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    • K Offline
      kwistenbiebel
      last edited by

      I am thinking the same thing 😄

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
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        How soon you all forgot Jim's Unfold script... http://sketchuptips.blogspot.com/2007/08/plugin-unfoldrb.html

        TIG

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          Gaieus
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          I've never forgotten it (what's more, when wabe came in, the first thing I remembere was Jim's script).
          Jim also tested waybe and contributed quite valuably as I remember.

          Gai...

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            ton baeten
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            Well, my first thought about 'Waybe' was alike Tig's.
            Glad to hear that Jim contributed to 'Waybe'. Let's hope he was/gets payed for his contribution.
            Oké, 'Waybe' seems to be more elaborated, has more tutorials and (maybe) more usefull functionality.
            I have used Jim's plugin quite frequently this year, not to make papermodels, but to break SU models into parts
            to make 3D polystyreen models, aswell to scale as full-size as super-oversize (A SchetchUp tutorial/workdescription
            to create a real football with a diameter of more than 2 meter).
            I have just downloaded the trial-version of 'Waybe'. Now I have 15 days to see if it is worth the money or whether
            I will stick to Jim's free version.
            At least, we have a choise between a free and a payed version.
            At first site, I am not sure the new payed version will win. Jim really created a very nice and usefull ruby some time ago.

            greetings,
            Ton

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              sepo
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              Tig we have not forgotten Jim's unfold script....It is refold we are after 😉

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                Psyco_BoB
                last edited by

                Looks interesting.
                How effective is it with high polygon models?
                Can it be used for laser cutting?

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                  Edson
                  last edited by

                  @psyco_bob said:

                  Looks interesting.
                  How effective is it with high polygon models?
                  Can it be used for laser cutting?

                  it does not work if you try to unfold a whole model. you have to proceed by steps, unfolding groups and/or components.

                  edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre • brasil
                  http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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                    Psyco_BoB
                    last edited by

                    Grouping complex models will be tedious work. 😕
                    I'll give it a go anyway. 👍

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                    • TIGT Offline
                      TIG Moderator
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                      @sepo said:

                      Tig we have not forgotten Jim's unfold script....It is refold we are after 😉

                      Surely there is no difference. The model doesn't know if it was previously folded or unfolded at the point you start ?
                      ❓

                      TIG

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                        sepo
                        last edited by

                        I am not sure if I understand.

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                        • X Offline
                          xrok1
                          last edited by

                          its in ver. 1.3 now i'm go'in in!

                          “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

                          http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                            xrok1
                            last edited by

                            wow, that seized sketchup pretty good. it won't even start with that plug installed, maybe its not SK7 friendly? 😲

                            “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

                            http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                              xrok1
                              last edited by

                              try this instead, supports google earth, 3ds, obj ... http://www.tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en/download/designer.html

                              so you can use it with all your modelers and its $38


                              Chico%20y%20chica%201[1].jpg

                              “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

                              http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                                lewiswadsworth
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                                There is a more professional piece of software available called Lamina which is also designed to unfold geometry. It allows you to input the real thickness of the material being unfolded, and then it prepares a cutting sheet with numbers and even tabs if you want them. You can save the output as a DXF cutting path for use with laser or plasma cutters or a waterjet/waterknife.

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                                Lamina Design

                                Lamina Design: Software tool for fabricating free form structures from sheet material.

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                                (laminadesign.com)

                                It's pricy...$395, but it's aimed at fabricators and rapid prototyping shops. I bought a copy after learning that some sculptors were using it for preparing sheetmetal for assembly...it does a nice job making complexly curved surfaces developable (not that's a situation you often see with SketchUp models...with Rhino, it's inevitable).

                                col sporcar si trova

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