Dave, while I'm at it (and you are obviously well versed in Cutlist 4.1) would you be able to tell me how to stop getting this error?

It still produces the CSV I need but stops me from getting board patterns.
I have removed it from the plugins folder and downloaded a fresh copy and put it back in but it won't go away.

cheers...Wayne

Yeah, I get that but no harm in asking

Most of what we do here with kitchens and bathrooms is "pre-finished" board

cheers

Hi Dave,
Grain running vertically where I am is an everyday occurrence in the kitchen industry in Australia....the exception here seems to be horizontal grain.

One of the reasons I am after this is that as cabinetmakers we were taught that on a cutting list, the first dimension is always the height (drawer - door - panel etc) and the second dimension is always the width. This is a standard in our trade in Australia.

I am also testing out exporting my parts to Cutting Optimizer Pro and if the material is grained, my doors optimise correctly but my drawers require manual intervention either at the CSV file level or rotating in the optimising software.

I was just hoping that thare was something in Sketchup that could export dimensions the way I view them in the file.

cheers...Wayne

Hi,
Although I have searched threads for this, I am sure this question has been asked before.

When Cutlist reports parts from Sketchup, it always puts the longest figure first.
What I want to do is have my parts appear as they do in my model. So if I have a drawerbank like I have attached and it has 2 drawers that are 360 high and 600 wide, I want them to appear like this in Cutlist.....360 as the length and 600 as the width.

I have tried this with: groups, components, putting components inside components and tried different axis rotations but to no avail.

Any tips would be appreciated.

cheers...Wayne

Thanks so much Jim. That gives me a simple insight and a kick start!

I don't think I'll get into the if statements just yet but I will work toward it for sure.

cheers...Wayne

Hi everyone.

Well today is the day I decided I really need to learn to basics of DC's as I am helping a mate with his kitchen and he wants me to give him DXF files with cabinet parts (shapes of panels with drill marks on them)

So I thought......What an easy way to introduce myself to DC's......FAIL !!

As an example of what I set out to do....
I created a small panel.
I then created a 3mm crosshair to place on the panel. I want these marks to remail 25mm in from each end and one in the centre. I also want them to be 8mm up from the bottom.
I set up two input boxes to set the size of the panel.
Before I tried to add a formula to parametrically position these marks, I found that when I resized the panel the marks were squashing or stretching.

Now I don't think I could have chosen a more simple thing to start learning DC's but I am stumped already and not being one for thinking like a programmer I will probably remain stumped!

Can anyone help start me off with this as I have lots of drill mark options I need to explore but I just need to get through this first hurdle.

cheers...Wayne

Thanks Peter

Cheers...Wayne

Peter,

thanks for the advice.
I think what you have done is as close as it's going to get given the suspect dimensions!.
A friend of mine is an interior designer and is going to renovate this bathroom and wants me to do some concepts for him so having the ceiling looking approximate is a huge bonus.

Would you mind posting the model you created?....It would help me greatly.

Of topic....I notice you live in Samona. Northern California is a favorite place of ours to visit. We try and get to the US when we can and always visit San Fran and have been to Yosemite. I also have a mate in Santa Clara whom I met when he was on holidays in Ausralia.

If I had to leave Australia and live in the US it would have to be in or near San Fran (although my wife thinks it would be fun to live in Vegas!!).

cheers...Wayne

Thanks for your responses guys....

Tig, those results were basic Cross Vaults which is not really what I need but thanks anyway.

Gai, you are on the right track and yes.....the dimensions are very very suspect!

Mike, you have pretty well nailed what it's like ecxept how to interface the two differnt sized arches.
It makes no sense to me that the smaller arch on the photos is on the longer wall and the larger arch is on the shorter wall.

Thanks for your help....Wayne

Here are some pics and a floorplan I got from a house in Italy that is for sale on the internet.

I am trying to approximately reproduce the ceiling but after 6 failed attempts I am about to give up.....
The pics are a bit unclear so I can't really get a good vision in my mind of how it all comes together.

Hope someone can come up with a method for me to use or just help to explain how it could be done.

cheers...Wayne