Posts made by Garry K

You are limited to the interact tool.

Personally - I don't think I would involve the scaling tool. I was able to affect 2 components with different motions with 1 click.

If this is what you are looking for I can post an example.

There is an interact tool that becomes available when the 'Dynamic Components' extension is loaded.

Or are you talking about something else?

Sorry,

Start and commit are not nested. A few lines of debug code proves that.
Still at a loss.

I've read lots of reports about start_operation and commit.
But nothing about specifically first time through failure.

Maybe it is how I'm searching history.

I've run into a wierd situation where the status from start_operation and commit_operation is good yet the first time through the undo doesn't behave as expected.

Instead of undoing all the various operations - the undo is 1 step at a time - just as if there wasn't a start and commit.

The second time through with the plugin and it works as expected.

Too much code to show. Question is if anyone has run into this kind of thing.

Thanks for the kind words !!

Any suggestions or requests would be most welcomed !!

CabMaker is very close.

Still Todo:

1. Finish adding all the door styles
2. Complete the library feature. This is where you ask cabmaker to create a folder and use it for saving or retrieving your own library cabinets.
3. Documentation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVGclFid-sc

Then you would be looking at the designer version and wouldn't really need parts lists etc. I'd be interested in seeing what your 2D drawings look like. There may be a way of generating DXF files that you could import into Auto Cad 2d

You will be able to store any number of rule files, material files and cabinet library files. I've been thinking that it will be useful in allowing multiple folders for library files. You would then just set the configuration library to a folder before running the plugin. This would effectively filter reducing clutter in the library drop down.

I should ask you. Were you wanting to see leg levelers in the hardware report? Also dowel amounts and confirmat amounts?

Currently the model does not show drilling for adjustable shelves or drilling for handles, hinges or drawer slides.

What are your thoughts on all of this?

I will consider all options.

Right now you can add finished panels if you wish - that is how I used to build cabinets. A lot of advantages doing it this way.

I have built cabinets with dowels using 8mm construction holes. Mostly 8 X 30 fluted beech dowels.
I have also used 50 mm confirmats for 7mm head and 5 mm end boring.

I don't see a big need to show these holes in the model - but when it comes to dxf output doweling is certainly 1 of the options.

Here is a dxf file for nested cnc. CutMasterPro reads in the parts list, optimizes it for cnc routing and creates dxf files.

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I am ready to start testing. Anyone interested? I'd like a Mac user as I do develop in Windows.
If anyone is interested then please contact me.

I still have to:

1. Integrate Doors - for cabinet testing there is only 1 style of door
2. Create a help file
3. Complete the language translations

I've got the plugin working in metric and in imperial units.
Question - those of you who work in fractional inches - do you want to see the csv reports displaying fractions or decimals?

I would like to find out if users are hapy with reports as csv files for spreadsheets or if they want to have reports in html.

Another thought I have is for 3 tier pricing

1. Designers and Architects - they would get a general cabinet listing report.
2. Cabinet Makers - they would get the rest of the reports.
3. Cabinet Shops with CNC - they would also get dxf export for the parts.

Here we add 18 cabinets 1 by 1 in around 16 minutes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ051uRMYF8

I should mention that there are a few additions that can be easily made to the reports.

If people are interested I could let the user choose which reports they want to store information for. This way a designer could just ask for the cabinet listing whereas a builder would like to see all of the parts.

I am planning on adding edging information to each part with an option to adjust the part size based on the thickness of each different edging.

I've added 6 reports to cabmaker plugin. Length is always with the grain

1. a list of all cabinets in the model
2. a complete list of parts sorted by cabinet. I've inserted a blank line between cabinets. Parts are summarized but only within the cabinet.
3. a combined list of parts. Parts are sorted by material name and by width, length and thickness. Parts are summarized for the entire model.
4. Door listing - again summarized
5. Drawer Box listing - also summarized
6. Hardware - and of course summarized.

Comments are very much encouraged and welcomed.

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It is for a license.

99 Canadian Dollars is for the C++ CabMaker32.

I haven't yet priced out the CabMaker sketchup plugin.
As far as when will it be available? Good question!

Probably about a month away. It depends on how much time I can put into it.

Batch Editing of cabinets

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR9nll7Ani0

I have the in place editing working.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7-IhYflOaE