Swingman wrote:
"Morris Dovey" wrote in message
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Swingman wrote:
.. and all curved faces:
Hmm - ok, I created the cylinder for large hole (spider1.jpg) and made
it a component...

Moved it into the proper position and did "intersect with model"
(spider2.jpg)...

But when I attempted to delete the component, all I had was the original
blank (spider3.jpg)...

What am I missing?

Try _not_ making the part that you want the hole in, a 'group' or
"component", and that may make it easier for you.

Draw your cylinder (but maker it longer, so that it sticks out on either
side of the part); make it into a "component"; poke it through your curved
surface with it sticking out on either side; then use "interface with
model"; then "explode" the cylinder; then erase the parts of the cylinder
you don't want, starting with the ones sticking out each side, then the one
in the middle (three parts, plus the ends);, lastly, erase the remnants of
the cylinder (a circle on either side) on the face of the curved surface.

It takes less time to do than tell, and if you're familiar with the program,
and some of the above is not even necessary ... if you're really interested,
and I can find the time today, I'll make you an animated "tutorial" of the
steps above ... using the "scenes" function, a tutorial is easy to do in
SketchUp.

Are there supposed to be pictures attached cause I am not seeing them