Woodworking ruby.

jhoutman · 6 Nov 2009, 23:33

In the ruby/plugin forum, I have added an update to some simple wookworking tools. They include insert component/board, resize board, a dado tool and a drill tool.
The new version as some added features requested by some cabinet makers. The file is woodwrk.rb

dedmin · 7 Nov 2009, 08:18

Using it - loving it! Thanks a lot!

PKast · 12 Nov 2009, 03:15

I have also used your ruby tool and think it is very good. I find the drill and rabbet tool very useful.

Thanks very much.

ebelg2000 · 17 Nov 2009, 15:56

Is there a way to use the drill board tool to drill an array of holes in a component?

jhoutman · 17 Nov 2009, 17:22

No, there is not currently a way to drill an array. That is an interesting idea though. Very handy for modeling cabinet sides for shelves etc. Do you have a suggestion about the input process?

menfin · 19 Nov 2009, 21:19

Hi,

Are you looking for this type of tool?

here

dedmin · 19 Nov 2009, 21:46

@menfin said:

Hi,

Are you looking for this type of tool?

here

I saw some very nice tools there It's so bad I don't understand french!

jhoutman · 19 Nov 2009, 23:36

The drill array would be very simple to do, but why reinvent it if we could just get that in english! My french is essentially zero.

ebelg2000 · 20 Nov 2009, 22:46

I agree, this is what I had in mind when I asked the question, but like you my 4th grade French doesnt cut it.

menfin · 21 Nov 2009, 12:31

Hello,
Thank you for your kind opinions
For your information, I'd really like to translate it in English if you are interested.
I cannot promise that it will be perfect but with time, some daily corrections and some comprehension...
The next plug-in can also be used to do some milling commands.

Best regards

jhoutman · 21 Nov 2009, 15:18

Thanks for the effort if you can translate it. There seems to be a number of people working on some wood working tools. It would be nice to develop a sort of suite of tools. I do so love Sketchup for furniture work.
Joel

menfin · 21 Nov 2009, 17:50

Are there volunteers to test the plugin ?
drilling_milling_04
At the bottom of the page, before comments.

menfin nazemrap

dedmin · 21 Nov 2009, 18:09

I'm using metric units and the plugin doesn't recognize them - I typed 4 for diameter and got 50,8mm diameter hole!

menfin · 21 Nov 2009, 18:37

There is now a metric version (I hope)

dedmin · 21 Nov 2009, 20:14

@menfin said:

There is now a metric version (I hope)

You are very fast!! It is working fine now! Thanks a lot! SketchUP is becoming a swiss army knife!!

Dave R · 21 Nov 2009, 23:24

@menfin said:

Are there volunteers to test the plugin ?
drilling_milling_04
At the bottom of the page, before comments.

menfin nazemrap

I'm trying it but not getting it to work the way I expect. I've installed drilling_milling_04 and I've tried to follow the video but if the diameter is less than 2, I don't get any holes. If the holes are through drilled, the plugin doesn't remove all of the faces on the opposite side. I thought it might be handy for things like shelf pin holes but 2" diameter holes are a bit large for shelf pins. Nice try, though.

If this is to be useful, it ought to accept fractional and decimal values and it ought to be able to drill small diameter holes.

dedmin · 21 Nov 2009, 23:44

@dave r said:

@menfin said:

Are there volunteers to test the plugin ?
drilling_milling_04
At the bottom of the page, before comments.

menfin nazemrap

I'm trying it but not getting it to work the way I expect. I've installed drilling_milling_04 and I've tried to follow the video but if the diameter is less than 2, I don't get any holes. If the holes are through drilled, the plugin doesn't remove all of the faces on the opposite side. I thought it might be handy for things like shelf pin holes but 2" diameter holes are a bit large for shelf pins. Nice try, though.

If this is to be useful, it ought to accept fractional and decimal values and it ought to be able to drill small diameter holes.

I tried with the metric version and got 3mm diameter holes without a problem. If You give the same dept as the material thickness the holes are o'key, but if the depth of the hole is more than the thickness then there is remaining geometry.

Dave R · 22 Nov 2009, 01:09

I don't see why there needs to be a metric version and an imperial version. Others write plugins that get the model units. Why doesn't this plugin do that?

I did set the depth to the thickness of the "board" but only one of ten holes was punched through. At this point, the plugin isn't useful to me at all.

menfin · 22 Nov 2009, 08:25

hello

I am sorry, for these inconveniences.
I am going to work again on it.
My ruby is also poor as my English...

ebelg2000 · 22 Nov 2009, 14:20

menfin, excellent work! I loaded the plugin and it seems to work well. The only question I have is it appears like I can only input integer values for the diameter and depth of the hole. How would I input for a 1/2" diameter hole?

Thanks again for your efforts!