Push/Pull eliminates the waste.Īctually I took advantage of a slick Ruby script called applyto.rb to speed things up. I've already fixed the left end by making the end diamond components unique (right click), editing them and tracing the edge of the opening on them. Hopefully you can see the lines from the dimaonds extending beyond the right end of the opening. I copied the component (Ctrl+Move) to make an array that filled the opening. In the background you can see the nearly completed grille. Then I made that diamond element a component.ģ. I held the CTRL key down while using the Eraser tool on the vertical and horizontal edges of the diamond. This was referenced off the center of the opening with construction geometry.Ģ. I drew a single diamond element for the grille. If I clicked at that point I could drag out an arc that would make a 1/4 circle.ġ. In this shot I started the Arc tool at a random point on the left edge, then slid onlong the bottom edge until the line turned magenta. You could get by with setting a construction point at one inch from a corner along one edge and then using the inferencing engine in SU to guide you for the rest. The intersections give me 1' radius corners which are drawn in with the Arc tool. In this case, I drew these new x-lines one inch in from the sides. For clarity I drew the next set of x-lines in a second step but I would have drawn them at the same time as the first ones if I hadn't been drawing this as a tutorial. Check the Help files to be sure.Īfter that, draw the rectangle with the Rectangle tool.Ģ. In GSU I believe you need to hold the Ctrl key while dragging out the x-line. The x-lines are dragged into place with the Tape Measure tool in reference to other lines. I show one centered vertically although you wouldn't need it in this case. insert x-lines to define the edges of the rectangle. First, here's a screen shot showing the steps to rounded corners using construction lines (x-lines) to aid layout.

Sketchup round edge