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    • Z Offline
      zbuckholz
      last edited by

      I have posted the message below in the newbie forum, I probably should have posted to this thread instead.

      I am trying to make a triangle box, I bought the Sketchup plugin SliceMaker to take a volumn and slice it into pieces I can then cut on my laser.

      The video is short 1 min 20 seconds.

      Then I attempt to export the pieces using the SVG plugin.

      I show in the video the SVG plugin export, and my attempt to open in CorelDraw and InkScape.

      Neither program can handle the pieces properly, hopefully someone can see something obvious in the video and point out my error.

      Thanks
      Zach

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      • Dave RD Offline
        Dave R
        last edited by

        Zach, I used Slice Modeler, the plugin offered in the first post of this thread, to make something similar to your model. It looks like I got similar results.

        http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4090/5007268225_3958247615_z.jpg

        Then I ran the SVG exporter from Flights of Ideas and got the following. I rearranged the SVG images so they would fit in tighter space but I didn't edit the file at all.

        http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4084/5007878306_7574e8ebaa_b.jpg

        You mention SliceMaker. Perhaps that is the problem? Have you tried SliceModeler?

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        • Z Offline
          zbuckholz
          last edited by

          I apologize Dave, the name of the plugin I am using is SliceModeler. I will try to move things around and export again.

          Thanks
          Zach

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          • R Offline
            razer
            last edited by

            what about if you only want to slice down one line of your group?

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            • Dave RD Offline
              Dave R
              last edited by

              Could you clarify that question? Maybe give an illustration of what you want.

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              • thomthomT Offline
                thomthom
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                @dave r said:

                "Man skal være klok for å håndtere en løgn, en tosk bør heller holde seg til sannheten."

                Interessant proverb - har ikke hørt det før. Hvem stammer sitatet fra?

                Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                • R Offline
                  razer
                  last edited by

                  @dave r said:

                  Could you clarify that question? Maybe give an illustration of what you want.

                  Ive got one group and I want to cut that in half to make two groups, not slice it up all the way through my model.

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                  • Dave RD Offline
                    Dave R
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                    I see. This isn't the plugin you want for that. You could use Zorro.rb but don't really need a plugin at all to do this. Open your group for editing, draw a face (cutting plane) that cuts through it where you want to cut it, Select all of it an the group, right click and choose Intersect Faces>With Selection. Delete the edges of the cutting plane and the unwanted portion of the group. If you want to keep both halves, still, drag a left to right selection box around the part you want and use Move/Copy to move that copy away. Or Cut and Paste to get it outside the group if you prefer.

                    Zorro will make the cut for you but you'll still have to delete the waste or copy out the part you're interested in.

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                    • majidM Offline
                      majid
                      last edited by

                      thanx for sharing mate 😄 , and seems to be amazing , but doesn't work for me 😞 maybe conflict with other ruby or something 😕

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                      • S Offline
                        SlicerX
                        last edited by

                        I am using sketchup pro version 8 and slice modeler v1.3 it slices up my model but doesnt ask me to flatten the slices out anyone know how this can be done manually or corrected??

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                        • Dave RD Offline
                          Dave R
                          last edited by

                          I see the same thing if I don't have the plugin make slices in a second axis or if there are no slices created during the second slicing step.

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                          • K Offline
                            kojak
                            last edited by

                            brilliant..well done..you should sell it

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                              CT Ertz
                              last edited by

                              Wow, thanks. This works so good for making the inner formers for card models! I use to do it manually. Thanks,
                              CT

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                                esatok
                                last edited by

                                Is there a way to create a slice form tool that can create the slices radially? I would appreciate any suggestions, as SketchUp is fairly new to me. Thank you very much.

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                                • Dave RD Offline
                                  Dave R
                                  last edited by

                                  Until there is one, you could do it manually without much work. Draw a rectangular face and create a radial array from it with the copy function of the Rotate tool. Intersect faces with the thing you want to cut. Delete the stuff outside the intersection edges and you're left with your section slices.


                                  Radial.png

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                                  • T Offline
                                    trock2957
                                    last edited by

                                    Thanks for the cool plugin.
                                    Is there a way to add the ability to slice down z axis only, and create a flat slices of this axis only? And lay that axis flat?
                                    No Slots in the slice. Sorta like a 3D printer would need.
                                    The other slicer plugin, Slicer5, is limited to solids and this plugin slices every thing. Coool.
                                    This would be a very, very useful tool.
                                    Thanks again.

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                                    • K Offline
                                      kyleboyd
                                      last edited by

                                      I know this is rather old but I am hoping to get some help/advice on a model of a sink I am building on a lasercutter. For some reason (I'm pretty certain its a problem with my model, not this plugin) the plug-in seems to sort of take some shortcuts when slicing (hopefully the pictures will explain it well). Any thoughts? Thank!


                                      What actually happens


                                      The section shape I need.


                                      VANITY_MODEL.skp

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                                      • TIGT Offline
                                        TIG Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        Your model needs a major tidy up.
                                        If you combine the [exploded] parts into one group it's just not a 'Solid'.
                                        There are overlapping edge, flaps, tiny holes etc.
                                        Use thomthom's solid-inspector to see these issues, and some careful adjustments to fix them.

                                        Because tools like this and my newer 'Slicer5' work by intersecting planes with the group and deducing faces from the intersecting edges produced, non-solids will often produce unexpected results - e.g. if a slice's edges are missing and can't form a face to then extrude into the slice, or perhaps deciding what is a filled face and what is a void becomes untenable...
                                        😮

                                        TIG

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                                        • K Offline
                                          kyleboyd
                                          last edited by

                                          Perfect! Just what I was looking for (confirmation that my model is not up to snuff, and redirection to a few more up-to-date plug-ins). Thanks!

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                                            makusdhy
                                            last edited by

                                            @tig said:

                                            Your model needs a major tidy up.
                                            If you combine the [exploded] parts into one group it's just not a 'Solid'.
                                            There are overlapping edge, flaps, tiny holes etc.
                                            Use thomthom's solid-inspector to see these issues, and some careful adjustments to fix them.

                                            Because tools like this and my newer 'Slicer5' work by intersecting planes with the group and deducing faces from the intersecting edges produced, non-solids will often produce unexpected results - e.g. if a slice's edges are missing and can't form a face to then extrude into the slice, or perhaps deciding what is a filled face and what is a void becomes untenable...
                                            😮

                                            I cannot see the +flattened copies on my drawing..why?? i have windows 7 64b and skup 8..what is wrong with this plug in?? I have the same problem with the other slice plug ins. Im trying with very basic forms and NOTHING.

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