Cutlist plugins
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Hi there woodworkers,
On the SU Help Forums, there is a person who was asking for help and I suggested a bunch of Cutlist plugins he could use:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/sketchup/thread?tid=4996f242164e1488&hl=enNow he says what he installed, only works in inches. Is there any better solution than those listed in the Ruby depot (or which one of those would you recommend to a metric person)?
http://rhin.crai.archi.fr/rld/plugins_list_az.php -
This one works with metric units - http://steveracz.com/joomla/content/view/45/1/
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The cutlist linked to by Dedmin will yield area measurements for sheet goods quite nicely. If either the component definition name or the material contain a Sheet Materials word from the list (which can be added to if needed), those components will be listed in a Sheet Materials section of the cutlist.
Here's more about that cutlist plugin.
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Thanks guys!
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Hi,
I've been playing around with Cutlist for a few days now, and I am very impressed - many thanks to Steve and Dave for their hard work.In its current form it offers some big improvements to my workflow, however, there are a few tweaks that would make it perfect for my application - laser cutting enclosures from plastic sheet.
Specifically...
-Arbitrary sheet sizes. Our plastics are pre-cut into sheets that fit our machine bed - 600mm by 900mm. The layout feature would save even more time if only I could use our ideal sheet dimensions (and of course, as a European engineer, it's metric all the way!). Arbitrary size would also allow me to better use our bin of offcuts for smaller jobs.
-Adding extra columns to the cutlist output/CSV. I'd really like to add our company's part ID's, stores locations etc., which I have added as Attributes to our component models. Just a couple of extra fields would allow me to import the data directly into our product database to create instant BOMs and pick-lists.I have some programming experience, and we have in-house software engineers (though none of us have used Ruby before) - I am happy to put the work into a customised solution.
Would these modifications be possible/simple to implement - or am I expecting the moon on a stick? Or has someone out there already made a script that sounds more suitable? (the other cutlist plugins I found don't have that beautiful layout feature, that's a 'must have' for me). -
Steve, I'll make sure Steve knows of your requests. That's about the best I can do.
Dave
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Steve, here's the response I got:
"Custom board and sheet sizes for layout is the number 1 request and is at the top of my list.
Dumping the contents of the component description or attributes into the csv is quite simple. Right now it's not being picked up but these fields can be added to the part database and then simply added to the csv file as additional field(s). This is probably near the top of my list as well - as there have been similar requests from commercial shops who need extra data for manufacturing BOMs. Design shops are usually separate from manufacturing in these pro shops and they often code special instructions on parts so factory people know how to manufacture ( a suggestion in the short term is to put some of this data into the component name)
I hope to be back in the swing of starting some of these features in the coming weeks." -
Hi Dave, thanks for passing on my suggestions.
It's very heartening to see Steve's commitment to his upgrade program - I wish the makers of my Laser Machine software showed the same concern for their users!
In the meantime, I'm loving the ability to dump an .svg of all my parts in one go (and no more counting the nuts and bolts on a 'blueprint'!!) - this plugins definitely a keeper. (time to get into the boss for a PayPal donation!)
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