All language subtitles for 613241-33 - Solid tools - The definitive SKETCHUP course. From beginner to expert.en-US

Hello people and welcome
to this new class in where

we're going to talk
about this solid tools.

These tools has its own set bar.

You can see it here.

If you want to turn it on,

you have to go here
to the upper bar,

right button and
look for solids.

Here we are study tools.

One-click and we'll find this
tool set with six bottoms.

If we hover over any of them,

we could read a very
interesting description about

what this function is doing
actually in our model,

because actually it
is very accurate.

Anyways, what do we
have to understand

before what a solid means?

So let's go here to
this first model

in where I have a
Q and a sphere.

Now, during the course,

we have been working
with models which

are based on surfaces, e.g. a.

Queue.

We said that it is not a solid,

but many different
surfaces placed

altogether and creating
this CEP of a cube.

If I remove one of their faces,

we can see that the interior
is completely empty.

And we already know that
all the shapes in SketchUp,

all of our models
work like that.

When we are talking
about a solid,

the meaning is very intuitive.

What we are trying to say
is that we want are safe to

work as a real solid
or in other words,

not empty in the interior.

And why we want our models
to work as a solid.

What is the benefit of
working with a solid and

not with a normal
SketchUp geometries?

The answer is easy.

We can create unique geometries

and I will give you
here an example.

This both elements are
working as a solid.

So if I say that
I want to say it

plays this sphere here

in order to allow this
fear to bite the queue,

I use this, let's say
subtract function,

one-click, second click, click.

We have, as I told you,

a unique geometry as the
result of this subtraction,

imagine to try to
get this geometry by

working with the normal tools

that we have already
learned in a sketch,

it would be completely
impossible.

But before jumping into

this first example
called outer cell,

Let's see how I did in order to

make these both geometries
to work as solids.

So once the bug control set,

one click on the sphere and if

I open my entity Info tray,

you can read solid group
one in modal solid group,

this is fear is placed into
a group and forest gets AB.

That means that the element
is already a solid.

So when we make groups,

we are creating solids
the same with the cube.

One. Click on the
queue and we can

read solid group one in model

because when our geometry

is not a group,
so let's explode.

This cube e.g. now is
not a group anymore.

And if I click on subtract
and I hover over the Q,

this forbidden icon will
pop instead of the number,

and it is said not a solid.

So we can't make

that geometry to interact
with another one.

Furthermore, if our
geometry is a group,

but it has some kind
of error, e.g. I.

Go into the group and I
draw a little line here.

I go out of the
group, I clicked on,

so strap and I hover over
the Q and we can read again,

not a solid the element,

our geometry is a group,

but we have this error.

We need, let's say, a
continuous geometry.

In order to fix this
kind of errors,

you should know that we have

a plugin called solid inspector.

We will see this plugin in

the future and it will
help us to detect

kind of mistakes in our geometry
and fix it immediately.

So it is a very
useful plugin here.

We know where is the error.

So we can go into this group,

select this line and
related, want to step back.

And now, if I click
on subtract again,

I hover over the cube,

the number pops up.

I can select my cube as a solid.

Now the tool is asking
me for selecting

the second geometry
for the interaction.

And when I hover over this fear,

everything seems to be okay.

So second click, and
here we have the result.

The order is very important
because now the cube

was the one who bites the
sphere and not the contrary.

Now I think that we're ready for

jumping into this first example.

The first feature that we have

available is called outer cell.

We have here two cubes
which are in contact.

And this feature, what
it's gonna do is just to

combine both of them in

order to create a
continuous safe.

So if we hit the
tool outer cell,

this time, the order
is not important.

First click here, second
click on the second cube,

and then we have
created a new shape.

If we select this new shape,

we will see on the entity Info.

That it is a solid group,

so we don't have
two cubes anymore,

but one continuous shape.

We can check it by using
the x-ray and here we are.

Furthermore, the tool says that

it will remove all
interior entities.

I have to say that this
feature of the tool

is a little bit
confusing because

that part about removing

the interior entities
is not working clearly.

So in my opinion,

you can forget that part.

Let's move on now to
this second example.

Intersect. If we read
the description,

it says that intersect
all selected solids,

but keep only their
intersection in the model.

It is very clear.

So we hit the tool one
click on this first cube.

Secondly, here, the order
is not important because

the tool is just keeping
the intersection.

In this third example, Union,

we will have the same result

as outer cell here
the two says that

combined all selected
solid into a

single solid and
keep interior voids.

So we hit the tool one
click here, click here.

And as you can see, we have

the same result as
with outer cell.

In this next example,

subtract the description says

subtract first
solid from second.

Keep only the result
in the model.

So here the order is going
to be super important.

We hit the tool one click,

and here I will click
firstly this orange q.

So this orange cube
is going to be

the one who bites the second q.

And here we have the result
as the description said.

Yes, the result keeps on
our model and the orange Q,

the little one has been removed.

In my working experience,

I have to say that this
tool is the most useful,

at least for me.

Let's go with the next one.

Trim, trim, first,
solid against second,

and keep both in the model.

So it's gonna be super
similar to the previous one,

but it will not remove
that orange cube,

the one who bites
from our model,

we can check it, makes sure that

you don't have
anything selected.

We'll hit the tool first.

Solid will be again
the orange one,

seconds solid, the big cube.

Then we can see,

thanks to the X-ray,

how the neurons cube made
a bite on the big Q.

But the thing here is

that everything
remains on the model.

Nothing has been removed.

We can check that we have here

one group and a second group.

We move this orange cube.

We have the same
result as before,

but this orange cube
was not removed.

That is the only difference.

The last feature
is called split.

We can read intersect

all selected solutes and keep
all results in the model.

So we hit the tool
one click on here,

second click on here.

We can say that something
happens in the interior.

So let's move the
different models

we have here, the urines one,

we have here, the big one,

and we have here the
intersection of both of them.

So it is very similar to
this one to intersect,

but this tool is keeping

all the different
solids in the model.

So time to say goodbye.

I hope that you have
clear in your mind

how to use these tools bar.

Anyways, we will
practice with it during

the course and in
the next episode,

we will do an exercise
about drawing

a swimming pool in
where we will start

using all the tools from

the transformation panel that

we have learned
during this model.