AutoCad 3D :: Extruding / Push Pull A Large Array Of Circles?
May 29, 2012
I need to design a 'stencil' of sorts - but it just needs to be an array of circles separated by a constant distance. its an array of 200 micron diameter circles separated by a distance of 500 microns each (between centers). Its super easy to make this array, but when I try to 'pull' it into the third dimension, or extrude the array, I get an 'invalid' error. Or the highlighted objects just get 'unhighlighted' (for the lack of a better word) once i hit enter after selecting them all. Also, I made the entire array into a 'block' of easiness.
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May 29, 2012
I need to design a 'stencil' of sorts - but it just needs to be an array of circles separated by a constant distance. its an array of 200 micron diameter circles separated by a distance of 500 microns each (between centers).
Its super easy to make this array, but when I try to 'pull' it into the third dimension, or extrude the array, I get an 'invalid' error. Or the highlighted objects just get 'unhighlighted' (for the lack of a better word) once i hit enter after selecting them all. Also, I made the entire array into a 'block' of easiness.
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May 29, 2012
I need to design a 'stencil' of sorts - but it just needs to be an array of circles separated by a constant distance. its an array of 200 micron diameter circles separated by a distance of 500 microns each (between centers).
Its super easy to make this array, but when I try to 'pull' it into the third dimension, or extrude the array, I get an 'invalid' error. Or the highlighted objects just get 'unhighlighted' (for the lack of a better word) once i hit enter after selecting them all.
Also, I made the entire array into a 'block' of easiness.
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Aug 16, 2012
Okay, I'm new to associative arrays, I'm attaching a drawing so you can see what I'm trying to accomplish with this. I'm doing an elevation view of a slab that has a cross section of the rebar. I've shown one of the bars spanning from left to right, represented by a rectangle, and the cross section of the bars running front to back represented by circles. You can see what I'm trying to show here. In the drawing I've attached, the top three sketches are examples of how this would look if it were working correctly.
What I'm trying to do is create an array (of circles) that will stretch to the length of the bar spanning left to right. I want the quantity of items in the array to automatically change based on the length of the bar and the spacing of items, so if there is 6" of spacing between the items instead of 12" it will automatically add twice the amount of items to fill in that space. I've been trying to use a path array, and it isn't working the way I want. I'm not familiar with rectangular arrays, so not sure what to do there either.
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Jun 6, 2012
I'm trying to create an array from one block with the option to specify columns, rows, respective offsets as well as angle. The original block comes from a 98kb dmg and is pre-inserted at a specific x,y,z in the model space. The issue I run into is whenever i try to create an array with say more than 200 lines and 200 columns, the machine locks up. It generally will create the array however it can take upwards of 5 minutes.
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Aug 26, 2012
There are large x's coming form the center of the circles of an object that I am pasting into a drg, why does this happen?
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Dec 7, 2013
I have sometimes an array with 10x45=450 assemblies. Because this slows down my computer dramaticly I use LOD to suppress parts within the assembly. The problem is that I have to expand every single assembly in the array, select all of them and than choose the LOD I want. This takes me a lot of time. Is there a way I can select all assemblies within an array with one (or two) clicks?
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Sep 30, 2011
How does one get the array window in 2012 to open with the array command like it does in 2007
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Sep 19, 2012
I'm trying to use the PATH array feature on 2013 to array stairs, and I can't get the array to be 100% accurate. It seems like CAD rounds the decimal to the nearest 3/4" which could be causing the problem.
I set my run to 10.5" and rise to 7.25", array along the angle of the stringer, and there's always a small overlap on the stairs. The "distance between" should be 1'-209/256" and CAD rounds it to 1'-3/4" which is where I believe the error is. Is there any way to fix this or array this correctly? Otherwise...back to the COPY method I suppose.
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Feb 11, 2005
I'm trying to make a logo. Circular logo with an inner ring maybe 4 px wide and 15 px inside the rim of the outer circle.
Basically I want a blue circle with a yellow inside ring. What's the best way of doing this? The only thing i can think of is: creating a blue circle marquee, and then another (trying to estimate a new circle size and change the color) that is yellow, and then making another smaller blue circle inside the new one. That's just ugly.
I tried the edit/stroke but that just gave me a stroke around the outer circle; it didn't put a ring inside the circle 15 px down.
Also I tried to contract the original circle by selecting it, then Modify/contract. That's got me a selected ring, inside the circle. Now how in the world do I make that little ring yellow? It just remains selected and I can't seem to find a way to color it.
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Jun 6, 2013
I am creating PDF files through the publish button on AutoCAD LT 2014 and I have had a client ask me of the PDF files are PDF/A compliant. I have search and found nothing on the subject.
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Apr 2, 2013
I want to use i Logic to retreave or push the i Property of "Project" from my skeleton file to the rest of the parts and assemblies in the project.
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Mar 28, 2012
Will AutoCAD convert standard to metric with the push of a button? Do you have to convert them manually? If the answer is yes which versions will?
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Jul 23, 2013
i have problem with my cad. When i push in scroll button in old settings i saw hand (pan function) and it was easy to move. Now when i push in scroll button i see cross with arrows and moving where i want is difficult. How can i change it (i want use pan function when i push in scroll).
