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    • B Offline
      boilingsnow
      last edited by

      How can I adjust the thickness of the slices? It seems not to work...

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        The original script "Slicer.rb" (by me) [ http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=10413&p=68825&hilit=slicer.rb#p68820 ] simply slices the selected group/compo as desired - spacing, thickness etc are all adjustable...
        What this version is trying to do is make sets of slices in two axes and then add slots into them so that 3mm foam-board cut-outs can be printed and made and then slotted together...

        .

        TIG

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          asteronimo
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          in this version the slices have no thickness. I thought there was no need for it
          because my goal was to get the flattened slices with the slots. I export the flattened
          slices as a DXF file and use that file in a program for my laser cutter to cut 3mm sheet
          material like MDF or plexiglas.

          The next version will have adjustable thickness for the slices and solve some bugs as well.

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            jumpjack
            last edited by

            @asteronimo said:

            I export the flattened
            slices as a DXF file and use that file in a program for my laser cutter to cut 3mm sheet
            material like MDF or plexiglas.

            How do you export them? One by one? Is it possible to place them side by side?

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              asteronimo
              last edited by

              jumpjack,

              From the menu: File -> Export -> 3D model -> type: Autocad 14 DXF
              But maybe this menu option is only available in the SU Pro version?

              The flattened slices ARE placed side by side.

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                jumpjack
                last edited by

                @asteronimo said:

                jumpjack,

                From the menu: File -> Export -> 3D model -> type: Autocad 14 DXF
                But maybe this menu option is only available in the SU Pro version?

                The flattened slices ARE placed side by side.

                yes, DXF export is only available in pro version.

                But I can't see side-by-side slices! Do they appear only in exported model? I can only see a sliced model, but slices are still together.
                Exporting to raster format would be the same for me...

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                  asteronimo
                  last edited by

                  jumpjack,

                  Please check my first post in this thread.
                  I uploaded SliceModeler v1.3.
                  Hopefully that version works for you.

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                    jumpjack
                    last edited by

                    @asteronimo said:

                    jumpjack,

                    Please check my first post in this thread.
                    I uploaded SliceModeler v1.3.
                    Hopefully that version works for you.

                    Thanks, I tested it.
                    Apart for a little bug due to missing default value for slices axis, it works fine, but I can just see all slice "piled up", so I must move thm by hand to place them on the same plan, which is quite uncomfortable.

                    I mean, from drawing 1 I get drawing 2, but I'd need drawing 3. Is this possible? It's very tricky to place various slices on the same plan by hand...

                    http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/3107/slicesgi7.th.jpg

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                      asteronimo
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                      Can you send me the drawing you are using?
                      And are you sure you are using the right version?
                      Because there should be default values and the flattened slices should spread out nicely.
                      See the picture on the url in the first post of this thread.

                      What SU version do you use, and wat is your OS?
                      I tested in SU 6 Pro on Mac OSX.

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                        Dave R
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                        I can see a possible woodworker's application for this. It could be useful for creating templates for molds for laminating veneers to make complex shapes. Especially if they are compound curves. The illustration isn't a compund curve of course but gives the idea.
                        drawer.jpg

                        It would be nice if the plugin would give a thickness to the slices so that both sides of each part of the mold would be recognizable but that's alright.

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                          jumpjack
                          last edited by

                          Sorry, my fault: after first slicing, when I saw the new dialog I thought it was the same of the first one shown again, so I canceled it.....
                          I didn't understand it was a multiple-stages input!
                          Maybe all inputs should be inserted by user into a single dialog at the beginning? (but this would require checkboxes into dialog, and I don't know if they are supported).

                          Thanks.

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                            Dave R
                            last edited by

                            Yes, I have the latest version but I can't seem to figure out how to generate just the mold shapes as I show in the image above. Perhaps you could demonstrate?

                            mold.skp

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                              jumpjack
                              last edited by

                              Ok, now it's working for me.
                              But I can't figure out how to get slices as thick as their distance: using same number as input does not work, I always can see some empty space between slices.

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                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by

                                @dave r said:

                                Yes, I have the latest version but I can't seem to figure out how to generate just the mold shapes as I show in the image above. Perhaps you could demonstrate?

                                [attachment=0:1fadgjsa]<!-- ia0 -->mold.skp<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:1fadgjsa]

                                SlicModeler makes slices on two chosen axes and puts slots into them so when you make the physical pieces they'll slot together into a 3D shape...
                                I think that my original "Slicer" does more what you want... select the item and run Slicer - set the spacing at 1" and slice at 3/4" (1/4" gap), for your example you'd use Y axis. Don't adjust the spacing and finally say that you want flattened slices... You should then get what you want...

                                .

                                TIG

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                                  Dave R
                                  last edited by

                                  Thanks TIG.

                                  You are indeed correct as you always are. Very good.

                                  Dave

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                                    cpeep
                                    last edited by

                                    Thanks for posting on my blog about this. I had toyed with the idea of using Sketchup for sliceforms, but didn't realize you could write a plugin to slice up ANY shape. Fabulous!! I'm going to play around with it a bit. Stay tuned.

                                    Carol
                                    Extreme Cards and Papercrafting
                                    http://extremecards.blogspot.com

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                                      asteronimo
                                      last edited by

                                      Dave R,

                                      Go back to my first post in this thread and get the script there.
                                      The latest version gives thickness to the slices.

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                                        cpeep
                                        last edited by

                                        I've had the opportunity to play around with this plugin a little. It works quite well, but I found that very often I want my center slice to cut through the center point of the model, thus creating two slices that intersect along the center line of each other. (The plugin creates four intersecting slices at the center of the model, equidistant from the center).

                                        Maybe I missed a way to shift the slices along the model?

                                        Carol
                                        Extreme Cards and Papercrafting

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                                          paolo99
                                          last edited by

                                          asteronimo - Is there any support for the new version. I've got a bit of a problem...

                                          Just in case anyone can help -

                                          I'm trying to slice an object made up of two different pieces - they are grouped so they do look like one. The object is a available to form the the Sketchup 3d Warehouse. It's a mushroom - "Mushroom Pilz' by moom.

                                          The problem is that the slicer always seems to see the model as two separate entities - which, technically speaking it is. Is there a way to join faces in Sketchup?

                                          If someone with more of an understanding of what's going on can get this to work properly, can you let me know.

                                          Cheers

                                          Paolo

                                          p.s. It doesn't always ask if I want to output the flat images. This plugin clearly needs work if it's not a freebie!! WASTE OF TIME ❗

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                                            xrok1
                                            last edited by

                                            very nice. i've had this for a while but never tried it out till now. its very cool.

                                            i do however have a file that it won't complete on, instead of discribing the problem i'll just post the file. could you please take a look at it to verify?


                                            horse.skp

                                            “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

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