Does not seem to work for me. In SU 2016 I did put the plugin under USER application Data, since I understand this is where the plugins are located now. The dialog box opens i enter all the specs but no component is drawn.

Thanks. I am not sure, if I know how this works, but I will try out and come back with results.

Hello

Is there a plugin or another method of automatically placing objects to another surface?
I want to create models of pictures as simple boxes and then place them on a wall. Normally i need to rotate the box until its aligned. Is there a way to do that automatically?

Thank you very much for your help.

Hello to everybody

I am aware that this is not the newest question. Anyway: How can I automatically generate boxes from a list of dimensions that are currently in ms access. (Like Height 800 Width 600 Depth 500).
After creating that box I would like to put a photo as texture onto one surface. The photo is included in the access database as link to a jpg. Then save this component under the name (that is of course in the access db). I mean I could simply do that manualy. But is it possible to do that automatically?
Thank you for your help.

I started this tread with the question, whether to draw in 2d or 3d is more efficient and if SU is really capable of 2d.
I personally think now, that it is. There are some things that I miss. E.g. I could not find a possibility to easily define a srting point of a line in reference to another object (that is without drawing a temporary guideline) but for me SU is still a lot faster and easier to handle then (at least for me) AutoCAD. (And I think it does the job, but what about 3d in AutoCAD?) Others may find that different, that is natural but I blame it on the routines that I built up with time.
SU is mainly 3d, to quickly get a good 3d image and I think its great for that since it is so easy to handle.
I use LO daily to get good sketches as well for me as for my clients. There could be improvements (although itseems, that I have to upgrade to 8 first!)
LO is something that AutoCAD also has (or had) that is to only care about the prensentation and documentation and I think it makes a lot of sense to work first only on the construction and then on the presentation. I could not do both at the same time.
Of course I wish to have a program that gives me a perfect presentation and detailed partlist and what else from my 3d construction automatically. But if there exists one that can do the job (maybe solidedge does a good part of it) it is way more expensive. And I am impressed especially in this forum, what is possible with SU and LO, which is alot more than you could expect.
Still my question is if or when 2d is easier and more efficient than 3d. And this is meant as a question for the way that you work and not if SU is better or worse than AutoCAD or any other program. I think it is a question of the approach or organization of your work.

Thanks Dave for explaining the plugin. I did not use hatching in 2d since I saw no possibilty to do it. But its great to have this oportunity. Also I never thought of drawing dashed lines in LO, this also sounds promising, I will try to use that feature. Actually dashed lines was (is?) one major defect in SU for me.
I guess there is more to LO than I was aware and using, zhanks again.
And by the way: I forgot where I put my ACAD ...

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Thanks for your answers. Actually I am doing documents in LayOut (using Sketchup7 pro) and actually I would prefer Sketchup to Autocad. What I do in Layout is importing drawings or scenes , adding measurements and text. Is there more to LAyou? Llike actual drawing (ok there is a line tool and so forth, but I thought, this does not count as drawing tool.

But I could imagine Sketchup to be a little bit easier in 2d. OK it is 3d and it is great in that, but I still find 2d sometimes much more effective than 3d. To find out measurements for production (e.g. drilling holes) 2d is just a lot faster. OK, this is true for the way I am using SU and maybe (hopefully) there is another way of using Su that avoids this.
Thanks Dave for the tip with section cut plugin, but I don´t see it´s purpose. Am I right that it creates faces instead of pure outlines of the faces in the cut? I would rather have a tool or method that creates the outlines in the cut and all the lines (hidden ones distinct from visible ones) behind the cut. I think this must be possible since there is an x-ray and a hidden line style.
Maybe I should also add to the SU wishlist a much simpler and more instantenious (?) report off components also a report generator in metric units

Lately I tend to drawing in 2d rather than in 3d when it comes to construction and rhater make a simpler 3d version just for the presentation to the clients. I give here an example where I did both quite complete, but you will see, what I mean when I say, that the 3d modelling of all construction details is just tiresome and not so effective. Or am I just too lazy to draw properly ? I would like to know, how much you really draw in 3d, and how much in 2d.
I find it now not only slow to draw in 3d but also difficult to extracta good 2d cut or sketch from my 3d drawing. Any sugestions to that? Is there a way to make 2d and 3d drawing work together more smoothly?
And for the fun of it I add a photo of the finished piece.

3dModellSideboard3.skp

Sorry, I don´t know your ecabinets program, but on behalf of the circles: If I would export a circle into woodwop, it would create a routing routine. For drilling i have to enter a center point and not a curve. Could that be true for your situation?

Hey vicrider
what machine are you working with and what interface or program do you use for programming?

I am working with a "Weeke" and that came with woodwop 5. But I dont have a 5th axis.