overlap(?) objects in draw

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#1

Hi all,

I've never used Draw up to now, but I got a task and thought I could do it with that. I am reading and viewing tutorials but did not find the method for the following: how to overlap, combine, or be it called something else, two objects.

I mean for example: how can I draw a tube that is pushed into a ring. Ok, I could do it by drawing two tubes, one is above, the other is below the ring, but can it be done in a simpler and cleverer way?

Thanks: Albert

#2

Hi Albert,

Hi all,

I've never used Draw up to now, but I got a task and thought I could do
it with that. I am reading and viewing tutorials but did not find the
method for the following: how to overlap, combine, or be it called
something else, two objects.

I mean for example: how can I draw a tube that is pushed into a ring.

That would be possible in 3D and Draw is able to have true 3D objects. But the UI is so bad, that I do not recommend it for beginners in Draw.

You will likely need to make a "fake" 2D drawing.

Ok, I could do it by drawing two tubes, one is above, the other is below
the ring, but can it be done in a simpler and cleverer way?

I would draw one tube and do not use a closed ring, but an open one, which touches the tube at its open part and lays in front of the tube at the opposite side.

Of cause you can build union, combination, or group of objects. But it will not be possible, that one part of an object is in front and one part is behind another object in 2D.

Kind regards
Regina

#3

2018-05-22 19:15 keltezéssel, Regina Henschel írta:

Hi Albert,

Hi all,

I've never used Draw up to now, but I got a task and thought I could do
it with that. I am reading and viewing tutorials but did not find the
method for the following: how to overlap, combine, or be it called
something else, two objects.

I mean for example: how can I draw a tube that is pushed into a ring.

That would be possible in 3D and Draw is able to have true 3D objects. But the UI is so bad, that I do not recommend it for beginners in Draw.

You will likely need to make a "fake" 2D drawing.

Ok, I could do it by drawing two tubes, one is above, the other is below
the ring, but can it be done in a simpler and cleverer way?

I would draw one tube and do not use a closed ring, but an open one, which touches the tube at its open part and lays in front of the tube at the opposite side.

Of cause you can build union, combination, or group of objects. But it will not be possible, that one part of an object is in front and one part is behind another object in 2D.

Kind regards
Regina

Thank you, Regina! I am experimenting. In the meantime I found freeCAD but it is not meant to my level of knowledge.

Regards, Albert

#4

Hi Albert,

Thank you, Regina! I am experimenting.

Draw has a lot of features. In case you get stuck, simple ask. Here are lot of users with ideas.

  In the meantime I found freeCAD

but it is not meant to my level of knowledge.

Here an idea: Draw a ring. That is in Basis Shapes. Draw a rectangle as "tube" in the desired length. Bring it in front of the ring and move it so, that is covers only one side of the ring, but does not reach to the opposite side of the ring. Copy the rectangle to clipboard. Select rectangle and ring together, right-click. From this context menu use item Shapes > Subtract. Now you have cut a part of the ring, so that the gap nicely fits to the "tube"-rectangle. Paste clipboard to draw the "tube"-rectangle again. Move the rectangle so that it covers both sides of the ring. Send rectangle behind the ring. Mark both and group it. Now you can rotate and move the drawing.

Kind regard
Regina