Is anyone aware of a plugin that will generate a template (outline) for routing patterns? That is, for woodworking using a router, I'd like to draw the finished shape of an arbitrary object (for example, something like a three- or four-leaf clover), input the size of the cutting bit and guide bushing (or guide bearing) diameters and have Sketchup generate the correct template outline for the inlay and the recess. The inlay piece itself should be the shape and size of the finished shape initially defined. It would have to take into account the limitations defined by the diameter of the bit and guide bearing.

The Offset tool will do some of it, but not entirely, particularly if the finished shape needs to have some jaggedness or something like that.

Another approach might be to generate the cutting path formed as the guide bushing/bearing rolls around the template. The Follow Me tool comes to mind, but this would need to be a strictly 2D operation.

Any suggestions?

Is it just me, or does it seem like Sketchup (Make, I guess -- the free version) generates print jobs to split even a small drawing across multiple sheets? Sometimes, it seems that no matter what I do it refuses to put it on a single sheet, and if by chance it does, it scales it too small. I've tried every combination of the "Fit to Page" and other options. If it is just me, maybe somebody can suggest what I'm doing wrong. I do woodworking and use Sketchup quite a bit, and usually the projects are simple enough and small enough that they would legibly fit on one sheet of letter-size paper.