Bo Atkinson Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 What did i do wrong here? I seem to get Reshape objects which do not let me erase the unwanted lines, without loosing planar purity.(I was selecting the unwanted segments and hitting delete on keyboard.) I've been away from Z, I ask in case there is a "best way" to maintain planar purity. It just goes bad after deleting the unwanted lines. deletesTooMuchReshape.fmz.zip I should have saved before deleting.... formZ 8,5,6 OSX 10.10.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Hi Bo, Your geometry is has self crossing faces -- which is not proper geometry: Bad geometry can produce unexpected results, and you should always work with clean geometry for best results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo Atkinson Posted November 19, 2016 Author Share Posted November 19, 2016 In this case it was a simple, quick, straight, extruded solid to begin with, no excessive points to skew... Then somehow, my impatience likely handled the Reshape tools badly which made it go "bad"... I'll try again tomorrow with infinite patience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Hi Bo et al, If you ever have issues with geometry, always check it with the Object Doctor and the Add to Selection option. You can also see if it can be fixed automatically using the Fix option, but note that the results that will be displayed are only those that are fixed, so check with Add to Selection again to see what issues still exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo Atkinson Posted November 20, 2016 Author Share Posted November 20, 2016 Yes Tech, I do use the doctor tool, after undoing additional deletions, as follows: Today i managed to save a new starting file before continuing to where problems seep in. I got this far before the geometry becomes bad. Here is the fmz before things turn badly. deletesTooMuchReshape.fmz.zip What went wrong? As pic shows i began clicking unwanted lines starting with lines on the left hand side. Thereafter removing any remaining, unwanted line, hurts the geometry. However, just before deleting those lines further, i tried rounding edges. This action removed the unwanted lines for me. Once again i'm regaining work flow intuitions and harmonizing with Z.. I love the current version and the forum here helps me focus. Thanks so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Bo, Your starting shape is corrupt geometry as it has Irregular Face Boundaries that can not be solved automatically via the Object Doctor Tool: If you are performing surgery (by deleting individual parts) you do have to pay careful attention to exactly what is happening with your geometry. In this case though, if you want to remove the coplanar segments on the face of the wall, simply click on this with the UnMesh tool and that should fix it for you. Does that help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo Atkinson Posted November 21, 2016 Author Share Posted November 21, 2016 Ahah, I wasn't aware of that tool use for this particular purpose. I see now that it does remove the uneeded lines. . Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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