Lathe script
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Is anyone interested in a lathe script? Does such a script already exist? (Dont' tell me about the Follow Me tool)
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This is what I have right now. Basically, you can revolve any number of edges or curves around an arbitrary axis to create a new surface. You can move the axis and reorient the axis as desired (prior to creating the surface). There is also control over the sweep angle and number of divisions.
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Hi Whaat!!
Look at the firsts 50 seconds..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrHdaWTyu0I
And you can try something like this online:
http://www-ui.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~takeo/teddy/teddy/teddy.htmlI know that this is not a lathe tool... and there´s a lot of free programs that do this and can be imported into SU.
But perhaps is possible this inside SketchUp with some changes to your lathe tool?.Daniel S
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I can see definite advantages to this over the Follow-Me tool, which can be somewhat difficult for a newbie to learn. This would be a great ruby for woodworkers and machinists when turning shapes like your examples. I know I have some difficulty even now getting the F-M tool to do what I want it to do every time. I like rubies that make life more simple and somewhat automated. I say "Go for it"....
Mike
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