tkeskita / swiftBlock

Blender add-on to generate OpenFOAM blockMeshDict
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No more than 3 new blocks at time (most of the times) #14

Closed Lourencosm closed 3 weeks ago

Lourencosm commented 1 month ago

First of all, this add-on is amazing! Thank you so much!

Issue: When I try to add more than 3 new blocks at a time, no block is created.

Worfkflow: 1) Start from 1 cube. 2) Extrude the faces in the same direction 3x to obtain a 1x4 structure -> click "build" button, get 4 blocks) image 3) Extrude 4 faces (in the same plane) in the same direction to obtain a 2x4 structure -> click "build" button, get 8 blocks) image

4) Extrude 4 or more faces from the same plane image -> click "build" button, still having 8 blocks, the last extruded blocks disappear image

Alternative solution: Is there a way to merge/delete internal faces? (delete faces or dissolve doesn't work) This way I could extrude the faces separately and merge them afterwards.

Thank you

Lourencosm commented 1 month ago

My fault! But it could happen to someone else too. I was extruding using the "E" key. Everything works perfectly if you use the add-on button 'Extrude Blocks (Retain Internal Edges)'.

danielbruno77 commented 3 weeks ago

One thing I noticed can happen is the generation of doubled vertices/edges/faces when extruding the block using the swiftBlock's Extrude Blocks (Retain Internal Edges). The remedy for this is to merge the doubled vertices using the Mesh -> Merge -> By Distance tool in Edit Mode.

Lourencosm commented 3 weeks ago

This is not an issue, it is more of an advice or attention call for users.