Robert Mickley
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And may I suggest that instead of rotating the copies of the components for the opposite side, that you Flip them? This will make editing them later much less work. If you want to see what I mean, edit one of the sides (non-rabbetted) with Push/Pull to make the side longer.
How did you get it to measure in decimals?
Window>Model Info>Units
So when you rotate it like I did and push pull the end the opposite corner on its mate moves, But if you push pull the top, the top on the opposite end moves, like wise for the bottom
But if you flip it the other side is upside down which puts the rabbit for the drawer bottom at the top, and outside I'm confused, Right?
What you're thinking of as "flip" is still a Rotate operation in SketchUp. Flip is essentially a mirror comand. Delete one side and the front or back. Make new copies of the remaining parts (Ctrl+Move) and move them into approximate positions. You'll do this on one part at a time. While the copy is selected, right click and choose Flip and the appropritate axis color to flip along.
You can also do this with the Scale tool. I think I have a video clip that shows that somewhere. I'll find it and post a link.
I drew the end in this procedure
Rectangle, started it typed in the dimension
push pull, started it typed in the dimension
Rectangle, for the rabbits for the sides to fit in, started the rectangle and typed in the dimensions for both ends .
Push/pulled the rabbit in by starting it and typing in the dimensions on the first one. double clicked on the second one so it would follow suit.
Used the ctrl key and the move tool to copy it, moved it to the other end and rotated it
Rotate is the problem. See above.
I always type in my dimensions, so how it got off who knows.
Hmm... I wonder. I'll look into that.
some guy spent a couple hours on the phone with me last year showing me things like that
What sort of clown would spend hours on the phone?
There's a little more to this than cleaning up the model although there is certainly a problem there. Good catch Jerry.
Robert, how did you go about drawing the dadoes in the ends of the box? It looks like you pushed from one end and pushed too far.
Drew a rectangle on the face and pushed it from the inside towards the outside
Take a look at my version of your file. Your drawing is closer to the origin. Notice that I have set the line color by axis. Notice how the lines on the long sides are black, not green. This indicates these components aren't drawn on axis.
I see that now
I just redrew the parts off to the side and had no trouble getting exact dimensions. I did the drawing with Units set to Fractional and Precision set to 1/64" as you did. Then I changed the units to Decimal.
Also, try editing my version of your drawer box as I mentioned before. Notice how the opposing component behaves.
I meant what sort of clown would spend hours talking to you on the phone.
If he knew half of what he should know, he could have cut that time in half.
Okay, I went in and cleaned up those extra surfaces on the front and back rabbets, moved the sides back in to place and moved them out stipulating a 2" move, and now the arithmetic works.
myDrawer.skp