[Plugin] SliceModeler v1.3 released!

xrok1 · 3 Aug 2009, 17:24

TIG, have you considered updating your script to work like the commercial one so this guy will have a hard time selling it?

it pisses me off everytime i see this!

P.S check this out http://www.ideablob.com/ideas/4237-Sliceform-models-rock-

takesh h · 29 Sept 2009, 04:43

Well I don't want to play the police here when TIG himself doesn't, but...

I was doing some research prior to writing a post about TIG's Slicer in Visual Index of Ruby Scripts, and then I naturally came to realize the existence of this script.

One thing really bothered me about this script is not the fact that asteronimo is trying to make money out of it (ok, he is not selling the script, but he is asking donations for his tweaks I understand), but the fact he erased TIG's copyright from the script and replaced with his own name.
Don't really know what his intentions are, but I just have to let you guys know something very fishy is taking place here.

TIG · 29 Sept 2009, 08:44

'SliceModeler' isn't the same as my 'Slicer'. It is heavily based on it, but it makes 'slots' too etc to assemble the model. I even helped him recode parts of it so that it'd work !

Whilst it would be nice have my original input recognised we can't do much about it... I certainly don't want to kick up a fuss. However, if some of you want to write to the author and suggest a little more 'politeness' in his header then please do so... If I 'borrow' code I try and add something like (c) TIG... Parts of the code based on XXXX by YYYY.

takesh h · 29 Sept 2009, 14:20

@tig said:

However, if some of you want to write to the author and suggest a little more 'politeness' in his header then please do so...

I PMed him. Let's see how he reacts to it, if he ever reads my PM though...

@takesh h said:

(ok, he is not selling the script, but he is asking donations for his tweaks I understand)

"You can download the latest version of the script from your Account page when your payment has been received."by asteronimo

Oops, I was wrong. He IS selling the script.

nankyo · 1 Oct 2009, 14:11

AMAZING!! I look so long for automatic plug like this one... Until now i do it manual...

I have a suggestion- to add option to make only one axis process, I mean - to be able to complete the plugin without 'cancel' it in the middle so the result will be like that below.. (I did it with multi push-pull, But I had to explode it and it wasn't flatten....)

Anyway, great job.
You are amazing, guys!!

anu · 13 Nov 2009, 00:12

Hi, Where can I download SketchUp SliceModeler v1.4? Ad how to use this plugin with sketchup .I am new to sketchup and if you could mail me the detailed steps ,it would be so helpful.
thanks in advance,
annu.

anu · 13 Nov 2009, 00:12

Hi, Where can I download SketchUp SliceModeler v1.4? Ad how to use this plugin with sketchup .I am new to sketchup and if you could mail me the detailed steps ,it would be so helpful.
thanks in advance,
annu.

TIG · 13 Nov 2009, 00:19

It's in this thread - first page is a good start...

Ed- · 2 Dec 2009, 12:09

Can someone help to find the 1.4 version?

This link:

(ideablob.com)

where download the script for free is gone.

Thanks in advance.

thomthom · 2 Dec 2009, 12:56

@ed- said:

Can someone help to find the 1.4 version?

This link:

(ideablob.com)

where download the script for free is gone.

Thanks in advance.

You can download it free from this site. But I've never heard of v1.4.

TIG · 2 Dec 2009, 15:47

The 'free' v1.3 is here, in the first post in this thread. However, v1.4 is only available here http://www.public-art-international.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/200/language/en [which is also linked on that page] - where you are 'encouraged' to make a donation...

xrok1 · 3 Dec 2009, 04:45

"encouraged"? you can't download without a donation!
unless someone has a copy of 1.4 they'd like to post here?

Gaieus · 3 Dec 2009, 06:51

Well, if it is "sold" for a compulsory donation there, please, do NOT upload a "pirated" version here. Everyone has the right to sell a plugin and define where it can be downloaded from.

Ed- · 3 Dec 2009, 10:17

You're right, but in this way you don't make a donation you buy it and the donation is misleading.

Also i heard about long time replies from the developer after users have bought it.

Anyway it was free before the link passed away.

TIG · 3 Dec 2009, 11:11

Why not just use the free v1.3 ? If you don't want to get v1.4. I don't know what extra functionality you get with it by 'giving' a donation [i.e. payment].
OR if you don't need the slot-making capability then just use my 'Slicer' Tool - that has always been free and on which SliceModeller is heavily* based [*i.e. its author has just copied most of my code verbatim, I even advised during the early stages, not realising it'd become 'commercialised'... but am I bitter ? ]

TIG · 4 Dec 2009, 00:28

@xrok1 said:

Tig, why not add slotting to yours?

Life is too short to stuff a mushroom...

xrok1 · 4 Dec 2009, 00:28

Tig, why not add slotting to yours?
i'm sure a lot of users including myself would very much appreciate it, both for the usefulness and for the irony

Ed- · 4 Dec 2009, 10:02

Hi Tig, I need the slots and I'm using the 1.3.
I also installed your plugin.

Thanks for your works!

Best

mat_kinotek · 31 Aug 2010, 01:34

Hello guys, Im having the same issues, I;m on version 1.4
mostly of the time i got "uncompleted slices", other time it seems working but at the end instead of having the slice numbered and cutted, I just have a vertical plane intersacating one of the Y slice.
ANyone had encountered the same problems? or do you know some other alternative to slice with sketchup (or cinema 4d)?
Thanks and all the Best,
/m

mat_kinotek · 31 Aug 2010, 04:55

@asteronimo said:

Based on TIG's Slicer script I wrote a plugin that slices a solid 3d model along 2 axes, f.i. an X- and a Z-axis.
You can enter separate parameters for each axis. After the slices have been created it calculates the slots for each intersection which allow the cross sections to interlock in an open cell framework, like an egg crate. This process is used in rapid prototyping and can be used to create molds for casting or forming parts.

These are sometimes called slicemodels or sliceforms.
There is a nice book about this subject, "Surfaces: Explorations with Sliceforms" by John Sharp.

The script can slice complex forms like a cone, a torus or a 'C' correctly.

Tested with SU 6 on Mac OSX.

Version history:
1.0 - First working version based on TIG's Slicer script but without transforming the slots to flattened slices.
1.1 - Solved bug in slot position calculation
1.2 - Using additional slices (3 for each intersection) to calculate slot holes. Improved parameter dialog and transforming slots to flattened slices.
1.3 - Discovered that text labels add size to to bounding box dimensions. Corrected text labeling. Corrected contour cutting. Slices now keep their attributed thickness. Improved code for slicing in Z-direction and spreading the flattened slices.

IF YOU FIND THIS SCRIPT AT ALL USEFUL I'D WELCOME YOUR DONATION AT:
http://www.public-art-international.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/200/language/en
(newer version can be found there)

asteronimo

asteronimo,
I'm using your plug-in, and after many trials and errors I found a way to slice my (fairly comlplex) model, but the plugin wouldnt go on and find the cuttings between the slices. It says "FINDING EDGES OF INTERSECTIONS" and then a verical surface appear. I'm afraid is a bug, cause with other models it works.
Is this really a bug? or am i doing something wrong?
thanks,
MC