I agree with Dave when he says that if your workflow is to draw pieces in situ and leave the joints at the end, this could not be the most useful plugin to have in your library. Then, at least for the plugin I wrote about, there's no chance to customize the dovetails as they come equally spaced through the height of the drawer.

Anyway, I also realize that this might be a useful plugin for many woodworkers that look for a soft approach to SketchUp and are happy to have a plugin that gives them a quick response to some of their needs.

I personally don't feel the need to use it in my drawings but...that plugin is cool, isn't it?

Luca

Lovely and cool design Massimo! I like the Thea render!

Hi Simon,

Thank you for this hint, it will be very useful, too!

Luca

@gaieus said:

Well, the native SU arc tool allows specifying the chord length, the segment count and the bulge or radius but not the arc length.

Knowing the chord however, you could define (mathematically) an arc length, too so I guess it could be done with ruby (but please, do not ask mehow)

Yes, that's what I meant

@TIG: Thank you TIG, that's a useful plugin for me.

Luca

I'd like to draw an arc of a predetermined lenght. Is there a simple way or a plugin to get it quickly without doing math every time?

Thanks,

Luca

@gilles said:

Did you know this one?

another one to add yo the list of my uncountables duh! in the last two years...

Another big duh! for me, to realize just yesterday evening of this very instructing topic. Must surf more carefully through this forum.

Since I found this an interesting discussion, at least for me, I made this video, showing how I drew the molding door on Jeff's hints. I hope it will be useful and interesting for someone.

[flash=800,600:7ro5mgri]http://www.youtube.com/v/D4yh_df7flo[/flash:7ro5mgri]

I also knew that site and found it very interesting to see his approach to woodworking.

Thanks for sharing.

Luca

Everything is clear now, I like this!

BTW it was a very interesting discussion.

Luca

Mac, nobody's stupid here, sometimes written words may lead to misunderstandings.

Honestly...I think that there's not safety issue in routing that door in a workshop, whose measures are (just to be clear) 568mm by 328mm. A pretty normal door, I'd say. What's the problem when you safely clamp the piece on the workbench and rout with a hand router, side by side, every time changing the position of the clamps?

For the use of the Follow Me tool, it's alrealdy been stated that it is not accurate for this kind of molding and Extrude by Lathe works efficiently, as well explained in the above posts.

I post you a similar door I did some time ago, in the real world. My ten fingers are all there, and safety was never compromised.