@daredevil said:

@eric_j said:

Hello

Apologies if this has been asked and answered elsewhere....

Is it possible to embed a fixed offset function - or variable offset, for that matter - in a dynamic component?

For example, I'd like to be able to have a complex curve in 2D with a similar curve offset so that when X or Y is scaled on the main curve, the perpendicular distance on the offset curve stays the same.

Can this be done? Does it need scripting?

Thanks for any thoughts...

EJ

With DC, you can copy, move, rotate and scale a shape but you can't make an offset.
If you need to do this dynamically, I think you must script in Ruby.

Didier

Thanks; that's what I suspected....

Thank you for all the helpful answers.

I ended up working in LO. Used the pencil tool to draw over the section and filled it in. It's also possible to duplicate the page, render it with vectors then explode the rendering. After that, it's a matter of deleting lines, joining lines and adding fill. A little awkward, but ~~doable, more or less. But if you decide to alter the view... 👎 👎 👎 👎

For some reason, moving the filled section away from the plane in SU didn't work when I tried it the first time, but maybe my tinfoil cap needs a new battery. Or antenna.

@unknownuser said:

@unknownuser said:

I'm not a newbie, but I am a moron - and the forum doesn't seem to have a "Moron's Corner" -

I've tried to start one. It keeps getting pulled. Mostly cuz I was the only one posting.

Well, maybe it's better this way. Morons and genuises can learn from each other. Or something.

@pmiller said:

Or, if you are careful about consistent inside face orientation (as you should be), just make a style in SU where the inside faces are black. Voila, your section cuts will appear solid black, not hollow.

OK, so that's brilliant. Waaaay, waaaaay too simple.

@jean lemire said:

Hi folks.
Another possibility is to use a real cutting surface.

Yes, that works, but again, locating the section plane is critical.

Anyway, these are good suggestions for future work. Thank you all again!

EJE

OK, I got it.

It seems to work in relation to the handle that was just dragged. So if you pull a handle on an edge, you can only enter one value, for either the width or height. In order to enter horizontal and vertical dimensions, you have to drag from the corner first.

Not obvious, but it does make sense.

Thanks EJE for the fast reply....

EJE

And there is a very nice plugin for purging
http://www.crai.archi.fr/RubylibraryDepot/Ruby/PurgeAll.rb

@eric_j said:

@ All

Actually, what StyleBuild could do is allow the user to generate architectural styles. Insert generic doors and windows. Click on "Colonial Style, and the windows are divided light double-hung numbers. "Mediterranean" and they're casements. "Ranchburger" gives you aluminum sliders with no casings.

Etc.

If it did that, it would be more than a dust collector, I think.

Sounds like Dynamic Components are a good candidate for that.