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Apr 17, 2012
I have just recently upgraded to 2013.I have one color in particular that use dto be grey - now it is red. I have repaired the appearance so it looks correct in a part. I was able to save this backto the library, overwriting the original. This is all good. I am unable to find out how to push this updated appearance to all parts in an assembly. I used to be able to do this with the update styles tool.
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Aug 19, 2013
if there is a simple way of pushing multiple Polylines to meet a final line that I draw.For instance if there is a zigzagged line, and I drew a line through the middle of it (in a similar direction).
Is there a command or script that would push all of the points on the zig-zag to meet with the straight line I drew?
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Jul 27, 2012
I know you can "pull" styles from a drawing (maybe the template) into your current drawing.
Is there a way to "push" them from the current drawing to another on?
Here is what I am picturing:
Right click on a style on the settings tab and choose "Send to Template"
"Template" would either be a predefined DWT file or it would open a standard file selection dialog to select one.....and this would copy the selected style into the template.
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Aug 1, 2013
Just converted from 14LT to 2014LT. In 14LT, when drawing a shape, say 4' by 5', I used to be able to draw the first two lines, 4' and 5' and then simply push the up arrow to retrieve the last two entries at the command line. When I do that now, it gives me some sort of dimensional coordinates.
Also, same subject, different useage, when drawing from points to points, I used to be able to draw a line from a point to a snap point such as intersection and then simply push the up arrow to retrieve that command to the command line over and over depending on a snap by snap basis. Again, it just gives me the dimensional coordinates.
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Nov 7, 2011
I wrote some code in VB .NET 2010 getting started from Kean Walmsley project to create a new layer. I did it working directly from code and not using a command line as he did.
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The problem is that the same code works if I call it directly inside the application code, but doesn't if I throw it from a push button.
I get the eLockViolation error code.
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Dec 6, 2005
I am willing to do a text that is pushed-in in the sand as a foot mark.
How to do it or what effect or transfer mode to use ?
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Oct 26, 2011
I'm doing a small 3D assignment for class, and I need extruding these trusses in my drawing 2". I'm aware that they need to be a solid polyline object in order to do so, however I can't seem to figure it out!
Here is the file:
Assignment1.dwg
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Aug 19, 2013
I am trying to create a solid model of a helical gear and need to know how to include a rotation or twist with the extrusion.
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Sep 9, 2013
I have the need to curve a region, then extrude it, is this possible?
The region is a flat view of a plasma cut plate with lots of holes/shapes that then gets rolled, doing it the way I describe would exactly re-produce in cad how the finished physical product comes out.
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Feb 20, 2011
I am starting up my class again using AutoCAD Civil 2011. I want to extrude a circle or just a closed pline to a solid. I have done this many times before, but now it is not extruding to a solid, just a "Surface Extrusion". My commands are C:circle; C:region; (shows as filled circle and confirms it is a region); and finally C: extrude ; when I extrude it it is not a solid but rather a hollow "Surface Extrusion". Is it a function of 2011 and something I have turned on?
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Oct 17, 2011
I am having trouble extruding(cutting) a shape into a cylinder. I want to cut the cylinder with a certain shape but I want to cut it tangent to the cylinder instead of just straight down through it like a front view.
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Feb 27, 2012
I have a complex polyline I'd like to extrude through a finite radius and distance that is not obvious in this old version 13 I have to use.
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Sep 11, 2012
I'm having trouble extruding a profile i have created. Get "Cannot sweep or extrude a self-intersecting curve" error. I have used the overkill command to find any duplicate lines. Trying to extrude along a straight line.
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May 28, 2013
I'm setting up so isometric views with legacy hidden settings so it properly displays as it would in real life. I started out by making 2 rectangles (one 1/4" bigger than the other) and centered them together.
I then turned it into one polyline so I could extrude it.
But now it thinks that it's one big chunk of metal in the center, and not hollow. I don't know how to get a hollow piece of something.
make a hollow object that had a wall width??
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Mar 2, 2010
When I try to extrude this closed polyline (yes it is closed) I get the message "Cannot sweep or extrude a self-intersecting curve." I do this sort of extrusion all the time (closed polylines with various geometry) and usually have no trouble.
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Jan 7, 2014
I am in the process of drawing this bookshelf:
Bookshelf.jpg
As already visible on this picture I am having trouble with extruding some of the shapes of the shelves.
The tricky thing is what I have been doing differently with the one shapes where the extruding leads to the desired result and the others where it does not work. I have been trying different things: changed the shapes from splines to polylines etc. Does not work...
I´ll add a reduced version of the drawing here: the original shapes are on layer 0, the extrusions on 0 - X
Drawing2.dwg
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Nov 1, 2012
I'm running a batch process to apply a certain action. This action selects a color in the image, then switches to the alpha channel, selects a new background color, then deletes the content selected, leaving the area with a new rgb value. The problem is that not all the images have that color, so when it goes to select it, it doesn't find it.
Then an error pops up informing me that the delete funciton isn't available, since there's nothing selected. I've tried logging them to a file, but even then, the action stops at that step and moves onto the next image. Therefore it never makes it to the close step, so they remain open.
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