I imported a mid century chair model from Chloe A . It was built using group and not componets. I tried out lining the arm and making a componet but it didn’t work. Do I have to just re make the model or are there any tricks to make componets from a model using groups?
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Tom, I had a look at that model. It's a low-poly thing intended to be used in as an interior design piece and not as a plan for building it. It's also poorly executed with reversed faces and some bad geometry. The entire side assembly is drawn as if it was carved from a big hunk of wood. I would question how accurately it has been drawn, too. Considering the units and coarse precision that were used, I expect most dimensions would need some adjustment.
It could be modified but I suspect it would be easier to redraw it. You could use the chair as a reference but I wouldn't reuse any of the geometry.
As a general response to converting groups to components, right click on the group and select Make Component from the context menu. In a case such as this chair, you could make one side a component (this by itself won't improve the model) and delete the other side group. then copy the first and flip it.
-Dave
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Thanks for responding. After sleeping on it . I came up with the same solution. Another thought tough:
if the whole chair is a componet ,and I outline a part without putting the component into edit mode and then hide the componet. Why doesn't the outline still exsist?
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Never mind, that did work but the original model isn't geometrically correct. I will just redo it.
Glad you got it sorted.
To answer the question, though, I guess I'd have to see the SKP file.
IFthe model was done with correct dimensions in the first place, I wouldn't trace the geometry. I would copy the geometry out of the components/groups and use the copied geometry as the foundations for new components.
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