two defects can be detected visually. See image. At the location of the highlighted edge there is another edge, so there must be a gap. And the edge between the selected faces cannot be selected, which may mean that it is behind a face?
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Re: How to (easy) fuse a solid/volume (Part_Shape_Refine ?)
Indeed, it seems there is limited tool to check shape?
Maybe just find a workflow which is less susceptible to problems, I try below-
Maybe just find a workflow which is less susceptible to problems, I try below-
- Create a DWire on the bottom face
- Trimex to the required height
- Select the sloping top face and use it as the current working plane
- Draw a Draft Rectangle over the opposite corners
- Extrude the rectangle
- Boolean the 2 solids
Re: How to (easy) fuse a solid/volume (Part_Shape_Refine ?)
BTW, in the first place, are you trying to build volume of rooms for a building layout something like this ?
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Re: How to (easy) fuse a solid/volume (Part_Shape_Refine ?)
So you suggest a "visual" inspection using strange edges higlighted. Maybe that's a way, but it's not, IMHO, viable for complex works.
I was thinking of a tool like the geometry volume check, to see if a volume it's closed, IE. And where there is an hole, he can highlight the problem on the drawt with a clear graphic suggestion.
Yes, I'd like to build some "cellcomplex". But I want to do it in Draft to findout volume and surfaces then with the inspection/survey tool. Of course for a BIM process, this should be with more discipline and organized, but just for now I build volume (cellecomplex) of (every) level the house. I think a tool like topologic can be very useful to do that very quickly, If I understand the tool.
Thanks a lot for your explication!
But I cannot do the second step, where you created the first extrusion. Anyway, I'll try in different ways to rebuild this volume, let see if I can do a better job.
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Re: How to (easy) fuse a solid/volume (Part_Shape_Refine ?)
You may note Arch Space is working along this concept, though I find there is some limitations / cornercases to overcome, you may try if it already work for your cases maybe.ragohix769 wrote: ↑Sun May 29, 2022 12:13 pm Yes, I'd like to build some "cellcomplex". But I want to do it in Draft to findout volume and surfaces then with the inspection/survey tool. Of course for a BIM process, this should be with more discipline and organized, but just for now I build volume (cellecomplex) of (every) level the house. I think a tool like topologic can be very useful to do that very quickly, If I understand the tool.
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But I cannot do the second step, where you created the first extrusion. Anyway, I'll try in different ways to rebuild this volume, let see if I can do a better job.
To find room area / volume, I am stuck somewhere in development with limited time and idea / a better workflow to work on -
[Feature] Drawing Walls = Drawing Rooms Automatically
[Feature] Floor Area Calculation + Room Dimension
[ArchSketch Workflow] - Creating ArchWall + CellComplex on 1 ArchSketch
Hope there are developers to add features architects wanted
For 2nd step, you may just just Part Extrude, in lieu of Draft TrimEx.