Thanks for that Jeff.

I have downloaded the weld plugin but I don't seem to be able to weld the segments of the lines together for some reason.

I did separate the lines into parallel and horizontal sets and exported the two sets into my CAM software. I joined the vectors in both sets and will have a go at routing them and let you know the outcome.

Thanks again for you help.

Here is the sketchup file that I exported as a dxf

grid distortion

Wow TIG thats a really good plugin.

I have now produced a distorted grid and have exported it as a dxf into my CAM software.

There are a lot of open vectors which I can join most of them by using the 'join' tool in the CAM software. There are still open vectors and when I further try to join these, the lines become broken.

Is there a way that I might be able to export this file so my CNC router will be able to cut single lines in the grid both vertically and horizontally?

OK Jeff I have made one using the sandbox tools and I have tried draping it on to another plane. This is where I am coming unstuck. I don't seem to be able to align a plane that it will appear to be 3D when its looked from above.

Any chance of an example please if you have the time?

Thanks

Thanks for the video.

I have downloaded the plugin and pasted it into the plugins folder but it does not appear. Is there something else I should be doing?

How did you create this gilles?

I have the sandbox tools and can do the same as you did with the black and white squares one but I dont know how to get a top view to show all the distorted lines.

Thanks

Thanks Jeff, I really appreciate your input on this

Here is a picture of what I would like to do as well as the piece of art work.

So do you think that thomthoms vertex tool plugin will achieve this.

I was thinking that I could export it as a 2D dxf file to my CAM software.

Thanks again for your posts.

Yes Dave R I am wanting to achieve a 3D effect but have it in a 2D form. I want to cut the lines on a CNC router, so it will be on a piece of plywood hanging on a wall.

I will download thomthoms plugin and see how I go.

Another thing I would like to do with it is to cut out the individual sections and use them as tiles in a courtyard to give a very interesting effect on a scale of 10m x 5m.

Once I have this thing worked out I am happy to post the finished product including the dxf cut files.

Thanks.

Thats exactly what I want todo but I would make it a little more dramatic!

Can you tell me how todo this please.

Thanks again

Thanks for your replies.

I didn't explain what I would like todo well enough.

1. I would like a grid, say 50 x 25 made up of rectangles rather than squares.

2. If you imagine the grids lines to be made of elastic. When a tennis ball is pushed into the centre of the grid the lines making up the grid would be distorted and give an optical illusion that they are falling towards a hole made by the ball.

I hope this better explains what I mean.

Thanks

Hi,

Thanks for your quick reply.

What i really want todo is to have a grid thats rectangular say 50 x 25 with rectangular squares. if you can imagine all the lines being elastic and a tennis ball being pushed into the centre. All the lines would be distorted following the indentation that the ball has made. This would give an optical illusion that the tiled floor was falling into the hole the ball has made.

Sorry to be so vague but I dont know how to explain it any better.

Can anyone help me?

I want to create a grid and then distort it to create a 3D illusion of a tiled floor that is being pulled into a hole. I then want to CNC cut the lines onto a piece of black or white laminated board to make an interesting piece of art..

Is there a plugin for this type of grid available?

Thanks for your help