I would like to reduce the density of a solid object before 3D printing it in ABS. Are any of you aware of a plugin that creates a "foam" of voids within a solid object?
I was thinking of spherical voids, stacked in tetrahedrals (like oranges in a grocery), but cubic voids on a Cartesian grid would be OK too.
Thanks, Everyone
Andrei
TIG, thank you very much for that information.
Hello All,
In my hands, OSCoolean generates the intersection between two overlapping cubes. But, OSCoolean does not generate the intersection between the two solids in the attached file. Is my "wing" just too complex? The "wing" is a CurviLoft output. Any reason to believe the solid tools in SU 8 Pro, or other non-free tools, would succeed?
I appreciate everyone's patience. I am a beginner.
Thanks!
Andrei
EDIT: Sorry, I just found the Fredo6 at PayPal menu item in Curviloft. All set here.
Thank you Dave R.
Do you recommend I install this plug-in, in order to follow your instructions?
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=42089
That would be fine. I just want to do this right.
OK, it appears I may be looking for free versions of the Solid Tools in the Pro version of Sketchup 8. Moderator, if this request is not appropriate, please delete. Thanks! Andrei
And following some previous guidance, here is the file saved as Sketchup V6.
Hello All,
Can anyone recommend a plug-in, which can process two overlapping solids, to generate the following three solids?
(a) intersection of solid 1 and solid 2
(b) in solid 1, but not in solid 2
(c) in solid 2, but not in solid 1
I recognize any of these outputs might consist of multiple fragments.
For example, starting with the gray and blue solids in the attached file, I would like to cut the region of overlap from the gray object, and save the region of overlap as a new object.
Thanks!
Andrei
Would someone please direct me to a "Donate" button for this plug-in?
sdmitch, did I understand correctly, the SKP file you uploaded was created by a plug-in you just wrote, which accepts a guide points and connection matrix input? If so, that's a great plug-in! Andrei
Pilou, sdmitch, and TIG,
I very much appreciate your help. Now I'm generating thousands of guide points in Excel. I think editing a connection matrix in Excel would be just too much. But for me, using Connect Guide Points to create tens of 2D airfoil sections, and then CurviLoft to create 3D surfaces between them, is working OK. I haven't yet validated Pilou's suggestion to save as V6 skp, but I am pretty confident the intermittent troubles CurviLoft has with outputs from Connect Guide Points is addressable by a file handling SOP.
What a capable and helpful community.
Andrei
Sorry, must have been a glitch in my file, or a user error by me. Connect Guide Points and then Curviloft will create an airfoil from these guide points.
Hi Pilou,
I very much appreciate your suggestions, but I did not find a solution among them. I have attached an .skp file, illustrating my challenge. I think sdmitch's Connect Guide Points, and then Fredo6's Curviloft, should create a wing from these guide points. But in my hands, Curviloft detects errors in the outputs from Connect Guide Points. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Andrei
Hello Experts,
I have been generating 3D coordinates in Excel, and importing these into Sketchup using the points cloud plug-in, which works very well. Is there a plug-in or other means to import connection data? Some of my coordinate sets have >1K points. So, the connection matrix would have >1M cells.
Thanks to all of you,
Andrei
Hi Folks, I am working on some hydrofoils, using SketchUp 8 in Windows 8. I can import guide points, from a database airfoil, using Cloud_V8. But, Connect GPs is giving me the error message "No Guide Points in Selection", despite all being selected. Anything I might be doing wrong? Or, must this be a problem of this script in my environment? Thanks! Andrei in Burlingame, California