Plugin to flatten and distribute groups onto a plane
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Googling this question either returned the unfold tool, or a discussion on flattening 3-D objects so that they look like floor plans. I do not wish to do either of those. I wish to take several different separately grouped objects and lay them down spaced out on the same axis. Much like the layout of objects that will be cut on a CNC machine. The grouped objects I am using were produced using the SliceModeler plugin. They are not completely flat, in a 2-D sense, I just want to lay them flat on a 3-D axis.The gap produced by SliceModeler requires some depth in each slice to make the pieces interlock. Is there a plugin that can help me do this?
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I'm not completely certain what you mean but,
Have you tried Tig's Slicer5, it will make a flat copy as well as the stacked version. and it has some other handy tricks.
Or perhaps Throw To would help, you can select a bunch or groups and throw them to a plane or a infinity, and they will stop when they hit it.
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I tried Slicer5 as you suggested, but I am having the same problem with it as I had with SliceModeler. With both of these the last option is to create a flattened copy of the slices, but it does nothing when I press yes.Otherwise it works great for the intended purposes.
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Strange, it works for me.
Make sure you have the latest version, and that you are not trying to work too small.
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I downloaded Sketchup 2013, and that fixed it. I hate that Slicer5 does a better job, but I have already paid for SliceModeler v1.4, although I cannot seem to find the download link for it. I have been playing around with version 1.3. Thanks for your help.
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