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    • C Offline
      Cubcrafter
      last edited by

      I have created the attached file with Artisan and now I need to make vertical slices every 1/8" from the front to the back (long way). I want to be able to lay the slices flat and export these to my laser cutter, glue them together, and then make a plug to make a mold. When I try to use the slicer plugin it won't work since this is not a volume. Is there another better way to do this?

      Thanks,

      Larry


      SliceNewWheelPant.zip

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      • mitcorbM Offline
        mitcorb
        last edited by

        The cutter in Artisan doesn't do what you need? Try Zorro2? Copy the cut planes to the intervals you wish?

        I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
          last edited by

          There were several small holes in the existing surface - a little vertex-move[+alt to auto-fold] fixed them quickly
          I then added a quick 'bottom' surface with my EEbyRails tool, using a copy of the bottom edges made into the required 'curves'.
          Recombining the groups etc into one... we have a 'solid'.
          Then Slicer-ed it as required...
          You can always slice the other way if that's what's needed...SliceNewWheelPant.PNGSliceNewWheelPant.zip

          TIG

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          • C Offline
            Cubcrafter
            last edited by

            Tig,

            This is exactly what I wanted to do. I need to get familiar with your extrude tools.

            Thanks,

            Larry

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            • C Offline
              Cubcrafter
              last edited by

              Tig,

              I have been trying to create the bottom surface using the Rails tool but I am stuck.
              How did you make the curve and how long was each part? I have been using 2d cadd in my architecture practice for almost the last 30 years but 3d drawing is truly different.

              Thanks,

              Larry

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              • TIGT Offline
                TIG Moderator
                last edited by

                View > Hidden Geometry OFF.
                Double-click surface to select the surface and the edges BUT NOT the 'smoothed-edges'.
                Use Make Group to add it to a new group - it will be automatically be made a copy because the originals are needed by the surface.
                Edit the Group.
                View > Hidden Geometry ON.
                View > Component Edit > Hide Rest of Model
                You can now see what you are doing.
                To make the base I did two meshes and then combined them.
                Draw a line across to make two halves.
                Select it and Divide into say 10, immediately use Weld.rb to weld it into a 'curve' of 10 segments.
                This is the 'profile'
                Draw two short edges away from the apex of each end.
                Select the outline's edges from one of these to the 'profile' [~1/4], use Weld again to make it a 'curve' - this will be a Rail.
                Repeat this for the other three pieces of the outline.
                You now have a straight curve - the profile - and four 'rail' curves - we'll now process these two at a time.
                Use EEbyRails, pick the profile-curve then two 'rails' on the same side, finish by picking the 'profile' again [i.e. there's no 'melding-profile' for this type of surface!], answer the questions with 'No' unless the mesh faces 'up' - if it does 'reverse' the faces.
                You now have a mesh of ~half of the bottom face.
                Repeat to make the other half.
                Select the two groups and explode them.
                You now have the bottom-group, explode that and it will heal with the main [original] surface.
                Select All and group it, so Slicer has something to work on...

                Note: your surface is quite small so I recommend you first scale up the group x 8, make the slices at 1", then scale everything down by x 0.125... Sketchup has problems with making very small faces BUT they exist no problem when scaled smaller...

                TIG

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