Asking for a plugin script

cacabuda

Hello,

Here is my problem : i would like to make a 3D object with element drawn and cut on a same board
After having drawn the object in 3D on sketchup (with the constraint of element with same width), i would like a plugin that separate the elements and put them on a same plan (3D to 2D).
What i want to do is not what slice modeler, slicer... are doing.

Is there a ruby pro that would like to do the script? (element can be numbered
If not, as i don't know ruby at all, is there a pro that could tell me if it is difficult to do that, so i could try myself?

Thanks!

mitcorb

Perhaps you could post an illustration of what you are asking?

mac1

Form your post I think you want a cutlist and layout. There are some cut list plugins in the ruby lib. Here is one.http://rhin.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/plugin_details.php?id=550 I have not used it. I have not seen any that does the layout for you. Check cutlist plus( you will have to do a net search I don't have the url). I think you have to manually enter the dimensions though

TIG

If you make your 'pieces' for the assembly as separate components [with logical names - e.g. top,bottom, shelf1, right, left, back, front etc] - then once they are all done you can then use the Component Browser to simply place an instance of each 'flat' on the ground - using Rotate on any made 'vertically' etc so it then lays 'flat'. Now you have a set of 'pieces' laid flat in plan. Move them around or Rotate in plan etc to assemble them over a 8'x4'[?] sheet 'outline' etc... Use this 'plan' version for any printing, exporting etc. Now if you change the 'top' design it's immediately repeated in the 'flat' instance of that component... and if necessary you now adjust the pieces to optimize the cut from the sheet ? This is the manual method without Plugins - so just how complicated is this project that it needs such automation when doing it by hand is relatively easy and lets you use you brain to optimize cuts rather than some algorithm that mightn't get it right anyway ?

cacabuda

Hello everybody,

Thanks for your answers and questions.
@mitcorb : what i want it is as mac1 and TIG understood
@mac1 : i have dld the plugin you tell me but it is very complicated to me to understand and seems limited (no custom values and inch format)
@TIG : interesting method but i can't allow me to do the job manually as i have many projects made by several parts.

I will investigate mac1 plugin

Any other suggestions?

cacabuda

Hello,

Third post on this subject.
Well as i said in my second post i tried the existing cutlist plugins.
Then,
It is true it put parts on a same board, however :

the only usefull output is svg (and pollued with many informations)
the svg seems to recognise correctly elements but the elements are transformed into rectangles! (and i'm not mistaken!)
Even if 2) where correct i do not intend to use the svg.
So can someone answer to my first post?
Thanks!

cacabuda

Hello,

Ok i will write the plugin by myself as it is not complicated. I'm reading the Automatic Sketchup book. The author is a real brain!
Nice book, the use of ruby for sketchup reminds me the use of skill for cadence.
I was asking for a plugin because i though i had to create transformation matrix and so on (needing a lot of mathematics), but it won't be the case.