Posts made by Garry K

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Simple DXF is a very basic DXF generator specifically tailored to the CNC market.

Simple DXF supports polylines (with arcs), circles, groups and components and is used to create DXF's from scratch within Sketchup. Simple DXF also imports simple DXF files created by CutMaster or created by Simple DXF.

Simple DXF polylines are a series of lines. You may have 1 or more arcs. Simple DXF converts arcs into a DXF bulge which is essentially a line with arc information.

The easiest way to control directionality of a closed polyline is to create a surface. A normal face creates a closed polygon with CCW directionality. A reversed face creates one with CW directionality. This can be important for CNC where you want to rout inside or outside of the polyline. A closed polyline can be made open by simple hiding one or more contiguous edge(s).

You may have the choice with your CAM software to create a 2D or 3D DXF. A 3D DXF includes depth of cut which is important for various machining operations. The normal process when using 2D is to have the depth specified at the end of the layer name.

Simple DXF circles are simply a single circle.

Sketchup Groups will produce DXF entities that are not Block inserted.

Sketchup Components will produce Block Inserts.

Simple DXF stores the full filename of the DXF file as a comment at the beginning of the DXF file. This allows you to read many Simple DXF files int a Sketchup model and then you can modify any of the parts and then write them back out.

CabMaker 3.0.134 and CutMaster 3.0.1.82 are now available on my website.

Added support for pilot holes for cabinet backs.

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CabMaker 3.0.133 and CutMaster 3.0.1.81 are now available on my website.

Added shelf support cluster size optional cabinet override.

Now working on additional pilot holes in CutMaster for various configurations of backs.

I should mention that with a little help from me Martin was able to determine the problem. It had to do with setting the kick height to 0.

Since several people have had this error I have coded around it. In the future this one won't bite you.

Please email me direct to help resolve.

make_sides is where the problem is. Which version of CabMaker are you running? This is important so I can go to the exact line of code that triggered the error.

It could be in the profile of the side or it could be with some of the dado's.

There is more to go wrong (bad parameters) with base cabinets - so it is helpful to know what all your cabinet and rule settings are. One area where people have issues is with integrated kicks where they use parameters that create duplicate points.

So please do not clutter up this thread - so send me your responses by email.

create_door_part is actually the first clue but make_full_door is the high level method which is called from make_door_drawer. This tells us that the problem is with doors / drawers.

The add_face, do_create_part and do_create_vert part are lower level methods which are called many times from many places such as make_top_bottom and make_shelves etc.

In this case the duplicate points error was caused by the Door Stile Width set to 0

The mid door is the only door that allows you to adjust the vertical position of a handle.

I am just finishing up on another feature and was planning to visit Doors next. I can add this as a FR (feature request)

CabMaker 3.0.132 and CutMaster 3.0.1.80 are now available from my website.

1. Added Hinge positions for Tall, Mid and Standard doors. You can now have up to 5 hinges on a door. Please note that this information is sent over to CutMaster CNC for machining of the side panels and 1 piece doors.

These CabMaker GIF's (from context help) give examples of what can be accomplished with hinge positions. The GIF's have a 2 second delay between frames.

Box 1

Box 2

Box 3

Box 4

Box 5

CabMaker 3.0.131 and CutMaster 3.0.1.79 now available from my website.

CabMaker

1. Added Mitered Corners for Standard Cabinets.
2. Added switch in Report Configuration so CabMaker parts report will produce 1 line per part instead of combining all like parts.

CutMaster

1. Added Reference from Drawer Box for configuring Drawer Fronts Hole Sets and Pilot holes.
2. Fixed bug where spaces in Purpose breaks the configuration.

Simple DXF only works with files created by cutmaster or with files created with Simple DXF. It is not intended to be a generic DXF utility. It focuses on maintaining proper arcs, and polylines and allows you to control directionality for CNC equipment where direction is important as with certain machining operations for CNC routers.

Cabmaker 3.0.130 is now available for download. CutMaster 3.0.1.78 is also available.

You can now extend an overlay top and adjust the top gap.

CutMaster now has additional drilling and grooving operations to facilitate drawer systems.

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Please email me directly and we can set up a time to Skype and solve your problem.

What some users have done is create their own horizontal texture.

I am now adding additional support for textures.

1. You will be able to add png or jpg files for textures.
2. In the Color.txt file you will now be able to add optional opacity for materials.
3. In the Color.txt file you will now be able to add your own color names providing you supply either RGB values or Hex value for the actual color.
4. You can now specify your own textures for glass, mirror, closet rods and raw edges.
5. I'm providing 2 textures for plywood edging for 3/4" (18 to 19 mm) panels.

I am now providing an Ikea.txt file that contains 200 IKEA colors along with RGB vales.

Here are the first 10 IKEA colors

IKEA 001=250,241,231
IKEA 002=240,232,225
IKEA 003=250,242,236
IKEA 004=248,242,235
IKEA 005=237,232,224
IKEA 006=239,231,221
IKEA 007=245,240,229
IKEA 008=241,228,211
IKEA 009=249,243,233
IKEA 010=244,236,222

Here is an example of named colors with and without opacity:

my_color_1=255,0,16=0.4
glass=0.3
my_color_2=#FF000F
my_color_3=#DD000F=0.2

CabMaker 3.0.126 and CutMaster 3.0.1.76 are now available for download.

Now locking cabinets after a merge.
Cleaned up the workflow for automated scenes.
Slab doors have their own edging.

Added user control for CutMaster CNC labels.

Here are blue doors and yellow edging. The edge profile takes on the edging color. In this case the doors have a 3 mm radius.

You can achieve different effects with the embossed doors.

https://youtu.be/rYqBdGLkDl4

https://youtu.be/vZPsthc1cn8

CabMaker 3.0.123 and CutMaster 3.0.1.73 are now available on my website.

Added scene automation. Start by setting your perspective and choose from Standard Scenes "Perspective / Plan"

Then I selected cabinets 1 through 8 and then I chose from Standard Scenes the appropriate View. In this case it is the "Front Elevation". I set Cabinets to Yes and this creates 2 images per cabinet - one with doors and one without.

Run the report and CutMaster imports the data. Then click on Assembly reports.

One way to make cabinets unique is to:

1. Copy and paste the set of cabinets for Version 2
2. Paste a second time for Version 3
3. Select all the cabinets and perform a batch edit. This will break the connection between all the cabinets.

You can then make door changes to individual cabinets.

I usually save the skp with a different name and then change the doors at the PROJECT level within a batch edit. This is very quick and means you don't have to edit each cabinet separately. Of course you would end up with 3 separate models.

Here I've set the panel thickness to 0 and CabMaker omits the panel.

I turned on side by side pullouts. I've set the partition height to 75 mm. You could have multiple pullouts if you wanted.

Also I've set the left pullout depth to 0 (means cabmaker will figure out the deepest pullout that will fit. I've set the right pullout depth to 300. This can help for a sink where there is plumbing on one side of the sink cabinet.

Here is the new Cabinet Labeling. You can turn it off in Edit Config by setting the label height to 0. You can also turn it off in the model using layers.

This also shows a shaker door where you can set the rail heights independently.