3dsolid imprint

[Geoffers]

recently 'crossgraded' from LT to ADT 2007! still struggling

 

i cannot get the 'imprint' command to work in the way it shows in a 'help' demo; draw a line on a 3d solid; imprint and then pull it up like a pitched roof; is this a bug or am i missing something?

[tzframpton]

make sure it's exactly on the same "plane" as the roof (or exact same Z value). if your roof pitch is 45 degrees, and your imprint is @ 90 degrees, it's not going to work. basically, the object you want to IMPRINT has to be lying on the object that will be imprinted on. hope this helps.

[Geoffers]

thanks for your reply, i thought i had covered those points but... will try again...

[Geoffers]

nope;

drew 3 d solid, moved ucs to the top face, drew line on top face between mid points, 'imprint', followed prompts, line is just a fixed part of the 3 d solid, i cannot grip it to pull up to form the 'ridge of a pitched roof'... i can use 'extrude' to pull up one face but that is not what shows in the demo...

[Geoffers]

OK, Ok, i've cracked it (with the help of another forum!)

 

after 'imprinting' need to press Ctrl to pick the line, then it moves with its faces to form a 'pitched roof' shape!

 

yea, yea, yea, i'm happy

 

now onto 'views and sheets'.

[vweavers]

I too, was wondering how that worked. I tried other line types, but couldn't get them to work, such as polyline, arc, circle, etc. Possible?

[Geoffers]

:D:D:D

I too, was wondering how that worked. I tried other line types, but couldn't get them to work, such as polyline, arc, circle, etc. Possible?

Wow, VW that's an old thread!:o:o

 

Anyway have you seen the current thread about printing words onto a cylinder? that uses 'imprint'.:)

 

OH, JUST NOTICED - YOU STARTED IT